Ok, you guys might laugh at me for this, lol, but i still have Linux mandrake 7.1 complete, i know its dated, but this was the first distro i started to actually learn Linux with and it also has sentimentle value, it saved my butt from a screwed up FREE BSD install to and i also actually like it, i was runingit on an HP pavilion, 42.9 Gig HD, p3 733 processor, about 16 megs of video memory, i think i have a geforce 2 from nvidea, and at the time i had 128 megs of ram, i never had a problem like this before and your machine seems way faster than mine, and i was a complete Linux newbie so i dont think it was anything to do with me tweaking (i dont know how) i guess i was just lucky when i installed that my cards worked well *except my Modem and sound card, iv still never been able to get sound or online with Linux, but im not stoping because of that, even though music and internet are some main things i use my computer for *i record my techno i make and i make my techno on here and i also love coming online) i can never get drivers or anything either (member i said i was a complete newbie still with Linux, i cant install or compile things from source so yea, lol, i can answer Linux questions though like the person asked in the Linux experts come here post cause well...iv done what he was doing a few times, so i try helping as much as i can) anyway, i hope you get everything working again, and have a good time, also go to the tutorials board and read some Linux stuff, i was in there yesterday and last night man, theres some great Linux stuff there.
