[dundee] Linux Newbie - Help Choosing Distro

[paul]

Mandriva 2005/6  has found most of my hardware on both desktop and a 
Toshiba Satalite pro laptop.
Also had some sucess with Vector Linux 5.1, on two older laptops and IBM 
Thinkpad 600e and  a Toshiba Tecra 8000.
Unfortunately none of them recognised my wireless cards.

Hope that helps

Paul

Ry. wrote:

> Hi, my laptop harddrive packed up and I lost my old OS (XP Pro).  I 
> can't afford to replace the Win OS at moment, so I'd like some advice 
> on choosing a Linux OS.
>  
> I've had issues with 2 versions so far - using Fedora Core 4, I wasn't 
> able to view the graphics correctly and therefore couldn't even finish 
> the installation.  Knoppix works and runs fine except one problem, the 
> laptop touchpad mouse only seems to work for 3/4 of the screen area. 
> Not sure if I can fix this or not....
>  
> Anyways... I want an OS that is pretty handy to install, will auto 
> detect most of my settings (graphics card, mouse, USB, etc), MS Word 
> compatible & good MP3 player (probably ubiquitous, not sure), and if 
> it had a web server built in (e.g. apache) that would be the cherry on 
> the cake.
>  
> Any advice would be gratefully received! Thanks a bunch
>  
> Ryan.   
>
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