[brlug-newbies] Linksys ethernet board question

[Nathan Toups]

I agree with Mat. I have never seen a 100mb board not work on linux.
I would recommend upgrading the hard drive though, even though 12gb is more
than enough for the average linux distro, that drive is getting old and the
odds of it failing on you is MUCH higher than a new drive.

With a quick look on newegg, you can grab an 80gb PATA (IDE) hard drive for
$40... so you may want to look into that...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148236

Mat and I are both fans of Ubuntu and testing out the setup with a liveCD is
a great idea.

As far as using a distro with a little less demand on your hardware (because
it is older).

XFCE is a great windows manager to use.

Xubuntu might be a good option for you.
http://xubuntu.com/

Xubuntu has a live CD as well, so you may just want to go ahead and download
Xubuntu 8.04 liveCD and test it out.

Nathan


On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 9:47 PM, mat branyon <mat.branyon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gary,
>
> I have never heard of Linux not working with a 100mbit board (which is
> what you have there).  You can always download the latest ubuntu live
> install cd (www.ubuntulinux.com) and test it out.
>
> The size of your hard drive isn't an issue, but your processing speed
> and ram is.  I haven't heard of a version of Linux that needs more
> than 12 gigs for a base install (but maybe I just don't hear much
> anymore).
>
> I would assume that if your pc came with only 12 gigs of storage, then
> it is an older machine, and would require a more minimal window
> manager to run most of the modern apps.  I am sure someone else will
> point you in the right direction for that.
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Gary Stibbins <ghostrider2x at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm new to Linux and trying to figure out how it want to go with it. I
> had 4
> > used computers given to me by relatives, and they all work.There is a
> small
> > HP Pavilion Tower,but it is missing a ethernet board.It has a 12 gig hard
> > drive.I have a loose Linksys board,Model LNE100TX v5.1.
> >
> > Having problem finding drivers for Windows for board. My thought is if I
> > take  Windows off, put in the Linkys board and install some version of
> > Linux,would Linux drive it ? With a 12 gig hard drive,what would be a
> good
> > version of Linux to use.
> >
> > I hope nobody is totally confused after reading this, And thanks for any
> > help or suggestions you can post.
> >
> > --
> > Gary
> > ghostrider
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