Re: [SLUG] Linux Distro for Cheapie Acer PC

From: Robin 'Roblimo' Miller (robin@roblimo.com)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 09:27:24 EST


>The winmodem may be a problem, and you may need to look into a
>"real" modem to replace it. I have a prereference for a good
>external modem, using your system's perfectly functional (and
>usually disabled) serial ports, but that's just me...
>

Holy bleep! Just tried Mepis as live CD - it's a new Debian-based distro
- and it is NICE. Detected and set up winmodem and oddball panasuckit
laptop NVidia video driver right away, no stress.

http://mepis.org

- Robin

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