Nick wrote:
I am very new to Debian, I have had some success with Redhat but I like Debian, its ease of installation and all the great tools and packages make it a very sexy package and it's FREE! But if I am ever to learn I have to ask questions or else I will never be in a position to bin my Windows cd's
Hey, Nick, you're our kind of guy! Many people complain that Debian isn't a good intro system for Linux. It's too hard to get it working (so they say). I started with a Debian system (Corel Linux) and while the Corel part was junked fairly quickly, I've never been sorry I chose Debian.
So, as people have told you, any currently (or even not so current) available processor should be usable. The tricky bits are the video and modems. You seem to have the video worked out, but modems... So many are Winmodems that it becomes important to check for compatibility first.
My point in the email was: if you can buy it on the market, you should be able to run Debian on it. Only the cutting edge stuff will give you slight head aches from lack of drivers. (Well win-modems will cause head aches too).
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