Re: WAS: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related--NOW, I gave up and went back to Mandrake :-(
Steve Juranich said:
All you'll
> need to do is install an alsa package that matches your kernel.
> Actually, the 2.4.19 and above kernels are supposed to support
> this card out of the box, but I haven't tried it yet. After
> installing an alsa package, you'll want to run the alsa
> configurator (I think it's called alsacfg or something like
> that).
Thanks Steve, I will have to do some searching on this "alsa" you
speak of so I can be ready for my 3rd go at Debian, which really
could be any day. Having Debian Woody on my computer for nearly a
week has been my record so far! I have frankly gone overboard in
LinuxLand and just wanted to try everything. I am REALLY liking
GNOME 2.0, so Debian Sid is going to be very welcome in my home when
it shows up as a stable release!
> Also, there's nothing really wrong with Mandrake (except that it
> uses RPMs). I used to love RPMs, until I started using apt. That
> RPM stuff is for monkeys. It's (usually) not much more difficult
> to just build from source.
I need to learn how to compile from source anyway, but I should
still be able to learn this on Mandrake, but not be forced to do it
until I have time to learn, you know?
> Whatever you decide to do, have fun with it. If you choose
> Mandrake, we wish you well. If you need some help with Debian,
> well, you know where to come.
Settling on THE distro will not be anything but Debian, Slackware,
or Gentoo, but I have to pay my dues before I even can consider
trying a Gentoo install. Mandrake is a temporary boot camp to learn
and move on to bigger and better things. Overall, Debian has been
my favorite, if I can just learn a little more about what makes it
tick.
Thanks again for your input, Steve. This list is more friendly than
some others, and certainly moreso than some of the forums.
:o}
Scott -sidewalking-
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