Or you could fetch a live CD from http://www.ubuntulinux.org/. While I like Knoppix and used it several times in the past, I find the hardware support of Ubuntu to be better - Knoppix is good, but Ubuntu produced better results for the odd hardware I tried to detect in the past. Ubuntu is also based on Debian ... Cheers, Frank David Goodenough wrote: >On Thursday 18 August 2005 23:33, kirkby@quadro.net wrote: > > >> Hi, I am wondering if it is possible to use Debian as my OS and be able to >>get my soundcard [Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer-24bit] and TV-Tuner >>card [ATI TV Wonder-Pro] to work. Have tried simplyMepis and now Mandrake >>10 and can't get them to work. There is an ALSA driver that suppossedly >>works for my soundcard. I suppose the best solution would be to invest in a >>soundcard and TV tunercard that include a Linux driver, but can't reaaly >>afford them right now. Was until recently using XP-PRO with which all >>worked well. I made a lot of DVD's. Would like to continue doing that >>without the expense and hassles of Microsoft products:eg. if you erase >>hard-drive you get major hassles trying to get the product key accepted >>again! So thought Linux and Debian in particuliar to be an alternative >>suited to me. But only if I can get all my cards working as well as being >>able to record and edit video files [MPEG-2 from several sources] as I had >>before. My videocard [ABIT R9600XT-V10/ with ATI chip] is working fine at >>least, and ATI does make a Linux driver [which I didn't need to install] >>for some of their newer cards but not the TV Wonder. So would hope there is >>some software available for DVD production available as well. But the main >>thing now is whether I can get the above mentioned cards to work. Hope you >>can advise. Yours' Sincerely John. kirkby@quadro.net >> [Stratford ON Canada] >> >> >Try getting a copy of Knoppix, and try running that on your PC and see if >it can handle all of your hardware. Knoppix runs from CD so you will not >damage your existing setup just in trying it. Knoppix is also Debian based >so if Knoppix can drive your hardware then almost certainly Debian can >be made to. > >David > > > > -- ================================================ Frank Guthorel T : 09/329.49.38 - G : 0495/105.776 mailto:frank@codedor.be - http://www.codedor.be ================================================
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