install parties?

[Derek A. Neighbors]

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>I would love to have someone help me get my system working right...I just
>need all of the hardware set up so it works....for some reason Mandrake
>wouldn't install, so I had to go with Slackware.  Slackware is nice as it
>has all of the latest stuff, but it doesn't quite work "out of the box"
>like Mandrake does, and after spending two solid days with it I just got
>frustrated, I'm sure if someone else knows what they are doing better
>perhaps they could help me with all my hardware?  I would /really/
>appreciate it.
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Slackware is a bit rough around the edges.  You might want to take a 
look at Debian if you're feeling spunky.  As it is better supported than 
Slackware, kind of a middle of the road between Mandrake and Slackware 
with regards to working out of the box.

Im sure either Hans or I could get Debian installed on your machine. 
(Though I cant speak for him)  If you wanted to tackle before the next 
meeting, Id be willing to help via email or IRC.  If you need disks I 
can provide those as well.

>my scrolling mouse wheel to work, sound, USB keyboard, etc.  Perhaps also
>my scanner/digital camera/printer as well, but what I really need is to
>just be able to get to a stage where I can use Linux for all of my regular
>computing needs (web development, email, IM'ing, playing mp3, and browsing)
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Do you know if all your equipment will run on GNU\Linux?  Some scanners, 
cameras etc still are not supported.  With a current 2.4 kernel most 
things will probably work though.

>Anyway I just joined this list, so hopefully I can start figuring
>everything out and make some meaningful contributions.
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Derek