Find the answer to your Linux question:
Results 1 to 9 of 9
Hey I was just wondering out there if someone could suggest to me a what a good linux distro would be. First of all I am on Redhat 9.0 right ...
Enjoy an ad free experience by logging in. Not a member yet? Register.
  1. 04-01-2004 #1
    cdfusion
    cdfusion is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Metro-Detroit
    Posts
    14

    Best Flavor of Linux

    Hey I was just wondering out there if someone could suggest to me a what a good linux distro would be. First of all I am on Redhat 9.0 right now and for some reason It wont let me have sound, so if you could point me in a direction of a Linux OS that supports the NVIDIA soundcard, thanx
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 04-01-2004 #2
    rzilavec
    rzilavec is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Posts
    30
    You can download and install the driver from:
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0261.html

    Redhat 9.0 is supported so installation should be somewhat straight forward.

    Richard
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 04-02-2004 #3
    variant
    variant is offline
    Linux Engineer
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Uppsala, Sweden
    Posts
    1,278
    gentoo; http://www.gentoo.org
    Proud to be a GNU/Gentoo Linux user!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 04-02-2004 #4
    jasonlambert
    jasonlambert is offline
    Linux Guru
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    London, UK
    Posts
    3,284
    Quote Originally Posted by rzilavec
    You can download and install the driver from:
    http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.0-0261.html

    Redhat 9.0 is supported so installation should be somewhat straight forward.

    Richard
    IMO i would follow Richard's suggestion, before trying another distro, as the chances are you will install another distro, your sound still wont work - proberly becuase the driver is not installed..

    Jason
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 04-02-2004 #5
    rzilavec
    rzilavec is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Posts
    30
    Quote Originally Posted by variant
    gentoo; http://www.gentoo.org
    Let the war begin.... Slackware! Although, gentoo is very cool too.

    Richard
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 04-02-2004 #6
    cyclefiend2000
    cyclefiend2000 is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Posts
    1
    Quote Originally Posted by rzilavec
    Quote Originally Posted by variant
    gentoo; http://www.gentoo.org
    Let the war begin.... Slackware! Although, gentoo is very cool too.

    Richard
    i have been using redhat 9 for a while and am now trying to decide whether or not to update to fedora core or try a new distro. i was thinking of trying either gentoo or slackware.

    have either of you used redhat in the past? if so are there any big differences?

    thanks
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 04-03-2004 #7
    rzilavec
    rzilavec is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Posts
    30
    I have tried many distros but my favorite is still slackware. You should try Suse.. it is fun.

    Richard
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 04-03-2004 #8
    variant
    variant is offline
    Linux Engineer
    Join Date
    Jul 2003
    Location
    Uppsala, Sweden
    Posts
    1,278
    SuSE is good but sokmewhat simmilar style to redhat. if you want a new and even more rewarding experiance then try gentoo - it is very easy to use and imensly powerfull. Slackware is good too but not as easyt o use:)
    Proud to be a GNU/Gentoo Linux user!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 04-12-2004 #9
    jjmac
    jjmac is offline
    Just Joined!
    Join Date
    Aug 2003
    Location
    Sydney, Australia
    Posts
    52
    The "best linux" seems to be one of those never ending thread themes which go no were really. A lot of people have problems with nVidia stuff so i wouldn't be to worried about that in it self. As a proprietry chipset they won't let anyone know about it's internals, so....

    Seems to be very specific in it's settings, module config settings etc. Heaps of people use it though so someone will know. Iv'e heard a few people mention that the very latest nVidia releases were broken in some distros, not sure if it was graphics or sound.

    Oh.. best distro, any deb, of course

    jm
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules