Hardware questions

[Robert and/or Irene]

> is NOT the way to go.  My advice, and I've said it to many a noob b4,
> get an old x86 PC download redhat or buy a beginner's book with a
> redhat CD and learn Linux first.  It'll install easy and without a
> glitch.  You need to feel comfortable with the command line before

I would also recommend SuSE 8.2 for x86 if you have the bandwidth for a net
install.  It's given me the fewest headaches of any distribution and it's
not too slow either.  That said, I found that Redhat 6.2 installed and ran
fairly well on a P120 (although it is quite out of date now).

Robert