Linux

I am about to try Linux, A realative is mailing me one right now. I do not have a legal version of windows xp, and do not wish to buy one, I used to have win xp pro corp ver. a friend gave to me and found since it was burned, it was illegal and gues I never thought about it being illegal and I heard I coul get in big trouble for having it, and i later found out he cracked it so it would be the corp ver and you would not need to activate, so my uncle is going to download some linux versions on to a cd for me, and I was wondering do you need to download sound and device drivers for it, if so, where would be a great place to get linux drivers for a sound card, modem, and wireless card?

OH YEAH, and a lexmark 515 series driver

 

well actually it is onoard sound

 

the manufacturers may have drivers for your version of linux. also try
www.linuxhardware.net

 

plus what is the best linux he is sending me a few:

Knoppix
Damn Small Linux
Redhat Feorda
Eue something

Which one is the best out of those and if there are better ones lemme know

 

Fedora is a good enterprise level package, very scalable.

Knoppix is another good distro, especially since it can be run from CD.

Damn Small Linux is 'minimalist' distro, meaning the bare minimum needed to run Linux with a GUI, alos can be ran from CD.

The last one, don't know what distro you are refering to.

[EDIT] What is the best Linux, is a matter of personal preference; and has been the subject of many flame wars. [/EDIT]

 

[EDIT] What is the best Linux, is a matter of personal preference; and has been the subject of many flame wars. [/EDIT][/QUOTE]


I also heard it was the future from so many IBM commercial a few years ago, and for flame wars, I guess I will have to try tem all out and start flaming, they should be coming Either tomorrow or the next day.

 

Another question if ppl fight over it that much, is it that widly used?

 

Is there any more free linux's then the one's I said that are worth checking out?

 

I've tried several different Distro's, and have Fedora Core installed on one desktop and keep a Knoppix 'Live CD' handy for the times windows crashes, and I need to get into a hard drive and take a look. Linux has a long way to go before it becomes a serious challenge to MS in the home market, enterprise level solutions it is already challenging MS and has been for a few years now.

 

I would rater have it for fre then spending 99.99 on windows xp and windows 2000

 

SimplyMEPIS 3.3.1-1 is another good distro.

Couple of links for distros:
LinuxOnline
LinuxISrg