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Cheers people Current machine spec: (cribbed from BIOS) Kinetiz 7E series mainboard (QDI) AMD duron 1000Mhz processor 256 meg RAM Maxtor 2B020H1 20 gig hard drive Standard 54x CD rom CW038D Atapi CDR/RW NVidia TNT model 64 32 meg graphics card No sound card (using mainboard) FaxTalk CTR21 modem card - I am told this is likely not to work (not bothered) I also have broadband (linked to my windows PC via a cable modem) and a perle 24 port 10/100 switch that I might be able to use to link the linux pc to the web with (if I can figure it out). Is there any more info you need? Cheers John

Hi I have a spare PC which I am in the process of installing linux on. I have a choice of SuSE 6.3 (full 6 cd set) or Debian (burned 2 cd set off the web - latest version). My PC is standard except for a Kinetiz 7E mainboard (QDI) I notice on the box of my of SuSE linux (christmas present from a pal who couldn't be bothered) that it does not acknowledge support of the QDI mainboard. Is it actually possible to use SuSE with this mainboard? Is this version of SuSE now outdated or is it still worth the effort? - I ask this because I am a novice to linux and it comes with a reassuring looking manual which I feel might be a good thing. Alternatively, Is it OK to use Debian with this mainboard? Or - option 3 - should I buy a new mainboard. I don't expect to be using the PC for anything serious just yet, I just want experience with the UNIX style environment. Obviously, I am hoping this will change with experience. Any advice would be appreciated Thanks for reading... Cheers