Oh yes, I use the Slackware distribution on my laptop and the Redhat one on
my desktop (it has  the drivers I needed for the USB peripherals).  Can you
run the X window software on yours?  Gnome is a really cool GUI and I
believe it'll  run in a miminal setting.

Kat


At 10:42 09-05-2002 +0800, you wrote:

>     Is your pc Linux-only, or does it also have Windows installed?
>
>Linux-only, Kat.  It's a second-hand refurbished 'puter donated by a
>local volunteer org. that takes older computers and cleans them up and
>puts Linux Slackware software on them and gives them to people who
>would otherwise be unable to afford computers.  I'm not a big fan of
>Windows, can't stand icons all over the place, and don't like that
>little paper-clip with eyes that keeps popping up - I use Windows at
>uni and I HATE it!!!!  I'm a words person, not a picture person, so
>Linux suits me much better.  But I'm not a computer person, so it's
>been (still is!) an interesting learning curve.
>
>Rayna