On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:28:47 -0500, Mike Coslo
wrote:

Rolling my own here Richard. Started out with Turbolinux, then another
I'm afraid to say I forget the distro, and now have Fedora. I'm told
SuSE is wonderful - and I was told that of the other flavors too. So I'm
a little skeptical by now.

Hi Mike,

I've traveled the same path over the years. About a year ago I wrote
a step-by-step guide for installing Fedora into a cold, bare machine.
I also wrote a step-by-step guide for building servers (Apache/MySQL
and the rest); and then followed up with a step-by-step guide for
specialized application servers, Wikis and CMS packages. Of late I
have also ventured into RubyOnRails with another a step-by-step guide.

Problems have been with installing software, hardware incompatibility,
Internet connectivity - nothing like having to spend time looking for
drivers - going to bbs's - eventually I found out that my wireless card
simply wasn't supported AT ALL! That was special.

Hint: Support for "special" costs. Yeah, cold comfort - sorry.

I'm still hoping to find a flavor of Linux that won't give me indigestion.

Try Rolaids, or pay for support by buying into a vendor with a good
reputation (you already indicate you know several).

Almost every connectivity and configuration issue I researched was
answered through a google newsgroup search, and then going to the
links offered in their discussion. I presume you've already mined
that approach. I have periods of this idle time, like now, that allow
me to research these issues interspersed with intense demand for my
attention. I also make it a habit to keep a journal in a nearly
publish quality format. Memory (wet ram) is for the good things,
ephemeral details like Linux configuration is for filing.

I have nothing to offer for your specific driver need, sorry. However,
for others, feel free to contact me for these guides.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC