I need to know...

What is a good (or the best) linux distro for a K6-2+ on a 5OEH5/5OEHM v1.2?

It has to be graphical, functional, (for multimedia, such as watching video clips, listening to music) that sort of thing.

And of course, newbie-friendly...

thanks

I have no idea what "a K6-2+ on a 5OEH5/5OEHM v1.2" is, but you have several choices. Two of the better documented, newbie-friendly distributions are Fedora Core ( http://fedora.redhat.com/ ) and Ubuntu ( http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ ). There are plenty of documents written on just this topic, though, so Googling around may be your best bet.

Jeff, Downloaded Fedora Core as the 4 cd package and not one of the disks passed the media check...downloaded the dvd however and it did pass the media test...Fedoras installs are straight forward and, like windows you can elect to get automatic updates...that said again let me suggest Knoppix to play with before you do a full install..you may find it meets your needs without a system install...Being a live cd...you can watch movie clips, watch movies that are not copy protected, play mp3's, chat in all popular chat forums, and some really obscure ones, open Windows file systems, select from over 20 games, write code, contains 2 hex editors, contains ethereal packet sniffer and for the most part, on most machines...just works...and when you switch off your computer...it, and all your changes or activity(if not intentionally saved) just go away...

Those are old and popular(ish) boards so should be ok with any distro driver wise - do a little research(see sig) to check. Ubuntu, Mandriva, Fedora - all install and go (usually) - like mentioned there are lots of live cd's to try before you buy(not really)

By K6-2+ I meant a socket 7 processor made by AMD.
link:

amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_1260_1217,00.html

5OEH5 and 5OEHM v1.2, both are motherboards, essentially the same (whatever works on one should beyond a doubt, work on the other), except one has 512k of bios cache, and the other has 1 Mb of bios cache, and both are made by Soyo.

5OEH5 link:

soyogroup.com/products/proddesc.php?id=219

5OEHM v1.2 link:

soyogroup.com/products/proddesc.php?id=180

Anyways, thanks so far. (I still need disto recommedations.)

btw, i can get ahold of a fedora core disk, in perfect condition. No download required, but I'm just wanting to find a good distro to last me a while, something I can learn a lot of linux skills on, without too high of a learning curve.

If you are looking for a definitive recommendation, my personal choice is Fedora Core. I learned Linux on Red Hat 8 and have (mostly) stayed with the Red Hat line since. I have dabbled in Mandriva, Ubuntu, and Debian, and I've used the Knoppix live CD. I just found Fedora to be one of the easiest to use and best documented distributions available.

Yes, I am looking for a "definitive recommendation". and thanks so far to everyone who has posted so far.

I am not so sure that Fedora Core is newbie friendly. I believe SUSE and Mandrake come a lot closer. Personally, I think just about anyone could install SUSE and get a solid, working system. Ubuntu and Kubuntu are similar, and are more likely to install successfully on older machines with slower processors and less RAM. Let me add that multimedia support is sketchy with most Linux distros, since a lot of the media uses proprietary formats, and getting them installed and running is not a trivial task. (It is not insurmountable, but it is definitely more challenging than doing so with Windows XP.)

Thought I would toss my two cents in since I also have a new and an old pc. I see you are looking for a linux distro that will run on a 500 or so mhz processor. My own first choice is Mandriva linux, I use it on my 1.8ghz box. I also run a 266mhz laptop with 128 megs of ram and a 6gig hard drive. For this pc, I have tried nearly every distro conceivable on it and found a gem. Vector linux specializes in making a distro for older hardware. It is based on Slackware, but optimized with the intent of running on older machines and I can attest that it runs much faster than any other distro on old hardware. Kde is the gui you will want to use coming from a Windows world and I would suggest trying Vector linux soho 5, for best performance on your hardware. I have a 450mhz in the closet with Vector loaded as a backup should my main desktop fail. My preference will always be Mandriva, but Vector is second. They also have their own forum on their website that is extremely helpful. Check out these two links: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/...n_table_2.html
For a hardware/version guide,
http://www.vectorlinux.com/mod.php?m...=10&page_id=10
For some screenshots.

Hi,
Redhat 7.3 Or slackware 10.2
They are really good.

Although they are good distributions, in my opinion, Red Hat 7.3 and Slackware 10.2 are not newbie friendly. The installation of either--and especially Slackware--is not for the timid.

Absolutely Mepis or Suse! They are loaded with mp3, codecs, proprietary video drivers, the works!

And Absolutely NOT Fedora or Ubuntu and many other distros, because many of them do not even have out-of-the-box mp3 support.

Thanks everyone for your input so far!
fyi, I'm not scared to try something new...
I just need a distro that to use it to it's full potential, I am requried to learn something, yet not so techy that I can't be productive with the distro...

And (though it may not mean much)I'm pretty knowledgeable as far as computer hardware, and an absolute WindowsTM guru...
though I hate the system...

You know what I mean?

thanks

I'm a , but not for long...

Hi Dears,

Hope you will be fine .

I am new to linux and want to install Redhat,SuSE,Solaris and their up-coming releases on an intel-based HT enabled PC with all accessories (including VGA,Modem,Voice) working fine.
Could any one recommend me the No. or Name of Motherboard ,Modem and others so that I can buy them.

Thanks in Advance.

Aamer
itfuel@gmail.com

Thanks for everything, people...

I've researched all the distro's recommended here, looked at screenshots of installs, system requirements of the latest releases of each, and have to decided to use...
*drumroll*...

Slackware!...

Anyways, thanks for everything...