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Originally Posted by xpozition
Didn't realise mint was also a debian based distro. I think I might try pclinuxos which is non debian, see if I get any joy and if not buy a different graphics card.
I'm not a gamer at all really, although having said that I wouldn't mind giving second life a go. Problem is cards aren't very cheap here and the price of one plus a ram upgrade, and I would almost think about upgrading the PC...
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It often depends more on the kernel than what distro forms the base. PCLinuxOS is based on Mandriva but the kernel is totally different, thus one can work on a system the other cannot!
As I posted earlier, you may want to try PCLinuxOS mini-me, as it has a more modern kernel, and you can even test whether your graphics card and internet connection can be made to work before you install.
However with mini-me, there's not much software, so once installed, you will need to visit the PCLinuxOS forums, Mini-Me section, to get help as to what software you might want to add to get a fully functioning system.
Don't worry, because all you have to do is run the Synaptic package manager, and all software is added from the internet with a few clicks.
