I need help choosing the right distro for a dedicated linux box (LAMP). I have a -

- Dell Optiplex GX150 (P3 1.Ghz, 512MB, 40GB)
- Dell M780 Monitor
- Lynksys Wireless-B 2.4 Ghz 802.11b (WUSB11 ver. 2.8)

I have had trouble with the wireless network adapter before. I don't really want to spend too much time trying to install special drivers or recompiling the kernel just for these devices (yes, I realize that this will take some amount of work, I just don't want to spend all of my time configuring devices). I want to get started on a Linux box ASAP.

Could someone please recommend a distro that works with these devices?

Or

Tell me where I can find that info?

Also, I have no problem with a recommendation of purchasing a new wireless adapter if it is proven to work out of the box with a certain distro.

If you need more info, I would be happy to provide it.

Thank you.

I guess I'm saying:

Wireless. I need wireless. Either to able to configure my current card, or to but a new one. What is THE MOST SOLID wireless network card out there? I need one that is widely supported. The one that will work with any distro. I am willing to install a distro based on support for a wireless card. I am that desparate. Any suggestions?

My current card is - Lynksys Wireless-B 2.4 Ghz 802.11b (WUSB11 ver. 2.8) -

In my experience, It was horribly supported. I tried about four distros (Red Hat, Mandrake, Knoppix, Fedora), and many posts on this forum that were answered by experts. I could never get the darn thing to work.

All I'm looking for in a suggestion here is something like this:

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jc80,
Try the 802.11g D-Link Xtreme G DWL-G520 with either Mandrake 10 or Fedora Core 4. That worked right out of the box for me and it was easy to configure.

Good Luck!
~experienced linux user

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Please help me.

~jc80

Perhaps the reason you haven't recieved a reply is because no one who has read your post has had any experience with that particular wireless card. Have you searched the HCL list for an entry? Have you searched the web for information? Whether there are problems using that wireless card? I have never used a wireless card under Linux but ndiswrapper seems to be the way to go if the kernel doesn't directly support your card. As for what distro - its the same kernel so each distro running the same kernel version *should* support the same hardware so just use what your comfortable with.

PS: the forum automatically bumps your post twice if there is no reply within a certain time period so there is no need for you to

~not so experienced linux user