Hey,
I recently put Mandrake 9.2 on a Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz computer with a 40 GB HD, and I am having trouble with the following:
1. I want to be able to use my windows laptop to either telnet into my linux computer and run KDE, or I want to be able to use RealVNC or something like that.
2. I want to be able to use the CD burner in my computer to play CD's, but I am having to run a cable from the headphone jack on the front of it to the line in on my sound card. This gets really annoying after a while.
3. I want to use Cinelerra to edit videos, but whenever I put in a .avi video file, it just gives me audio.
4. I want to be able to capture from my video camera, but I have no clue what software to use.

Can't help you w/ 2-4, but to A your 1st Q, try PuTTY