questions before install
 

i have slackware 10.1 on order, and just want to know of any potential pitfalls secondary to hardware.

I have been using Linux about a year, mostly debian flavored distros, but want to branch out and try other distros.

compaq 2108US laptop:

cpu: amd athlon xp-m
mobo: hp 0024
bios: phoenix kam 1.59
audio: conexant amc audio
video: ati radeon igp 320m
wifi: broadcom (94306 chipset)
pcmcia: adaptec firewire card

thats about it. just want to be aware of any potential issues. thanks.

andy

if your hardware worked with your previous distros then it will work in slackware

all the hardware worked. some out of the box, some took some work, ie: to get sbp2 in ubuntu i had to recompile my 2.6 kernel. and the ati drivers i had to get from ati.

i guess to be specific, is there alot of 3rd party hardware support out of the box in slackware, or will it take work on my part ? not that i mind, i just want to know if i can expect it to pick up my hardware or i spend alot of time post install configuring ?

thanks

andy