tlug: Hello, I'm a newbie and help!

[Matt Gushee <matt@example.com>]

Hi, Gavin--

 > So, I'm a complete Linux novice who's about to install my first Linux
 > system. My machine is an old Compaq Pentium 100 with 40Mb of RAM, 1Gb
 > hard disk and a CDROM.

 > Basic question: Am I in for a world of pain, or will the task be easy?
 > Any pre-install hints would be much appreciated.

Assuming you want a GUI, you should check whether there is X Windows
support for your video card and monitor. Fortunately there isn't much
hardware these days that is completely unsupported, but some people
find it necessary to buy commercial X servers.

The XFree86 project has a list of all the video cards supported by
their free X distribution. You might want to look at it before you
take the plunge. It's at

	http://www.xfree86.org/

Best of luck!

Matt Gushee
Oshamanbe, Hokkaido 
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