Thanks for the download tips. I shouldn't have a problem with the hardware,
as Red Hat knew about it all except for the Soundcard, and I found the
Conexant Linux drivers for that. I just need to get my head around this
particular distro to figure out what I want to install, what I HAVE to have,
and more importantly what I WANT to have.

While this machine will be primarily my PVR do-it-yourself TiVo kinda thing,
it's secondary purpose will be my at-home development tomcat-struts machine.

Keep those hints and tips coming, I can never have too much help.

Skip.

"John Robertson" <johndanielrobertson@cox-internet.com> wrote in message
news:101iihhcv5sc67b@corp.supernews.com...
> Skip you can grab the ISOs at linuxiso.org. It is fairly fast server. Also
> see if you can find the slackware book for download or download each
> section at the slackware website. Make sure the hardware you are wanting
to
> use is supported by the recent kernels. Or better yet, buy a book. Its not
> really a hard OS to get up and running once you get used to things.
>
> John
> "Skip Hollowell" <skip_hollowell'at'yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am new to Slackware, and have been doing the legwork for the last
couple
> > of weeks trying to decide what I need. I am building a PVR (probably
> > FreeVo, record TV, play my MP3's on the stereo, have boring slide shows
of
> > our whole digital picture album, etc) on an AMD XP2500+ box, and have
> > decided against Red Hat (although easy to install) because it is a pig
of
> > a
> > system. From all that I have read, this is the distro to be on, for
> > cleanliness, and for system resource management (very un-piggish).
> >
> > So what exactly do I need to download to get started? I have look at
the
> > download site, and everything is in packages. Is this an a-la-carte
kinda
> > install, where I just pick and choose what I may need, and then build
the
> > ISO and burn away to create my own install disks? Do I HAVE to have a
> > boot
> > floppy? I think I saw that I can out the booter right on the CD, but
the
> > doc was a bit shy in this area. This is definitely not a beginner's
> > Linux.
> >
> > Tips? Tricks. Warnings?
>