Hello. I just subscribed to this list last night, and am very new to Linux, so I preemptivly apologize if I ask a stupid question. Anyway, I used to run a redhat box on an i686 but took it down because I could never figure it out. After several months of cussing out my windows machine (I switched to Win2k, and although a massive improvement over Win9x, is still very buggy) and at the recomendation of a friend's father who is a huge UNIX guru, however, I decided to give Linux another try. My 3 major problems with getting Linux up and running are the fact that I can't find a modem anywhere that will work with Linux, my Voodoo3 and SB Live cards don't have drivers written for them that I know of, and the fact that I have virtually no experience with UNIX. If any of you would give me the name of a good, relatively cheap modem, point me to some Voodoo3/SB Live drivers, or give me a few pointers on how to learn Linux, it would be most appreciated. Also, I know it's fairly subjective, but what distributions do you guys think work the best, based on your experience? The Fishy One's Infinite Wisdom #28: "Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com