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"I set up a box with an Gigabyte MB and an Athalon 1800+"

I was running it on a Pentium II MMX 300 with 256MB. Win2K ran fine. Redhat Linux 9 does not. It finally ran on the 3rd clean install.

It took over an hour to do the installation (stock RH9 Pro setup). Also, I am still trying to get it to recognize a network printer. I'm sure there is an easy way to do it, but the documentation is so overwhelming that I have been unable to do it. I have about 4 hours invested in the printer setup.

It appears that RH9 requires a better, faster, stronger computer than Win2K. That is disappointing because Linux users have been telling me it runs fine on old equipment. I guess they were running older versions.

I'll post again when I try it on a faster computer. I hope the PIII 650 that I will have in a few weeks will handle it. I can't afford to take a 2GHZ unit off-line to test Linux. I might be able to get my hands on a PIII 900 with 256MB. Then, I'll start evaluating the business software that is available for Linux. The mahjong game is excellent once it boots.

Also, I am still trying to get it to recognize a network printer. I'm sure there is an easy way to do it, but the documentation is so overwhelming that I have been unable to do it. I have about 4 hours invested in the printer setup.

Hmmm... I didn't even bother looking at the docs. I just thought I'd give it a try. Is the Windows computer you want to access the printer on in a domain? In my case, it's just a workgroup. But all I did was add an entry to the /etc/hosts file for the WinXP computer, then started the gnome print manager. (BTW, I did install the Samba system during the initial installation, but didn't do any configuration of it. You will need if for the SMB protocol.) I just "filled in the blanks." That was it: It printed immediately. Of course, you need to be sure that you tell it the user name of an account on the WinXP system.

Mark