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Switching to Mandrake from XP (yay!), please help

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imported_Phil

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Hi guys,

OK, after fixing my problems with Mandrake on a test machine last night (thanks to those who replied), I LOVE Linux. It's so much better than XP, even on a machine that's half the spec of my desktop box. So anyway, I need the following hardware and software (equivalents) before switching, can you guys advise what will work, what I need, what won't etc?

Hardware:
TNT2 (should work fine)
USB Zip Drive 100Mb
Cyberdrive 16x12x40x CDRW
Win/TV PCI card (the original one)
SB PCI128 soundcard (essential!)
D-Link DE528 NIC
DiamondMM SupraExpress 56Pro PCI modem (essential)

Software:
Office-2000-type programs (StarOffice?)
Mail/web (Netscape?)
Winamp
Task Manager 🙂
Photoshop (Gimp?)
Nero
CoolEdit 2000
PowerDVD
DivX (I know there's a decoder now but I need an encoder as well, plus a program similar to FlasK)
Getright
Win/TV (essential)
Norton Antivirus (equivalent)
PartitionMagic (not really necessary)
WinRAR
WinZip (essential)
MP3 Creator (must be fairly quick and similar to Audiocatalyst etc)

There's the list! If anyone can come up with decent alternatives for those programs than Windows + if my hardware will work, I'll love you forever. Or something. 🙂

Thanks in advance,
Your newly-converted Linux d00d,

Dopefiend
 
Hardware:
TNT2 (should work fine) No problem
USB Zip Drive 100Mb No Problem
Cyberdrive 16x12x40x CDRW No Problem
Win/TV PCI card (the original one) Should work fine (might need kernel recompile though)
SB PCI128 soundcard (essential!) Should work fine
D-Link DE528 NIC No Problem
DiamondMM SupraExpress 56Pro PCI modem (essential) Maybe, check here

Software:
Office-2000-type programs (StarOffice?): Staroffice, K-Office or MS-Office using Codeweavers Crossover Office
Mail/web (Netscape?): Netscape, Mozilla, Konqueror, KMail, Galeon, Opera and more
Winamp: Winamp or XMMS
Task Manager <http://forums.anandtech.com/i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif>
Photoshop (Gimp?): Gimp, ImageMagik
Nero: MANY included in all distros
CoolEdit 2000: Don't know what this it.
PowerDVD: Xine
DivX (I know there's a decoder now but I need an encoder as well, plus a program similar to FlasK): Don't know
Getright: Don't know what this is
Win/TV (essential): There is one included with Mandrake I believe but don't know the name
Norton Antivirus (equivalent): Not needed
PartitionMagic (not really necessary): Use on boot disk
WinRAR: Rar is available
WinZip (essential): Zip/UnZip
MP3 Creator (must be fairly quick and similar to Audiocatalyst etc): Included
 
> Win/TV PCI card (the original one) Should work fine (might need kernel recompile though)

Why's this? Sounds a bit complicated...

> Nero: MANY included in all distros

Can you suggest a good one?

> CoolEdit 2000: Don't know what this it.

Professional-grade sound utility- recording mixing, effects, etc.

> Getright: Don't know what this is

Download manager, resuming, etc

> MP3 Creator (must be fairly quick and similar to Audiocatalyst etc): Included

Do you know the name? Can't seem to find it...

Thanks a lot for that TonyRic, that's a great help- I'm going surfing for drivers 🙂

Dopefiend

 
I have never used a WinTV (or similar) card, the drivers should be compiled in a loadable module and should be detected upon install and startup but I have no experience, so I cannot speak to it. However, recompiling the kernel shouldn't be a hassle as the drivers are included, I included that as just a note.

I use koncd and xcdroast the most, but there are many.

The same with many of the apps you are talking about. freshmeat.net is your friend.
 
Task Manager: I used "top"
MP3 Creator (must be fairly quick and similar to Audiocatalyst etc): I've noticed that there is no MP3 encoder in Mandrake. I presume that this has something to do with Fraunhofer's somewhat draconian licensing terms. There is an ".ogg" encoder included - and I like .ogg files a little bit better (they sound noticeably better to my ears than 128kbs MP3's). Anyway, I use "grip" for ripping and encoding and this can call various encoders such as the included .ogg one. But if you want MP3, you'll have to find an encoder somewhere on the net first. BladeEnc and LAME are two that can be found if you look hard enough.

 
Thanks guys,

That should be enough to go on for now. I'm still working on the TV support, HardDrake sees the card as BT878 chipset card, which is correct, need TV support now though.
As for the modem, it's picked up as a 56k Rockwell WinModem, which is not so good. Can't seem to configure it, and it doesn't want to dial out with it.

Can anyone suggest something I can try/do to get it working?

Thanks in advance,

Dopefiend
 
Hardware:
TNT2 (should work fine) - works perfect
USB Zip Drive 100Mb - should work fine.. i have an internal and it works flawless
Cyberdrive 16x12x40x CDRW - works perfect
Win/TV PCI card (the original one) - my wintv works awsome!!!!!!! i use kwintv, lmao, how creative.. 😛
SB PCI128 soundcard (essential!) -- should work perfect
D-Link DE528 NIC - not sure, but should anyhow
DiamondMM SupraExpress 56Pro PCI modem (essential) not sure, but should..

Software:
Office-2000-type programs (StarOffice?) staroffice
Mail/web (Netscape?) - evolution, mozilla, opera, etc. i dont like nutscrape =P
Winamp - xmms
Task Manager 🙂 --- ctrl + esc 😀
Photoshop (Gimp?) -- yep
Nero -- X-CD-Roast ?
CoolEdit 2000 --- beats me =P
PowerDVD xine
DivX (I know there's a decoder now but I need an encoder as well, plus a program similar to FlasK) xine
Getright -- you dont need one 😉
Win/TV (essential) -- kwintv
Norton Antivirus (equivalent) -- just use common sense =D
PartitionMagic (not really necessary) -- use at boot, like mentioned
WinRAR -- already included
WinZip (essential) " "
MP3 Creator (must be fairly quick and similar to Audiocatalyst etc) -- dont know =P im sure there are apps out there... check sourceforge.net =D


rockewell modems are the best, they make chipsets for all other modems 🙂


 
im getting ready for mandrake 8.2 too from my win2k...because of server security. those programs are similar to what i use...but theres ONE thing...KAZAA? is there anything to replace that? im gonna die if i dont get something like kazaa on linux. okay, i plan on using apache, but i heard its hard to configure...so wish me luck! u too dopefiend. see you in linux world
 


<< KaZaa sucks. They install spyware onto your machine that does marketing for Brilliant >>

new adaware ref. file slahes that out! Yea mandrake is cool just not an everyday OS for me! Good luck though.
 
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