I have decided to load Mandrake Linux this evening.
I spent some time at Fry's this afternoon checking out the KVMs. I currently have a four port Linksys model that does not support audio. I was hoping to find a six port model with audio. It seems that the KVMs go from two port, to four port, to eight port and then you can piggy back them from there.
Fry's no longer carries LinkSys KVMs and the only first tier company that carries KVMs with audio is Belkin. Their eight port model was $300 and I suspect that I would have to get different cables.
I only need to add a fifth machine to the mix and was thinking a six port would give me an additional port for expansion. I can't justify spending that much money so I decided to take a different path.
I will take one of the existing machines and repartition it to allow a small 10GB - 20GB partition for linux. This machine will dual boot using WinXP Pro as the default, for now...
I choose Mandrake because I have heard that it is a more user-friendly iso than most. I have some experience with unix from a year or so with an SGI on my desk. My understanding is that Mandrake is also one of the more powerful iso's as well.
I am downloading the three CD iso now. I had to get them from the Mandrake site since LinuxISO had maxed out their FTP connections.
I am getting Mandrake version 9.1 knowing that 9.2 will be out shortly. I figure that about the time I understand what I should have done, I'll be ready to reinstall Mandrake using the new version.
Posted by swfields at October 11, 2003 05:39 PM | TrackBack