Hi Stuart, I installed both redhat 7.0 and Mandrake 7.0 with a USB mouae and it worked fine. <there, I found a question I DID know the answer to.> As for as I know any motherboard with integrated anything should be avoided like the plague.... Why buy a box? Why not just build one? It's lots cheaper. David Bruce Jr Stuart Mathews wrote: > I am considering buying a used PC to run Linux. I have never installed Linux > and am hoping to minimize complications. > > eBay has too many PCs to choose from, but there is an IBM PII machine that > has two USB ports. Other machines have integrated 10/100 Ethernet adapters. > Are USB and integrated Ethernet features something I should stay away from? > Anything else I can do to avoid major problems? > > Thanks, > > Stuart > > ============================================================= > Avenir Web's Linux Discussion List > > List info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=13 > To unsubscribe: email linux-discussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. > > Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ============================================================= ============================================================= Avenir Web's Linux Discussion List List info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=13 To unsubscribe: email linux-discussion-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. Administrative contact: weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =============================================================