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Phat Linux: Somebody talk me into it. (Should be easy.)

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WakeUpNeo:
Hello Forum:

I want to try Linux, but getting Red Hat to work on my PC has been troublesome to me in the past.  I'm not much of a techie, so troubleshooting hardware compatibilty issues kinda strains the limits of my attention span.  I'd rather go bass fishin'.

So, can someone just tell me if Phat Linux will REALLY sidestep all the hardware issues I encountered while trying to install Red Hat... and just run under Windows XP Pro once installed?

All opinions and witty remarks are most welcome, but I'd especially like to hear from anyone who has installed Phat Linux under Windows XP Pro.  How'd it go?  Is it safe?  Will it work?  How much bass fishin' time will it save me?

Thanks for reading...
-WakeUpNeo

Laukev7:
Well, that depends. What hardware do you use? What problems did you encounter with Red Hat? Hardware support is pretty much the same from one distro to another. Maybe you used an old version of Red Hat which didn't support your hardware?

WakeUpNeo:
Okay don't laugh, now.  I'm using a Gateway 2000 P2-266.  Heyyyyy, I said no laughing!

Here's the Phat web site I read:  http://www.phatlinux.com/about.html
It sounded to me at the time like they were saying it's the easiest to install, and the screenshots show it running under windows.  I thought maybe it worked with the hardware abstraction layer in Windows XP but maybe that's wishful thinking on my part.

-WUN

WakeUpNeo:
Almost forgot to mention:  I tried installing Red Hat 6 (or was it 7?) and the modem, NIC, and sound card didn't work.  (It's not a WinModem, either.)  

Anyway... Red Hat aside, it's down to Lindows or Phat for me now, and Phat is my first stop.  

Thanks again y'all,
-WUN

Laukev7:
Both Red Hat 6 and 7 are very outdated. The latest version is Red Hat 9, which should have equal or better hardware support than both Phat or Lindows.

As for the screenshots, that's only the installer under Windows. Phat Linux is designed to function in a FAT32 or NTFS partition, but you still have to boot into the OS.

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