[Max Power]

I really want to install and use linux. But these are the things I need to be able to install no matter what.

- Steam
- Itunes
- Gaim
- A torrent program
- Geforce GFX card drivers
- Sound max audio drives for my Intel integrated sound device
- US robotics wireless internet adapter drivers
- Firefox/Opera
- VLC media player or something similar

[macdude425]

- Don't count on it, natively. Look into Wine/Cedega.
- Don't count on it, natively. Look into amaroK, Rhythmbox, XMMS, Audacious, etc. And if you need iPod support, look into gtkpod, gnupod, and Rhythmbox.
- No problem.
- No problem.
- SHOULD be no problem.
- Check http://www.alsa-project.org to see if your card is supported.
- Uh...what chipset does the card use?
- No problem.
- No problem.

[The General]

The only problematic thing I see is the wireless adapter.

[Max Power]

Dam I guess my sound card wont work. I looked on that site and couldnt find Intel or Soundmax under sounds cards.

What do you mean what chipset for my USR card?

[The General]

You didn't look hard enough... http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc...r-Intel#matrix

Your USR card, what model is it?

[Max Power]

So that sound thing would work for my audio? This is the full name of it.

Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller

And my USR card is

U.S. Robotics 802.11g Wireless Turbo Adapter


- And this gtkpod thing works just like itunes? I can put music on my ipod with it the same way?

- Also I forget to add I need MS office. Like word, photoshop

[The General]

RhythmBox works with iPods, you will be able to use it just like iTunes, it is an iTunes clone pretty much. That sound card will work, but is there a model number or product ID for that wireless adapter?

MS Word is replaced with OpenOffice.org and Photoshop is replaced by the Gimp.