new SMP Linux system

[davoid]

Hello,

I am in the process of configuring a new system that will run Linux. Here`s the hardware.

motherboard: Tyan Tiger MP (S2460)
cpus: 2 x AMD Athlon MP 2000 - RETAIL BOX W/FAN
memory: 2 x DDR DIMM 266MHZ 512M
hard-drive: 120.0 Western Digital 7200 8M CACHE
LCD: LG 17" 782LE .26mm 1280x1024 LCD
--- Note that keyboard and mouse are free as advertised on megapc.com
Video Card: ATI 64mb A-I-W Radeon 7500 DDR oem
Power supply: Antec True Power 430w Gold Plated
Audio card: Creative SB Audigy X-Gamer
Is this audio card supported?
Speakers: Logitech Z-560 5-piece 400w
DVD: AcerOpen 16x/48x DVD ata/66
What about this?
Case fan: Dual Bracket System Fan



Thanks for your time!

[i_like_peanut_butter]

Did you have a question in there or just bragging?

Oh, saw your sound card question. Check creative.com to make sure. It should, they're one hardware company that is really supportive of open source.

The DVD drive should work. Make sure you load IDE-SCSI support at boot and you have it compiled in your kernel or as a module.

Case fan will work with any OS, or no OS at all.

[Xsecrets]

I think there are drivers out there for the audigy now, but I wouldn't expect it to be detected by your distro.

[bosox79]

I have the exact same card in my box that you do & I have had good luck with mandrake 8.2 & red had 7.4 null the sound card worked fine with both distro's md did'nt detect it at first but ehrn I booted into md I was able to play auido cd's, redhat 7.4 null autodetected my card during setup :) I would try either mandrake suse or redhat these distro's come with installers that are eaiser then windows (in my humble opnion ):D

hope that helps

[mdwatts]

http://opensource.creative.com for the Audigy drivers.