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There is a problem after all. The integrated video card is supported, but the monitor refresh rate is poor. I need to download the driver from Intel! I tried to install it like the Read Me file says rpm -i dri-I915-v1.1-20041217.i386.rpm but I got an error message saying AGPGART module is not installed. What does it mean?

I got my new Linux PC and it worked out of the box Just wondering, how can I find out how much RAM is used by the integrated video card?

I have (or will have soon) one PC with Windows XP and another PC with Linux. They are connected to a router. I want to backup files from the first PC on the second PC and vice versa. I am not going to use these files (hopefully), just store them. Do I need to use Samba for this or is there another way?

I decided to buy the Intel D865GVHZ board. Are there any other parts of the PC that may cause trouble with Linux? I read the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, but maybe there is something I missed (like FDD which I couldn't find there).

I prefer to buy a computer from a store that I know even if it's a bit more expensive. Besides, there are stores that have lower prices for parts, but charge about 40$ for building the PC. I thought I found another possible board - Asus p4vp-mx or Asus p4ge-mx, but they don't support DDR 400, so it would be a waste. There's also Asus p4s800-mx, but I'm not sure its sound chipset AD1888 is supported.

I don't think I can do that. That is not so simple. I searched for a cheap nforce2 motherboard that has LAN+VGA+SOUND on it and found only one Epox EP-8RGM3I which is relatively cheap. What do you think of it? Isn't it possible that the integrated sound chipset is not supported (AD1888 for example) ? Not exactly. I can get the Epox for about 110$ and Sempron 2500+ for 110$. The Intel motherboard I'm thinking of buying is D865GVHZ (with LAN) I can get it for 100$ and I can get Intel Celeron D 2.4Ghz for 110$. I can't tell which combination is better, but each is around 210$. The store that I'm going to buy the PC, doesn't have Epox motherboards at all. I need to ask them to get it for me. They are not thrilled about selling AMD and probably will try to convince me to buy Intel instead. Is it really worth the hassle? Is the difference between the two boards noticeable?

I want to buy a new Pentium/Celeron PC and I need to choose an integrated mobo which is compatible with Linux. Intel provides drivers for Linux, so it seems a good choice. Unfortunately, Mandrake is not one of the distributions supported by Intel. Does anybody have experience with Intel integrated motherboards? Is it possible to use those drivers with Mandrake?