jordan muscott <morsecode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Thanks for that.... but I've just discovered that ecasound records >without any of the problems I was experiencing with arecord, so I'll >save your advice for when/if I get any other related problems :) > >Oh btw, I did use Mandrake, and briefly Redhat for about 18 months >before I switched to Slackware, and to be honest I prefer Slackware... I >haven't had that much trouble setting things up how I want, ok Aside from your peripherals. >occasionally I have to plough through a few docs but thats not a bad >thing in the long run. (Debian does sound nice too, i agree). Debian makes upgrading and setting up new software much too simple. :} Redhat is far too limited. Their hardware setup stuff is excellent though.