I downloaded the "free" verison of Manadrake. Installed it several times trying to get it to work with the video but after it was all said and done it never functioned. So I had to put XP back on the laptop.

I am looking for sugestions or new info that I have yet to find. Hell if there is another Linux os that supports (video hardware, and hopefully the rest of the hardware) and is easy to use for a beginner is willing to give it a try.
Is having XP issues. I want to give Linux a try see if I can learn to use it.

Video hardware= Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controler.

Also another question for the experinced. When did linux start costing money, manadrake wanted a monthly membership.

-illusion

it didnt,,,,, mandrakes just all commerzilized now...... slackwares a good distro... so is debian, or you could just get *BSD.... or Immunix, or devil-linux... I speak out of experience having an A15 myself, and they all work fine... (and with Mandrake it sucked anyway, what with no compiler or xterm.....)

What is the easyest Linux that support my Toshiba laptop to start out on?

-illusion

I installed slackware.
I told it to boot up in KDE.
What happens is it boots up
showing errors on video card.
It stays in text shit.
I need a GUI to work with it. I dont know enough about linux to work with it in text. How can I get it in GUI to fix video card or is it just plan hopeless the video card with no support.


-illusion