lol, damn comparing an os to his chest? it's probably soft and soggy by now :P

google!

Linux is a package game, pick what you want trash what you don't.

if it isn't in /etc/rc.d/rc.*;/etc/rc.M;/etc/init.d, etc, and isn't loaded at boot, it isn't a significant problem other than harddrive space.. With that said, ANY LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM can potentially be good for what you want... You don't have to limit yourself to a select few systems that claim they are 'BEST SUITED FOR LOW-END pc's..'
if that were the case, you should use Damn Small LINUX..

Note:
This also depends on your kernel compilation

The smaller the better.

If you guys have any questions in general pertaining to the nature of this post -- By all means, you can ask me personally via a message or post a question in this thread

Hey --

There's a little trick you have to do to your xorg.conf to make this work.

Your monitor is probably Wide screen considering the nature of your problem "thin" and black bars on both sides, this is relatively easy to resolve, so long as you have a 'feel' for the xorg.conf and how to view it with a text editor.

What you need is:
(1) a text editor you can use:
pico/nano/gedit whatever works for you that is realtively easy.

(2) a path to xorg.conf, mine is /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-0"
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
ModeLine "1280x720" 74.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 720 723 728 748 -hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "1280x720 +0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

if you notice the Modeline and the metamodes

you Can replace your config Section monitor and screen
to replicate that.
DO BE CAREFUL as to NOT go outside of your monitors boundries... I.e., the refresh rate and the Maximum your monitor can use as a resolution.

This will probably resolve your problem with the widescreen aspect.

Now, if it's not wide screen .. Then this might still work because it will give you alot of modes in your display properties

Good luck --

ajay

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html

Use slackware, it works on everything :)

-- small, easy to use, fast etc..

edit:

You may have to edit /etc/rc.d/rc.M
to make it do certain things upon boot..
(like go straight into Xwindows) and
90 % of everything is cmd line related :)
so u get good on linux reel quick

Yeah, it's something like that -- I'd suggest you google on how to use cdburner though, lol. I haven't had a use for it in along time :>

try this site:

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialCDBurn.html

Um, it kinda looks like a bad burner ? the only thing with that though is, it could be alot of stuff, heh

Um, try cdburner in the commandline

something like ehhh

cdrecord -scanbus - find the device name

cdrecord -v -eject speed=? dev=?drive filename

You may not have support compiled into the kernel..
You may not be running the commands from root..
tonjaa@tonjaa:~/ < root?

to mount/umount a kernel module -- you need root.

1. Unpack source code of WPA supplicant:
tar -zxvf wpa_supplicant-0.3.8.tar.gz
cd wpa_supplicant-0.3.8

2. Create .config file:
cp defconfig .config

3. Edit .config file, uncomment the following line:
#CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW=y.

4. Build WPA supplicant:
make

-- you said you wanted to make it an 'access point' ?
you need to cd /usr/src/linux-2.x.x.x
ls -la | grep .config
if that's a good config
cp .config ../
make mrproper && make distclean
cp ../.config $PWD

make oldconfig && make menuconfig

-> Device Drivers -> Network Device Support ->
look around.. you May find your driver or generic support : )
'Wireless LAN support'.. might be worth doing this
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