I use a Compaq Presario 5190 (450mhz AMD processor) with RedHat Linux 7.2.  This computer has worked fine for me with no driver problems whatever...Now that I think about it, I take that back.

When I went from RedHat 7.1 to 7.2 the network card driver was broke and I had to switch from the "tulip" to the "4x5dec" driver...

The sound support also required manual configuration...

Those were good learning experiences!

The modem is a brain dead "winmodem" but I have not worried about that since I use the network connection to DSL.

I guess my point is that Compaq does use funky stuff sometimes but my Presario works just fine for me.

Alan

plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us wrote:
>Compaq often uses proprietary stuff that requires special drivers 
>for any OS, so the HP is probably the way to go.