i want to install mandrake 9.0 (im a lamer in unix)
can i get the following hardware to work with it?
-Alcatel Speed Touch USB
-Canoscan 656U
-HP photosmart P1000
-Riva 128 AGP.. but it doent matter if the games work just 32 bit and 1152x864 resolution for my Viewsonic PF790 monitor

i guess i need drivers for unix.. where can i get them.. or r they built in?

oh yeah and i forgot my Linksys 100mbps NIC (NC100)

You can kiss windows cd goodbye. Mandrake 9 is dierectly compareable to Xp but you may have to read on line manual for sometime.
good luck.

thanx alot.. i will format everything this weekend... and i will set microsoft windows 98&XP cd's on fire

don't set them on fire, just sell them to someone and salvage some of the wasted money.