Mandrake was the first distro that allowed me to reliably connect my audio modem, my video card, and my sound card. It was my go-to OS for a long time after tha

Mandrake was the first distro that allowed me to reliably connect my audio modem, my video card, and my sound card. It was my go-to OS for a long time after that. It's easy to forget just how challenging hardware support for Linux used to be.