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Sure, there are plenty of gui interfaces for apt. The best pointy clicky
one is Synaptic (which I am trying to force myself to use more often).
Also, I have found that it is easier to search your apt-cache that it is
to search for random RPMs --
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/apt-cache.8.html";>http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man8/apt-cache.8.html</a>

To weigh in on the actual question, give <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ubuntulinux.com/";>http://www.ubuntulinux.com/</a> and
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://prism54.org/supported_cards.php";>http://prism54.org/supported_cards.php</a> a read.

-- 
James Sumners
<a  rel="nofollow" href="http://ug.dyndns.org/~jsumners/";>http://ug.dyndns.org/~jsumners/</a>

&quot;All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.&quot;

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