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I tried out KNOPPIX 3.7 and 3.8. I like the layout, and I'd like to keep using it. This distro has almost all the programs I could need I think, so I'd like to keep on it. It's my first time using Linux, so I really know nothing about it. Searching around doesn't seem to be helping, as I don't even know the terminology.

When I run KNOPPIX, everything loads up fine, except I have a one inch black bar across the bottom of my monitor (a Benq LCD, T903). My video card is an ATI All in Wonder 9600. I try the auto adjust button on my monitor, but it does nothing. I played around with the display properties, and the highest resolution displayed is 1024x768. My card can do better. ATI has a driver for it, but I can't figure out what to do with it. When I try to launch the file, I get what I believe is program code. It is a .run file...

Also, is there a password of some sort I should know for KNOPPIX?

Please tell me or link me somewhere I can get myself edumacated.

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