If everyone subscribed to this list detailed their hardware, very few would have the identical hardware! Any OS that installs out of the box on half of those is worth it's salt.
Windows rely on the third party vendors to get the support right, after installing windows you then have to spend another couple of hours installing and downloading the latest patches/drives? I have been using MDK from 6.0, in fact I bought the box version, apart from a DC10 Plus Video Capture card, every piece of hardware I have had has worked out of the box. When Linux says it's installed, everything has always worked. Now that is amazing!!! Now some of you spend lots of money, or have companies supplying the latest kit, give the guys at MDK a break, they cannot always keep the drivers support on the CD's up to date with bleeding edge drivers! Well done Guys! David, -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lorne Shantz Sent: 24 March 2002 05:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] I am sorry Hey gang... one more thing to consider BEFORE you blame a distro. I've been playing with these releases from Mandrake for a long time now. I got 8.1 awhile back and put it on a 1.2 ghz machine and it would lock up, and no way would it install. I tried different CD's and everything I could think of to no avail. I was just about to blame the distro when I tried it on an identical 1.2GHZ machine and it installed flawlessly! I mean beautifully. Something was wrong with the hardware on that one box. Windows installed just fine. ??? Go figure, but before you come to the conclusion it is a bad distro, consider that it may be the hardware has problems. Just a thought. Felix Miata wrote: > Cheryl Brannan wrote: > > > At 08:53 AM 3/24/02 +1100, you wrote: > > > >Way to go guys....really in the spirit of linux. Let's all mock users > > >who are having a hard time. > > > I disagree. This wasn't a user who was having a hard time and asking for > > help. This user just wanted to dial up and bitch. > > Yes and no. He explained that he had a multitude of problems resulting > from installation/attempted installation on several systems. No one in > her right mind should expect a single post enumerating many problems on > many systems to actually result in useful help. > > That post expressed the same frustration I have encountered on every > beta, rc, and release version I tried, which were the whole series of > 8.0 & 8.1 except for the second beta of 8.0 not tried at all, since a > happy install of 7.1. After seeing the kind of trouble reported in early > 8.2 beta, I decided I'd be wasting my time to try 8.2 before release. It > still looks like I should wait for 8.3. There should have been an rc2 > and maybe an rc3 before release. > -- > "And we know that all things work together for good to them that > love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." > Romans 8:28 KJV > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 > > Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Lorne Shantz
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