For one your using an at least 9 year old version of Linux (I know since in 2000 I was running Mandrake 7.2) so of course it's not going to have the ease of use that a current installation of Linux or Windows OS would have.
I recommend installing a more current Linux distro. It's hard to recommend one since you don't mention processor speed, hard drive capacity, or amount of system (RAM) memory. You also don't mention what you are trying to accomplish. I think your mistaken that Windows networks don't require servers it just depends on what it is your doing. Microsoft has it's own server for home use called "Windows Home Server" it runs around $180.oo USD. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/windowshomeserver It all depends on what kind of networking you are hoping to do on either OS. Some require setting up servers, others do not.... ~Devlin P.S. What happened to Mandrake since version 7.2? Mandrake hasn't existed since 2005. It filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2003 and then in 2005 got aquired by the distro Conectiva. The two distro's became one now known as Mandriva. Charles P wrote: > > > I have Mandrake version 7.something more or less on an old pentium II. > That has to be because Mandrake is free and so is the machine. I am > not in the rat race$ > I want to network (as in ethernet hard wired) the mandrake machines > with as little effort as Windows networks. And with Windows that means > no server. No downloaded or installed software. Just look in "my > network folders" and see the KDE desktop. Why is this such an > outstanding Linux failure? > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
