Nope. I meant it to go to the list but must have had the wrong box checked in Pegasus. I'll take care of it here and now, in fact.
The only correction I want to make is that installing the LAN card was unnecessary, once I found the built in ethernet port on the back of the box. It was hiding beside the USB ports. I've since written a couple of CDs, too, so that works, and downloaded pictures from my Canon A40 digital camera. I'm still learning my way around Linux, of course, but getting there slowly. I do miss a couple of my Windoze apps -- notably Pegasus for e-mail and PaintShop Pro. I may spring for Crossover Office so I can use them, assuming it will accept them. Or try to convince the developers to port the apps to Linux. df On 5 Sep 2002, at 22:06, ed tharp wrote: > Mind if I repost this to the list? > <snip> > > Well, here's a pocket review of my WalMart box, for what it's worth. > > > > I got the 1.3GHz Celeron with 256mb of SDRAM, 40 gig hard drive, > > CD-RW, modem, etc. Mandrake Linux installed. > > > > Booted right up and ran through the automatic install, offering Gnome > > and KDE as desktop choices. I picked KDE and I'm comfortable with it, > > but I see on Tucows there seem to be more apps for Gnome, so I'm > > debating bringing that one up, too. > > > > I opened the box to install the network card and was pleasantly > > surprised at how tidy it was inside (I reviewed systems for Computer > > Shopper years ago -- not all bargain boxes were well assembeled). > > Since it had a single 256mb SIMM for RAM I added a 128mb SIMM I had > > lying around, so I now have 384mb to play with. > > > > Came with a stack of manuals (Mandrake Intallation and User Guide, > > motherboard, CD-RW, etc.) and some CDs (Modem drivers for Windoze and > > Linux, some sort of utilities disk and the Mandrake disks, of course, > > Windoze software for the CD-RW drive but no Linux, but no problem > > since it was already installed and working). > > > > Lots of software; Open office, games, CD burning (GCombust and X- > > CDRoast), etc., etc. > > > > Everything works (haven't tried to write a CD yet), but the modem is > > frustrating -- takes forever to connect and then often connects at > > 4800 and I have to disconnect and try again. Noname junk may be > > replaced. > > > > Windows users are going to miss the hand-holding that Microsoft > > gives them. Documentation is scarce, help tends to be cryptic to Linux > > newbies. I'm going to have to configure Samba and the only way I can > > see to do that is to edit the samba.config file, which takes me back > > to my old DOS and early Windows days, playing as I did then with > > config.sys and autoexec.bat files. > > > > To sum up -- well built but for cheap modem, well set up but a newbie > > faces a steep learning curve to start refining things. On the whole > > I'm very pleased with it > > > > Dennis Fowler > peregrinf
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