On Monday 09 December 2002 08:55, Ray Henry wrote: > Yeah, that's what started all this trouble. Over 8 hours to finally > get it installed, after having to figure out that Mandrake was lying > to me. And now, more hours to get the modem working again.... :/
Bummer :/ Here my Quanta worked from day one. Have you installed your dist. from 3 CD's or only the first one? If only the first one, then I'm not surprised that your having problems. > Actually, I was dual-booting with W98/RH 7.4, and didn't want to > spend time getting all my toys working under RH. They work under MDK > just fine. Too bad so much other stuff doesn't. I would probably been > better off getting everything working under RH. Nah, Mandrake is better. Many things are easier under MDK as Redhat tend to be a little to MS'ish. Eg. the missing Mp3 support is a big no-no if they wanna survive the battle. MDK is gaining in on the market. > It's got a long way to go before it's OS/2, though. At least for the > end user. Sure, with server applications, Linux rocks. But to use as > a desktop OS, it fails miserably at this point. I have never tried OS/2, so that I can't say, but Linux as a desktop OS would be better IF...the hardware manufactures would go support it! Somehow MS is the only one exisiting in their universe, and it's a pitty. But the way it is now, desktop with Linux could be easier, but it aint impossible :-) > After a day of MDK'ing, I've experienced more frustration than I have > since someone slipped a disk with the stoned.empire.monkey virus into > my W95 machine about 5 years ago.... I didn't give up then, either. That's the problem: 1 day only. I said the same thing as you did the first week, I nearly cried myself to sleep (well not exactly, but you get the point), then I started hanging out at freenode and all my greefs became burried one after the other. Help in this universe isn't so far away. > Although the "experts" told me after 48 hours I'd done everything > possible, and that the only resolution was to buy a new HD. hmm. > Yes, I am a bitter man. I miss my OS/2, and I want it back, dammit! > >:| :-) Smile The Linux community would be a better place for newbies if, as said before, the manufactures would recognise Linux as an option, and the same with the software developers. If MSI/nVidia made a driverset equals the Windows ones, I wouldn't have to use Windows for TV-Out (I know it's possible under Linux, but last time I tried my X setup went to the basement, and I haven't tried since). And if the game producers made Linux ports the way UT 2003 is for eg., then I wouldn't have to boot MS. But it's coming! It takes time though. MS has it's place in the world, but 3500DKK (that's app. 430USD) for a Windows XP Pro.. that's way to much when MDK9 comes for free and does the same, if not better. -- Martin L. Johansen Carpe Aptenodytes! (Seize the Penguins!) Spam will be forwared to /dev/null ...
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