On Sunday 28 September 2003 03:24 pm, rikona wrote: > Hello Charlie, > > Sunday, September 28, 2003, 12:39:36 PM, you wrote: > >> I got 9.0 in a box when 9.1 was just coming out. After a period of > >> learning, I tried to get some additional programs for 9.0, but > >> found almost all were for 9.1, and some did NOT work with 9.0. It > >> was as though the 9.0 code had dried up and blown away. > > CM> What code? What programs? > > Don't remember all of them now, but included Office, Opera, Sylpheed, > Pan, Octave, Gnucash, and many others. > > >> I'm running 9.1 now. How long will it be before the same thing happens > >> and 9.1 code becomes hard to find? > > CM> What code? What programs? > > Not sure what new ones I'll want, but when I tried to find some of the > above for 9.0, it was essentially impossible to find. I wrote to the > list, and others were not able to find them either. Turned out there > were 9.1 versions readily available, but not 9.0. Easiest solution was > to reinstall 9.1 so I COULD get the programs. <snip>
Did you look in the Club directory under Official Mandrake Linux updates, Club Contributions, and Commercial Packages. There is a tree that includes 9.0 packages in every case. Not sure if all the packages are there but there are a large number available. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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