On Sunday 02 November 2003 05:21 pm, robin wrote: > Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > ARS Technica had a complaining piece about 9.2 > > > > http://arstechnica.com/etc/linux/index.html > > Does anyone have anything positive to say about 9.2? My own impression > was that it was a piece of bad timing, but I haven't installed it yet, > so I'm witholding judgment. I'm about to install Linux on a friend's > computer, so I'm wondering whether to burn some 9.2 CDs when they're > available, or just go ahead with 9.1. In either case I'll have to > install Mozilla and OpenOffice separately, but I was wondering if there > were any goodies in 9.2 that would make it worth it. > > > and a link to this. > > > > > > Company: Still more Freedom. > > Posted by gael on Mercredi, octobre 29 @ 15:47:47 CET ( reads) > > > > because Mandrake Linux is about freedom of choice, > > because Mandrake Linux is about empowering people, > > because humans have the capability to move, > > because we love to see what users do with new products... > > > > > > ...we will release it, hopefully by the end of the year, as a holiday > > gift or any other reason that the end of December may inspire you. > > > > MandrakeSoft Team. > > Intriguing. > > The article on Crossover Office is also interesting. The fact that they > can make MS Office and IE open faster under wine than OpenOffice and > Mozilla open natively is an imprssive tribute to the coding skills of > the poepl at Codeweavers. OTOH, I actually prefer OO and moz to MS > Office and IE, so it's not much use for me. > > Sir Robin I have installed it on two of my machines and can find no fault with it. I replaced the LG CDrom with a DVDrom and it went on smooth as silk. I believe the bittorrent d/l method is good if you can get it past a cable router/modem and have a fast connection. Anyway I like the look and feel it has detected all hardware, and yes it is a boring install. No problems so far. I do not see the LG thing as a Mandrake problem. Talked to a guy today who has degrees in Math, computer science and computer engineering. He programs embedded progs in machine language and is a linux fan. He said he has never heard of something like the LG problem where software could be set to fry hardware, so it is not something that would be easily or readily recognised. Mandrake's release probably did the community a service in bringing this to light. LG will be more carefull about say something is ATAPI compliant when it is not. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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