On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, David Feldman wrote: > I'm evaluating various Linux distros in order to recommend one to > novice users, particularly Windows switchers. Mandrake has been > recommended to me, especially since it can resize NTFS partitions. > > I downloaded 10.1 Community and tried to install but have been unable > to do so. First I got a text-based installer instead of graphical, and > the best I was able to achieve was a system that booted to a text login > prompt instead of GNOME or KDE. Then I tried the low-res graphical > install, but the best I was able to achieve there was that it would > hang at the post-install configuration. Any thoughts? >
Your hardware? Installer drops to text if it can't start X or there isn't enough RAM. > Also, hoping for some clarification: > - How does 10.1 Community differ from 10.1 Official? Official has many bugfixes based on Community feedback. > - If 10.1 Official might work better for my purposes, is there any way > to download it for eval purposes? Not as an ISO atm, unless you belong to club. The packages are available on the mirrors. > - How does 10.1 Official differ from 10.1 Discovery? 10.1 Discovery is sort of an introductory Linux, no compilers, development tools for 1 thing, and I think it has only KDE. > - How does 10.1 PPC relate to the various Intel versions? > It's supposed to be equivalent to 10.1 x86 download edition. -- Stew Benedict Mandrakesoft --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
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