On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> I personally cannot thank Tom enough for mentioning mandrakeuser.org (btw there is no
> www first). It has a wealth of information in it. I plan on utilizing this resource
>so
> frequently that I even filed it on my personal toolbar in Netscape so I wouldn't have
> to hunt for it in my bookmarks. :-)
>
> I would urge every newbie to take a look at this site.
I have been for some time. I was fortunate to find out about it
as soon as it started up not that long ago (another good reason to
lurk on the cooker list ;) BTW it is the efforts of just one man
"MandrakeUser.Org is me, Tom Berger. I live in Berlin, the
capital of Germany. I'm (almost) 31 years old and work as a
freelancer. I've studied Philosophy, History and Ancient
Philology and have been working as a male nurse for five years. I
write the MUO pages, maintain them, coordinate and merge
contributions and translations, and answer piles of mails.
My only steady co-worker is my wife: she proofreads almost
everything before it goes online (Don't .....
for the rest of it, read the "About MUO" link towards the bottom
of the page. Email Tom and tell him how invaluble this site is.
IT IS.
and thanks Patti, it use to be www.man.... dropping the 'www'
must be very recent, 'cause my old bookmark didn't work anymore ;)
--
~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Patti
> Registered Linux user #184611
>
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > > Mark Hillary wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Come on updating the kernel is not has hard as everyone makes out. (I find it
> > > > easyier that installing programs). There are several resons to. The kernel that
> > > > comes with mandrake haas about everything turned on, so you can have a faster
> > > > system by compling only what you need to. Also because every thing is turned
>on
> > > > all of the moduals take up space. RECOMPLIE to get a faster machine and save
> > > > space. (not to mention the bug fixes, in newer versions)
> > >
> > > Well, it may not be a problem to you, but it is the cause of many
> > > headaches to me. The last few times I've tried upgrading from 2.2.14 to
> > > 2.4.0-test5 I've hit the black screen of death straight after the
> > > "loading........" bit.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ozz.
> >
> > Mark's on track, updating a Mdk kernel is one of the easier
> > things involved with Mdk administration. It shouldn't be any
> > problem at all for any user, even the newest of newbies if they
> > first take a few minutes to visit with MOU (www.mandrakeuser.org)
> > and read the section on changing kernels. The whole site is
> > available as a download (.tar.gz, updated monthly) so it's easy to
> > keep it as a help guide to refer to while you're actually tryin to
> > follow it's instructions.
> >
> > "-test5" Should be a glaring warning, among the many warnings
> > that only 2.2.xx kernels are stable, that a successful swap to a
> > 2.4.xx kernel is froth with risk. Getting back to 2.2.xx kernels,
> > about the only reason to change the default Mandrake config is if
> > you have special, difficult, or newest of new hardware that isn't
> > supported normally. Most stuff in the 'stock Mandrake' kernel is
> > included as a module if it's not fairly standard, so eliminating it
> > will not make your system faster in all but the rarest of cases,
> > and then usually old or substandard hardware would be the reason.
> >
> > --
> > ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
