Re: [OT] Who uses Linux? (was RE: [newbie] Mandrake...too many apps?)

[Andrew Scotchmer]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, you wrote:

> 
> But I'm just wondering because, without getting into a flame war, I'm
> surprised how bad the installation of Mandrake is. 

Hi,

Well I'm just your plain user and the nearest I get to any techy stuff is
designing web pages (though I am learning Java and have taught myself some C).

I found the Mandrake installation to be a breeze.  I'm using 7.1 (though
started with 6.0) and just clicked on the recommended installation and of it
went.  It found my 3dfx graphics card,  and the monitor and all I had to do was
click ok at the end.  Easy Peesy.

BTW  I am a complete Linux user having ditched Windows ages back,  now that is
hard for a newbie with all those cryptic messages as to why it crashed ( anyone
know what all those numbers actually meant )

Andrew