On Friday 30 March 2001 09:58, you wrote:
> Greetings everyone,
>
> I am brand new to the world of Linux. I just happened
> to be at Walmart at 11:00 at night (is there any other
> good time to be at Walmart? lol), and came across the
> last box of LM 7.2 Complete. It looked really cool on
> the bac of the box, so I thought, "What the heck?"
>
> I'm glad I decided to get it. KDE is very cool, and
> most of the applications are more stable than Windows
> is. I haven't quite worked up the courage to face the
> straight text console yet, like I said, I'm brand new
> to Linux. I do have some questions though:
>
> 1. Is there a more feature-rich email application
> other than Kmail (preferrably something like Eudora?).
> Kmail does do almost everything I need it to, but
> just seems so "ho hum."
>
> 2. I can not get KDE upgraded from 2.0 up to 2.1.1.
> I've tried every suggestion from every website that I
> come across about upgrading the blasted thing, only to
> royally screw up KDE to the point where x won't even
> start. The console still worked, but since I don't
> know enough about it, I had to resort to blasting
> everything and starting all over.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Terry Sheltra
Well if you want 2.1 KDE for now, you can update to MandrakeFreq--the
enhanced and security updated frequent-release. It is on the web and should
soon be at Cheapbytes or other similar place. Just drop in the CD and choose
LiveUpdate and you should be off and running.
Civileme
>
> Newbie Linux User
>
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