OK, I got it now.
Anyone who has positive input to your thread is a "geek" or "power user" Darn. Guess I buy the next box at Kmart. When Mandrake works then, can I please just be a user? Lee P.S. My real nightmares are all MS experiences from my dark past. > Hi Lee, > Thanks for your info, but you are a Power-User by the sound of the box > specs! :-) > I'm trying to determine if Linux - especially Mandrake is "true" to the old > idea of not needing a monster box to run. > I know of Linux Servers that are running on Steam-powered old things and > just don't fall over. > The sad thing is that I don't know anyone not at least a p/time geek who > has made it all go without enough research and effort for a PhD. > > And of course, you mentioned 8.2 - which isn't even "there" for us > chickens. Altho I noticed it got a couple of accolades on fixing earlier > problems in reviews. > > > > The 8513 Chipset? > > > The "X" Motherboard? > > > Onboard sound, video? > > > MSI Boards? (Models?) > > > Asus Bds? (Models?) > > > > > > Anyone got Win4lin going in one go? > > > Anyone got WINE to run anything? FrontPage? > > > > > > Has it ever happened? > > > > In a word.........mostly > > > > 8.2 fired up everything nicely. > > > > > > Soyo Dragon Plus > > Radeon 7200 > > AMD Athlon 1900 > > > > Only problem isn't a Linux problem and I've said it before. > > > > I will probably have a WinBox 'til the cows come home because, in my > > business > > > I have to communicate with people in their own (wordprocesser) language. > > When I get a letter in Word, I have to respond in Word to avoid obvious > > problems with recipients. WordPerfect in WordPerfect, etc. > > > > Frankly, I don't see where that is a problem. Linux is a tool, not a > > religion. It is doing faithfully everything that I expect, and did so > > right > > > out of the ISO. > > > > Would that the rest of life were so simple. > > > > Every once in a while, I stumble around in the dark and either install a > > program or crash the computer, just for sport. Crashes and other > > self-inflicted wounds are becoming less frequent as Mandrake and I both > > evolve. > > > > More fun than a bowl of pollywogs. > > > > > > Lee -- Registered Linux user #223705 Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
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