[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >My friend gave me a copy of Mandrake Linux 8.1. He gave me 3 disks, and >didn't tell me what they are used for. When asked he didn't know said he >never used them. I installed the OS from disk 1. What I would like to know >is what the other 2 disks are for. > >Thanks Mike > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, there are lots of application programs and a lot of choices on those other two disks. They may not be useful to you, but then again they might.
Here are some of the things you probably didn't install: You got KDE and GNOME Desktop environments and IceWM-light as a failsafe, but you probably did not install blackbox xfce AfterSTEP WindowMaker Enlightenment Fvwm This will not affect the functionality of the system. Of course, you will not see a background with water rippling at the bottom and reflecting the things shown on the screen, but eyecandy is for those who like it. Now probably also you did not install the development system. So you have Perl and Python, but not many other interpreters and compilers. Last I looked, the Enterprise edition of Visual C++ was selling at about $1000. You have equivalents in power with glade, KDevelop, kdestudio, and gcc, but most of that is on CD2 and CD3. Database systems that are extremely sophisticated are around. Some of them will need to be installed to run effectively with Java which you will need to download to make your browsers fully functional. unixODBC works with Java. MySQL and postgresql are there. There are many programs that are just convenience programs. There are at least 7 editors you did not load, and DansGuardian or junkbuster to take care of unwanted pop-up ads and pestiferous porno sites. But mostly, you have a functional system. Just remember that Windows XP is most of a CD and provides notepad and solitaire. We are three CDs so we offer a lot more to round out your computing experience. Civileme
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
