On Friday 17 May 2002 12:16 am, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > I'd recommend against "showing off linux" unless you really know how > todo all this yourself. You may end up just giving everyone a bitter > taste in their mouth about linux if everything doesn't work right off > the bat. When introducing something new, it needs to be obviously > better, not just "working" after many days of tweeking. > I will second that ! - I certainly do remember my 8.2 install-feast :
Being on linux for about 3 years and Mandrake from 7.0 --> 8.1 without any serious troubles I ordered the 8.2 "power-pack" and invited some friends of mine (who knows only a certain OS) to watch a "full-blown-cutting-edge-up-to-date-sciddlelidoo" - install of linux. Well, the beers were cold, the friends seated comfortably. I powered on the good old PC and injected the first, very fresh CD. Hisses and noises. Then, the usual : "in second stage install.". ..... Fine ! Another round of beers. Everything seemed to go as usual, until : "select packages to install" ( or something similar). - No packages ! Well, - after another try with no more luck - I resorted to show-off 8.1. Succes ! Morale : Don't take it for granted that a new version is "better". In my case it was a lot worse : the need to download "patches" for installation on K-6 processors (how do you do that from a defunct PC ???). Endless troubles with "supermount" ( you can't play audioCD's anymore, can't format a floppy, can't use the "locate"-command) , etc..... etc..... As the man says : " If it isn't broke, don't fix it !" Kaj Haulrich Denmark > Tommy Eaton wrote: > > Hi, one of our computers recently came with XP HOME installed... useless > > on our network... So, I figure this is a good opportunity to show off > > some Linux. Problem is I have no idea where to start. I would simply > > be installing it on one workstation so this is a fairly small (?) > > project. I will need the workstation to be able to access windows > > shares from an NT 40 server, work on Office docs, surf the web, run > > proprietary software, and receive email from a Microsoft Post Office or > > Exchange 5.5 server. Is this possible? I figure OO or SO might work for > > the Office apps, but I'm not sure beyond that... Any help would be > > appreciated!
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