On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:07:00 +0100, David Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >[Interleaved quoting: please read to end for all comments] >Huard, Elise - D C&W Consultant wrote in gmane.user-groups.linux.scottish: > about: RE: Mandrake 9.1 > >> By the way, after 2 years of sweating blood with Debian (Woody, so not even >> the unstable stuff) (and yes, i am, or was, a newbie), the Mandrake is a >> breath of fresh air. The ease !!! >> (Not that i would give up Debian, i still think some aspects (like the >> upgrading) is better, and i just like the Debian attitude :-) ) > >Funnily enough, I'm coming to a similar conclusion myself ;-) > >Back in 1997 when I was finally forced to admit that my Amiga 1200 was, >perhaps, starting to become a little 'non-viable' for further upgrades You too. It got to that point where my 8MB 28 MHz Amiga would require more to upgrade it than buying a PC. Oh sad day and Commmodore I hate thee. I started using the net with the Amiga with no real support from Demon until you downloaded a GUI TCP stack from their ftp stack. Doing that was a good introduction into Unix. >But recently, I have been experimenting with other distros on my old PC, >and I have to say, the ease of installation has greatly improved! Once I get a USB card in this old thing, a USB modem and Mandrake 9.1 (Thanks Elise) installed one thing I intend to do is install the AmiWM for that old time feel. ed -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dragons Rescued | _//// http://www.equus.demon.co.uk/ | Maidens Slain | o_/o /// For devilbunnies, Diplomacy, RPGs, | Quests P.O.A. | __\ ///__ Science-Fiction and other stuff | | <*> _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
