RE: [newbie] Which Linux?
Cheers for the answers. Mandrake it is then. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which Linux?
LURKER here, While the subject is here, I have been having most fun with Linux-Mandrake 7.0 for about a year. Still using this olé version for learning as much as possible. I recently purchased a copy of Debian 2.0 but find it much more difficult, more for the Has been drip under pressure (EXPERT?). Until then this is the one to use for learning, it is easier to convert what you know about WindBlows to Linux and beyond. That will come with time, but for learning this is the BEST one to use. TIA, 'd' [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Antonio, Texas At 08:38 AM 8/20/01, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 August 2001 06:31, Adrian Lynch gave up his right to remain silent by saying: I'm new to Linux but I'm ready to make the giant leap forward and chop my HD up to make room for Linux. My question is, I've used Mandrake, 7.2 I think, and I would like to know if this is known to be easy to use. I liked what I saw, but does anyone have a better suggestion. I liked the installation process, nice and easy. Is there any reasons to choose this over Corel, Red Hat ect Thanks, and go easy on me, it's my first post :o) I qualify as an almost rank newbie. I've been a recovering Windoze-holic for almost two weeks now. I had installed but only sparingly used Mandrake 7.0 a year ago. I had tried and failed to install Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2 (display problems mostly), plus another local (Denver, Colorado) release based on Red Hat. Now I'm on Mandrake 8.0 snip Part of this may be my own improved ability to find sources of support that I didn't know about a year ago, too. Both the newbies list and a similar local list have proven useful, as has usenet. You definitely want to seek out your local LUG as well though - they tend to provide solid knowledge and assistance. Since you're in London, check out http://gllug.linux.co.uk/ I'm taking my machine to a local install fest in a couple of weeks (CLUE - Sept 15, if any Denver locals are reading this) to resolve a couple of low priority configuration issues. - -- One Code to rule them all, one Code to bind them In the land of Redmond where the Shadows lie - Joe Thomson, ASR. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBO4ES0H+bkeP849+WEQJlggCaA/6NxtwdXcman5IRMVCpbPYhvxoAnAvZ 3CTJUQQHVIdvQT3kE8oSbUr7 =2kYR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Which Linux?
I'm new to Linux but I'm ready to make the giant leap forward and chop my HD up to make room for Linux. My question is, I've used Mandrake, 7.2 I think, and I would like to know if this is known to be easy to use. I liked what I saw, but does anyone have a better suggestion. I liked the installation process, nice and easy. Is there any reasons to choose this over Corel, Red Hat ect Thanks, and go easy on me, it's my first post :o) Adrian Lynch -- United Kingdom http://www.thoughtbubble.co.uk/ Ph: +44 (0) 20 7387 8890 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which Linux?
Adrian: I'll let others sing the hymns of praise about the obvious superiority of Mandrake over other distributions, and just point out one big advantage of Mandrake that isn't often mentioned in the reviews: Support -- between this mail list, the Mandrake Forum, the online tutorials and MandrakeUser.org, you can usually find an answer in a short time. Here's a short (and incomplete) list of recommendations that will make the transition easier: 1. Buy one of the boxed sets for your first install. The extra CD's and the manuals are very useful. 2. Check your hardware against the compatibility lists. Based on the postings here, the major troublemakers are winmodems, sound cards and video cards. 3. Before you pop the Mandrake CD in the drive, be sure that you have a valid Windows boot disk, and that you have an adequate backup of your Windows data files. Sometimes stuff happens. 4. You mention that you've used Mandrake before. Any chance on getting some help from that source? Good luck, Carroll Adrian Lynch wrote: I'm new to Linux but I'm ready to make the giant leap forward and chop my HD up to make room for Linux. My question is, I've used Mandrake, 7.2 I think, and I would like to know if this is known to be easy to use. I liked what I saw, but does anyone have a better suggestion. I liked the installation process, nice and easy. Is there any reasons to choose this over Corel, Red Hat ect Thanks, and go easy on me, it's my first post :o) Adrian Lynch -- United Kingdom http://www.thoughtbubble.co.uk/ Ph: +44 (0) 20 7387 8890 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which Linux?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 August 2001 06:31, Adrian Lynch gave up his right to remain silent by saying: I'm new to Linux but I'm ready to make the giant leap forward and chop my HD up to make room for Linux. My question is, I've used Mandrake, 7.2 I think, and I would like to know if this is known to be easy to use. I liked what I saw, but does anyone have a better suggestion. I liked the installation process, nice and easy. Is there any reasons to choose this over Corel, Red Hat ect Thanks, and go easy on me, it's my first post :o) I qualify as an almost rank newbie. I've been a recovering Windoze-holic for almost two weeks now. I had installed but only sparingly used Mandrake 7.0 a year ago. I had tried and failed to install Mandrake 7.1 and 7.2 (display problems mostly), plus another local (Denver, Colorado) release based on Red Hat. Now I'm on Mandrake 8.0 8.0 proved to be the easiest install, with the most built in functionality. 7.0 didn't have Star Office and kmail, istr. With 8.0, I've had to do very little searching out of feral rpm's to install - almost everything that I really need came with the original package. That convenience was a major plus, and let me drop windows as soon as I was satisfied that I had my basic system working. Part of this may be my own improved ability to find sources of support that I didn't know about a year ago, too. Both the newbies list and a similar local list have proven useful, as has usenet. You definitely want to seek out your local LUG as well though - they tend to provide solid knowledge and assistance. Since you're in London, check out http://gllug.linux.co.uk/ I'm taking my machine to a local install fest in a couple of weeks (CLUE - Sept 15, if any Denver locals are reading this) to resolve a couple of low priority configuration issues. - -- One Code to rule them all, one Code to bind them In the land of Redmond where the Shadows lie - Joe Thomson, ASR. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBO4ES0H+bkeP849+WEQJlggCaA/6NxtwdXcman5IRMVCpbPYhvxoAnAvZ 3CTJUQQHVIdvQT3kE8oSbUr7 =2kYR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Which Linux?
I'm new to Linux but I'm ready to make the giant leap forward and chop my HD up to make room for Linux. My question is, I've used Mandrake, 7.2 I think, and I would like to know if this is known to be easy to use. I liked what I saw, but does anyone have a better suggestion. I liked the installation process, nice and easy. Is there any reasons to choose this over Corel, Red Hat ect Thanks, and go easy on me, it's my first post :o) Mandrake is one of the best distros to start with (and continue with too). I know that Suse is popular in Germany, it has a good setup and stable base also. I fought redhat a few times and did not get it to see my ISDN card. Mandrake told me Ah, ISDN. Okay. and that was about all. It works just like that. I can state that Mandrake gave me the most out of all Linux distros that I have tried (Redhat, Slackware and Mandrake). It's clean, stable, and the user support is superb (see this list). Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
