Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List! Very well put! I had my problems with MDK 8.1, but I solved (*with* an amazing help of this list). I am really really happy with GNU/Linux/Mandrake. On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Gérard Perreault wrote: Lots of mail about MDK 8.2 not working well. Don't know why. Maybe those people

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-24 Thread Michael Holt
Yesterday... Lyvim Xaphir ran for the door shrieking: Mandrake has released 8.2 with quite a few bugs, you may be one of the lucky few who are using a combination of the right hardware / not using a lot of the software packages available. Please, no flames, I'm not working for

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-24 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 09:33, Michael Holt wrote: Yesterday... Lyvim Xaphir ran for the door shrieking: Mandrake has released 8.2 with quite a few bugs, you may be one of the lucky few who are using a combination of the right hardware / not using a lot of the software packages

[expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread Gérard Perreault
Lots of mail about MDK 8.2 not working well. Don't know why. Maybe those people are stressing their hardware to the limit. As for me, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2 worked perfectly. I can't say the same for my office computer which is Windows 2000. But this is not why I write. I just found out that the

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 09:36 -0500, Gérard Perreault wrote: I just found out that the new line of Intel chips may not run Windows 95. I found out using VMware that the Pentium 4 no longer supported Windows 95 and that you could not expect to install it on a pentium 4. My VMware under

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 09:36:35 -0500 Gérard Perreault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lots of mail about MDK 8.2 not working well. Don't know why. Maybe those people are stressing their hardware to the limit. As for me, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2 worked perfectly. I can't say the same for my office computer

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread Michael Holt
1:52pm... Charles A Edwards ran for the door shrieking: Lots of mail about MDK 8.2 not working well. Don't know why. Maybe those people are stressing their hardware to the limit. As for me, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2 worked perfectly. I can't say the same for my office computer which is Windows

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread Felix Miata
Michael Holt wrote: Mandrake has released 8.2 with quite a few bugs, you may be one of the lucky few who are using a combination of the right hardware / not using a lot of the software packages available. Please, no flames, I'm not working for mickeysoft, it's just the facts. I'm not

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread FemmeFatale
Ugh.. Figures. Thanks for the HUD. :\ I am going to ask some friends about this. If its true, we're in trouble...cause Intel is getting too cosy in bed with M$! :( Everyday I hear new reasons to go to an Athy chip. Femme Gérard Perreault wrote: It is obvious to me that Linux and product

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 16:49, Felix Miata wrote: I currently have four machines with AMD chips and one (486) with Intel. If I had to buy a motherboard today, it would probably be one that uses an Intel CPU. Most AMD motherboards use performance crippled VIA chipsets. How good the CPU is

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-23 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 16:31, Michael Holt wrote: Mandrake has released 8.2 with quite a few bugs, you may be one of the lucky few who are using a combination of the right hardware / not using a lot of the software packages available. Please, no flames, I'm not working for mickeysoft,