Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake

1999-05-23 Thread Gilbert Espinosa
Brian Erikson wrote: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: "Mandrake is dead. The whole idea behind Mandrake was to integrate KDE with RedHat. Now that RedHat has KDE as an option, what's the need for Mandrake?" Idris, Well I have installed both RH6.0 and Mandrake5.3 and the Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)

1999-05-23 Thread John Richards
Do you think it would help then if I installed the rpm kernel upgrades without having run sndconfig first? -JR - Original Message - From: Gilbert Espinosa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 1:56 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)

Re: [newbie] Kernel installation(Long message)

1999-05-23 Thread Gilbert Espinosa
John Richards wrote: Do you think it would help then if I installed the rpm kernel upgrades without having run sndconfig first? -JR Yes it might work. Though running it again might cause your PC to hang up when its loading the modules. What's your sound card anyway? The new kernels seem to

Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake

1999-05-23 Thread Brian Erikson
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: "Mandrake is dead. The whole idea behind Mandrake was to integrate KDE with RedHat. Now that RedHat has KDE as an option, what's the need for Mandrake?" Idris, Well I have installed both RH6.0 and Mandrake5.3 and the Mandrake installation is much better even tho

Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake

1999-05-23 Thread SciFyKid
I for one like mandrake better, i like the interaction i get and how easy it is to get help from knoligable people, i mean iv noticed that people using redhat 6.0 sometimes use the mandrake list G overall the mandrake just seems better : )

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake

1999-05-23 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
Let me quote the web site: "This linux distribution is user friendly. This distribution is powerful. This distribution is low-risk. This distribution is free. This distribution suits you. " Jean-Michel Dault Vice-President/RD NetRevolution inc. Company web site:

Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake

1999-05-23 Thread Bad Mojo
You can also get RH6.0 for $1.89 from cheapbytes. On Sun, 23 May 1999 03:56:24 -0800, Doug Brown wrote: In response I muttered a couple of things about extra tidbits that come with Mandrake but I did not sound very convincing, even to myself. Are you forgetting about cost? RH 6.0 Official

Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake

1999-05-23 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Sun, 23 May 1999, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: I recently spoke to my computer hardware dealer about upgrading some of my computer parts. He told me that once he was done he would install RedHat 6.0 for me. I told him I wanted Mandrake and this is what he said: "Mandrake is dead. Now if