Re: [newbie] Speed.... Or lack of?

2002-02-09 Thread marvin
I forgot to add. Don`t open multiple konquror windows. It will just take more memory. Jason Ditri writes: I just installed Mandrake 8.1 on my machine. PIII @ 733MHz 64 MB Ram, 40 GIG HDD, With about 38 GIGs free. After I use KDE or GNOME and browse the internet for a while (maybe 20

Re: [newbie] mandrake v8.1 - Konqueror flash

2002-02-09 Thread marvin
Great...thanks. Worked a treat Mark Evans writes: On Thursday 07 February 2002 7:29 pm, you wrote: Has anyone got flash working. Despite many tries, I still can`t get it to work. Yes, flash works on netscape. Regards... Hi You need kdebase-plugins and nsplugins installed.

Re: [newbie] Speed.... Or lack of?

2002-02-09 Thread marvin
If you must use kde or gnome as your window manager, get more ram. It`s reletively cheap now. I`ve run xwindows and windowmaker and netscape on a 486sx25MHz before with 64MB ram. If you type top you`ll see what ram you are using and how much swap. swap is the h/d and is slow. ie. get

Re: [newbie] Full Linux Network

2002-02-06 Thread marvin
Chris Ashmore writes: Here is the story / question. There is a small intercity private school that has NO money at all. So they get these computers donated to them P2's with some RAM and 10 Gig HDD's, monitors all that. Minus the OS. They dont have enough money to by windoze lisence for

[newbie] Various questions

2002-02-02 Thread marvin
Hello again. I`m not sure if the Two web sites I listed as problems are significant as the konqeror team are working on 3.0 beta. Anyone using 3.0 beta want to confirm problems with those sites. This is my wife's computer and I converted her to Linux Mandrake about Three weeks ago after the

Re: [newbie] Various questions

2002-02-02 Thread marvin
Tom Brinkman writes: SNIP If you do upgrade to 2.2.2, I suggest usin Texstar's rpms. http://www.pclinuxonline.com I used these with 8.1. I'm now usin Mandrake's that come with 8.2 (on 8.2b1). -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Thanks. Looked

[newbie] Getting many crashes on pixie.com

2002-02-01 Thread marvin
I`m still on an older version konqueror 2.2.1 but...is this a problem for people on later versions. http://www.pixie.com I usually get a crash with no backtrace symbols. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] Another web site crash with konqueror

2002-02-01 Thread marvin
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/AltAz.html enter a state and city Press the back arrow to go back to the previous page. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie]

2002-02-01 Thread marvin
KDE seems to take a lot of memory. I have a 128MB machine, it`s a pure workstation with no servers. Mandrake 8.1, KDE 2.2.1. I have :- kmail 1.3.1 in desktop 1 konqueror 2.2.1 in desktop 2 terminal/shell in desktop 4 Once it`s booted up and I use top, I see 120MB in use and 4.6MB swap used.

[newbie] Is mail to the list for some, or all, people moderated ?

2002-02-01 Thread marvin
I`m curious as my posts take can take up to Four hours to appear. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] kde 2.2.2

2002-01-28 Thread marvin
Hello. kde was upgraded to 2.2.2 on the 21st November, yet MandrakeUpdate doesn`t have it available. why ? Yes, I know I can install it manually, but if I wanted to do it that way, I would have picked a basic distribution and isntalled it all from source. Want to buy your Pack or Services

[newbie] kmail and Abiword problems mandrake 8.1

2002-01-28 Thread marvin
Hello again. Well, I`ve already addressed the kde 2.2.2 upgrade question as Mandrake 8.1 comes with kde 2.2.1. Originally, I had Mandrake 7.2. Everything worked pretty well, printing etc. Instead of doing an upgrade which I dislike in any OS, I removed the 7.2 H/D and put in a new H/D for the