Re: [newbie] VMWARE????

1999-04-20 Thread mdclintn
Hello, It is worth the download to play with it but if want it to play win95/98 games supporting directx or direct draw you are out of luck the current version of vmware does not fully support directx or direct draw. It will run anything else in windows or dos except those which require univibe

Re: [newbie] I want to use Linux...Can someone help?

1999-04-20 Thread mdclintn
Russ, There is an offical java icq which will run on linux as well as any other platform which allows you to run java apps, but it is slow. I would recommend using Licq, which comes with the mandrake distribution (just type 'licq' at the terminal prompt). Exodus Russ Westbrook wrote: > Guill

Re: [newbie] dual-boot mandrake 5.3 / NT 4.0

1999-04-20 Thread mdclintn
Mathieu, You can install either one first when using NT, as NT also has it's own boot loader which works pretty good. Lilo is functional but the boot loader for NT is menu driven which is a little easier to use sometimes. Exodus [EMA

[newbie] RedHat5.2 compliant?

1999-03-14 Thread mdclintn
I have a small problem setting up Xconfig, I was running a straight version of RedHat 5.2 in which I had no problems with my last install. But I saw your distribution on LsL and it seemed that it had everything that I wanted in linux all on one cd (great plus saves alot of downlod and complie time