Re: [newbie] 9.2 ads?

2003-10-06 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 06 October 2003 05:08 pm, Aaron West wrote: > Not sure if this is something that has already been discussed, > or if it's an appropriate topic on the newbie list, if not, > please disregard. > > Anyhow, I heard 9.2 comes with ads. Any merrit to this? If > so, what impact does this have

Re: [newbie] 9.2 ads?

2003-10-06 Thread Janet Mackley
Aaron, suggest you read Mandrake's explanation of this. http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/mdkads.php3 Jan Aaron West wrote: Not sure if this is something that has already been discussed, or if it's an appropriate topic on the newbie list, if not, please disregard. Anyhow, I

Re: [newbie] 9.2 ads?

2003-10-06 Thread Glenn
What they've been saying on the Club site is that it is _one_ ad, and it only shows up during the installation procedure, never to be seen again. I, for one, am willing to suffer through this , if it helps Mandrake keep it's head about water. BTW, pls get rid of your "reply to" field. On

Re: [newbie] 9.2 ads?

2003-10-06 Thread Richard Urwin
On Monday 06 Oct 2003 9:08 pm, Aaron West wrote: > Anyhow, I heard 9.2 comes with ads. Any merrit to this? If > so, what impact does this have on our use of Linux and esp. > it being much more secure than Windows. I for one don't want > adware on my Linux box (once it gets set up). Don't worry,

[newbie] 9.2 ads?

2003-10-06 Thread Aaron West
Not sure if this is something that has already been discussed, or if it's an appropriate topic on the newbie list, if not, please disregard. Anyhow, I heard 9.2 comes with ads. Any merrit to this? If so, what impact does this have on our use of Linux and esp. it being much more secure than Windo