Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-06 Thread Beppe
well ... as it seems my initial impressions of 9.2 are far less than I had hoped for :-( ... I'm thinking I might not install it just yet on my computer ... and stick to 9.1 yet :-( ... actually I was so dissapointed by the sound card frustration that I considered going back to windows

Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-06 Thread Beppe
I hear this argument all the time that Mandrake is great for newbies but once you have more experience, you'll want insert distro here. As far as I can tell, there is nothing in Mandrake that keeps someone from delving deeper into the workings of Linux. It is true that Mandrake has a lot of

Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 17:56:16 +0200 Beppe [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I hear this argument all the time that Mandrake is great for newbies but once you have more experience, you'll want insert distro here. As far as I can tell, there is nothing in Mandrake that keeps someone from delving

RE: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-06 Thread Frankie
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Beppe Sent: Saturday, 6 September 2003 11:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience Hello Joeb I know that Mandrake is still linux just like Slackware but the reason why I use Slack

Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-06 Thread Beppe
I think what it comes down to is, like you said, an experience, and experience is subjective. As Joeb said, it's the same Linux. I completely agree on that and as I said I just talk out of practice. I still consider myself a newbie and I don't know why things here or there work better, what I

Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-06 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 19:28:07 +0200 Beppe [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Tell me which configurations files I need to check and I will tell you. On Mandrake I've never been able to record any file from line-in or microphone, on both the computers I had and on my sister's computer where Mandrake is

[newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-05 Thread Anarky
just did an excited install of 9.2 rc1 ... but not on my computer, but somebody else' : my opinions: some interface changes: - liked the blue startup new - hated the fact that they insisted on a fade white to blue when they set it on so few colours that it doesn't look nice - freezed

Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-05 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 05 September 2003 02:36 pm, Anarky wrote: just did an excited install of 9.2 rc1 ... but not on my computer, but somebody else' : my opinions: some interface changes: - liked the blue startup new - hated the fact that they insisted on a fade white to blue when they set it

Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-05 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 08:28, Dennis Myers wrote: Remember, this is still a test system. rc1 means release candidate 1 and there may be a 2 before all of the bugs are worked out. This is not yet a stable OS. Stay with 9.1 and do an upgrade when 9.2 is final. HTH ...don't ya mean Mandrake

Re: [newbie] 9.2 rc1 experience

2003-09-05 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 05 September 2003 05:45 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 08:28, Dennis Myers wrote: Remember, this is still a test system. rc1 means release candidate 1 and there may be a 2 before all of the bugs are worked out. This is not yet a stable OS. Stay with 9.1 and do an