Re: [newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux

2001-11-29 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:16:09 -0500 Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Help! I'm tired of this computer freezeing! My XP box never freezes, my Mandrake box freezes multiple times a day. I know mandrake is better than this. I am pretty new to linux and don't know where to start checking, but

Re: [newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux

2001-11-29 Thread Mark D'voo
gtk themes seem to cause lockups for me. I noticed that if i use a very simple gtk theme, i have no problem. But if i use one with pixmaps and lots of cool stuff, it runs slow and freezes a lot mark On Thursday 29 November 2001 17:57, you wrote: On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:16:09 -0500 Jon Doe

Re: [newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux

2001-11-29 Thread Jon Doe
On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:59:42 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so which version of mandrake are you using, and what are you doing at the time? Using mandrake 8.1 and KDE. I don't run any screensavers. I don't run Auora either. I'm going to try the XFree upgrade that Mr. Edwards

[newbie] Help, XP uptime is greater than my linux

2001-11-28 Thread Jon Doe
Help! I'm tired of this computer freezeing! My XP box never freezes, my Mandrake box freezes multiple times a day. I know mandrake is better than this. I am pretty new to linux and don't know where to start checking, but somthing has to be done, I can't rely on this linux box anymore. I was