Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-13 Thread kstewart
>From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 12:57 PM >Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down >on stability!! > > >> Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of >> the

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-13 Thread Ed Tharp
check the speeds of your memory if you have more than one mem chip - Original Message - From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 12:57 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-10 Thread nodyak0
Excuse Me, I am for ONE of the very inexperienced users of either Windows or Linux, I do not think there are any here that are any newer at either one than myself. I just started with Linux/Mandrake Complete v7.0 from Macmillin Software, about 2-3 weeks ago or maybe a month. Not sure at this poi

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-10 Thread Vic
Say what?? I was not bashing, I was trying to diagnose, but I can always slack off and let someone else do it and not contribute-- On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, David Hugh-Jones mewed: > On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: > > > Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of > > the hardware in the

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread David Hugh-Jones
On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: > Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of > the hardware in the machine that your using. (snip) Hey, don't go blaming it on the hardware now. It's pretty clear that Linux is not an easy ride to install, no matter how stable it may be afterwards. Mandra

Re: [[newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!]

2000-04-09 Thread Michael Scottaline
"andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to > get through this.. > > Linux is driving me crazy!! > > In a little over a week, I've re-installed Mandrake 7 FOUR times..what > gives?? I tried installing Caldera open Linux instead

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread Vic
Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of the hardware in the machine that your using. It might or might not be the problem that your experiencing, but this was the problem the last 2 times this happened to me. I usually recomend an AMD processor to windows users, but I'm biased in fav

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread bluebottle
On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, paul haine wrote: > > Mandrake 7 is the first that's actually managed to make it > to the end of the installation. And still, I get freezes, crashes - at least > with Windows you sometimes get a chance to recover, but with Linux it just > stops working, kaput. > > With thi

RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread paul haine
> OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough > PC savvy to > get through this.. > > Linux is driving me crazy!! > I want to make it work..but it is becoming a pain in the ass!! > > Sorry, I just had to shout at someone!! I understand completely...I've been trying to get va

[newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

2000-04-09 Thread andy
OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough PC savvy to get through this.. Linux is driving me crazy!! In a little over a week, I've re-installed Mandrake 7 FOUR times..what gives?? I tried installing Caldera open Linux instead..that says my Hardware will not support it!! Od