Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-14 Thread John Wilson
On November 14, 2003 03:14 am, HaywireMac wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:34:24 -0800 > > John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > I'm still trying to figure out why someone from Ontario would name > > himself after a labour activist who did his thing in the Kootenay's > > of BC, Eastern Washin

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-14 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 13 Nov 2003 10:24 pm, Margot wrote: > > My first linux was Mandrake 9.0 which I started on just under a > year ago. I missed out 9.1 because I hadn't finished fixing the > things I messed up in 9.0, and I've just installed 9.2 - mostly > successful so far! I've learned that the best way

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-14 Thread HaywireMac
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 18:34:24 -0800 John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I'm still trying to figure out why someone from Ontario would name > himself after a labour activist who did his thing in the Kootenay's > of BC, Eastern Washington and Montana. :-) cuz the class struggle crosses all b

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-14 Thread John Richard Smith
Melissa Reese wrote: I've certainly encountered the type described above, but he's not one of them (as evidenced by his reluctance to simply re-install when he's helped me over the past four years with my troublesome Win98SE and WinME computers...often finding more focused solutions). I feel tha

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-13 Thread John Wilson
On November 13, 2003 01:26 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi John, > > Thanks for all your comments...they are helpful and encouraging. For > the moment, I'll just reply to this one bit... > > On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 10:28:07 AM PST, you w

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-13 Thread John Richard Smith
Melissa Reese wrote: I've certainly encountered the type described above, but he's not one of them (as evidenced by his reluctance to simply re-install when he's helped me over the past four years with my troublesome Win98SE and WinME computers...often finding more focused solutions). I feel tha

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-13 Thread Margot
Melissa Reese wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi John, Thanks for all your comments...they are helpful and encouraging. For the moment, I'll just reply to this one bit... On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 10:28:07 AM PST, you wrote: Well, first, I wrote: 3) As a total "ne

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-13 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi John, Thanks for all your comments...they are helpful and encouraging. For the moment, I'll just reply to this one bit... On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 10:28:07 AM PST, you wrote: Well, first, I wrote: >> 3) As a total "newbie" getting rea

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 04:41 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > I can go along with "Doing is the quickest way to learning", and in > fact would take it further and say that it can, very often anyway, be > a more "in depth and complete" path to learning...though in some > cases, not necessarily qui

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread Melissa Reese
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Bryan, On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, at 4:28:08 AM PST, you wrote: > It would possibly provide more certainty but you would be robbing > yourself of a prime learning opportunity. The question is, do you > want to remain dependent upon others or

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread John Wilson
On November 11, 2003 11:33 pm, Melissa Reese wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > A few days ago, I ordered the Mandrake 9.2 PowerPack from the > mandrakestore.com site, and I guess it'll arrive in a week or so. First set of questions answered elsewhere far bet

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, If I install LM9.2, will the last install step of automatic update take care of updating everything installed including the kernel itself? Or is there something peculiar to LM9.2 that is not so automatic? Is there something else I would need to do? Will the kernel be updated automatically

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 02:33 am, Melissa Reese wrote: > 1) Are these sorts of problems just "the way it is" with this >product? Or is it just that this particular version release is >especially troublesome? Either way, I'm not feeling exactly >wonderful about all this. > > 2) Doe

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 12:51 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Wednesday 12 November 2003 02:33 am, Melissa Reese wrote: > > 1) Why would the PowerPack ship with so many things missing, > > while the download site would have the more complete package? > > > > 2) Why was this issue not presented to those

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 02:33 am, Melissa Reese wrote: > 1) Why would the PowerPack ship with so many things missing, while >the download site would have the more complete package? > > 2) Why was this issue not presented to those of us who decided to go >to the MandrakeStore and purch

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 7:33 am, Melissa Reese wrote: > > Questions: > > 1) Why would the PowerPack ship with so many things missing, while >the download site would have the more complete package? > > 2) Why was this issue not presented to those of us who decided to go >to the MandrakeSto

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.2 PowerPack confusion/worries

2003-11-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 12 November 2003 02:33 am, Melissa Reese wrote: > Questions: > > 1) Why would the PowerPack ship with so many things missing, while >the download site would have the more complete package? I don't think that I saw the post that prompted this but the Powerpack edition should have