Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-17 Thread Q.H. Wang
Considering that there are two releases a year, and buying a box each time will cost about $60, the Silver gives you the best value for the year, IMO, and it is better for Mandrake because the profit margin is higher than on a box. I am not sure but I do not think so many people are willing

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-17 Thread Thomas Ewald
Even for old dudes in our fifties and working full-time, $60 is not insignificant. What "commercial" software is available via these memberships? I am looking primarily for answering machine/voice mail/fax software, but am interested in what else is available to members, but not to me as a

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-17 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 04:19:44 -0700 (PDT) Thomas Ewald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even for old dudes in our fifties and working full-time, $60 is not insignificant. My personal rule-of-thumb is, When does the value of the gain exceed what I've paid? Problem is that I gain more every day than

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-17 Thread M.Schild
I am not sure but I do not think so many people are willing to update their systems twice a year. I agree with this. Mandrake Club is a good idae but if you have a very bad/slow modem connection, I shudder to think how long it would take to download the whole system. bad enough with the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 17 Aug 2004 12:19, Thomas Ewald wrote: Even for old dudes in our fifties and working full-time, $60 is not insignificant. What commercial software is available via these memberships? I am looking primarily for answering machine/voice mail/fax software, but am interested in what

[newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-16 Thread BJ Tracy
Hello All, Well my time is running out on the free stuff with the purchase of Mandrake 10.0. I really love Linux and setting up my office has not been that tough. Thank you to all who have answered my pleas for help, you have done a great job of KISS (keep it simple stupid). You know who you

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 16 Aug 2004 22:09, BJ Tracy wrote: Hello All, Well my time is running out on the free stuff with the purchase of Mandrake 10.0. I really love Linux and setting up my office has not been that tough. Thank you to all who have answered my pleas for help, you have done a great job

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-16 Thread BJ Tracy
On Monday 16 August 2004 05:51 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Here's the question: I have been bitten by the Linux bug and want to know which level of the Mandrake Club would give me the most benefits and the Club too (win - win). All comments are very much appreciated. bj Linux is

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club

2004-08-16 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 16 August 2004 06:44 pm, BJ Tracy wrote: Joining MandrakeClub as a Bronze member will cost about the same as a boxed set, but will put all that money in MandrakeSofts account. You will be entitled to download all of the software on the Powerpack commercial edition, and you will

[newbie] Mandrake Club and KDE 3.1

2003-02-06 Thread Dennis Myers
Wow, I just finished d/lg the Mandrake KDE 3.1 packages from the club site, using the cl and urpmi and it went very well. First time I tried that on the club test site. Now looking over the new KDE and so far it is not bad, nothing appears broken. Some fiddling to see the kmail folders

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club and KDE 3.1

2003-02-06 Thread Jerry Barton
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:16:40 -0600 Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, I just finished d/lg the Mandrake KDE 3.1 packages from the club site, using the cl and urpmi and it went very well. First time I tried that on the club test site. Now looking over the new KDE and so far it is not

[newbie] Mandrake Club urpmi.addmedia fails

2003-02-05 Thread Dennis Myers
I have tried several times to get the Club addmedia url added to my rpmdrake and have failed each time (6 total). Is there a trick to it. I put my nickname in as lower case, should it be all upper case as the example shows? Any one have a suggestion as to what I might be doing wrong. TIA for

[newbie] Mandrake Club

2003-01-17 Thread Brent Hasty
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Splatt_Forumfile=viewtopictopic=2446forum=4 http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Splatt_Forumfile=viewtopictopic=1026forum=4 http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modloadname=Splatt_Forumfile=viewtopictopic=1308forum=4

[newbie] Mandrake Club Mirror finder for rpmdrake

2003-01-17 Thread Brent Hasty
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?name=Mirrors How to configure URPMI or RPMDRAKE to use web resources for parsing avalible Mandrake Compiled Applications. What this means is the thousands of different programs that have been bundled into RPM's for MDK, and are whearhoused on a servers

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-05 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 6:19 am, Erik Farnsworth wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 00:09, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip Second, nobody suggested that visitors be denied access. My suggestion is that visitors be encouraged to invest in either a club membership or get a boxed set, depending of course

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-05 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 01:19, Erik Farnsworth wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 00:09, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Second, nobody suggested that visitors be denied access. My suggestion is that visitors be encouraged to invest in either a club membership or get a boxed set, depending of course on their

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-05 Thread David Reynolds
On Sunday 05 Jan 2003 11:45 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I don't know why it's so hard to concieve of people out there who can pay but don't. That is the thrust of all this. If the person doesn't have the finances, then they need the advantage of a free download and virtually no cost.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 04 Jan 2003 6:09 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 15:53, Charles A Edwards wrote: On 04 Jan 2003 07:17:07 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't that be construed as unfair to those that are using MDK but not wanting to shell out the USD for club

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-04 Thread Sascha Noyes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 04 January 2003 05:35, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 04 Jan 2003 6:09 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 15:53, Charles A Edwards wrote: On 04 Jan 2003 07:17:07 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-04 Thread Erik Farnsworth
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 00:09, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip Second, nobody suggested that visitors be denied access. My suggestion is that visitors be encouraged to invest in either a club membership or get a boxed set, depending of course on their individual finances. ...and those who simply

[newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Poogle
After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 03 Jan 2003 3:33 pm, Poogle wrote: After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? Possibly because unless you use automatic login it's not worth the trouble for much of the time. Anne Want to

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 10:33, Poogle wrote: After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Very good question, Poogle. Why don't we go online and start asking them in the club

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 11:09, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 03 Jan 2003 3:33 pm, Poogle wrote: After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? Possibly because unless you use automatic login it's not worth

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 04:32, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 10:33, Poogle wrote: After all of the recent proclamations of undying support for Mandrake, why are there (nearly) alway more guests than members online ? -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Very good question, Poogle.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Charles A Edwards
On 04 Jan 2003 07:17:07 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't that be construed as unfair to those that are using MDK but not wanting to shell out the USD for club membership? They obviously have not seen the latest MandrakeClub Newsletter Begin quote: * Then there is the

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club (Troll)

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 15:53, Charles A Edwards wrote: On 04 Jan 2003 07:17:07 +1100 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wouldn't that be construed as unfair to those that are using MDK but not wanting to shell out the USD for club membership? They obviously have not seen the latest

[newbie] mandrake club whithout visa

2002-03-22 Thread paolo brusasco
Since the question was on some days ago, I found on last newsletter that now we can subscribe mandrake club also by bank transfer/swift payment. bye everyone. paolo brusasco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club Membership??

2002-02-08 Thread George Pitcher
Tomek, I don't think so. Just say that you'll join later. G - Original Message - From: Tomek Nowinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: [newbie] Mandrake Club Membership?? Hi, Maybe I don't understand well english, but... DO

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club Membership??

2002-02-08 Thread Kaj Haulrich
Tomek Nowinski wrote: Hi, Maybe I don't understand well english, but... DO I NEED TO JOIN Mandrake Club Membership (and pay it of course) to download Mandrake 8.2 Beta? Tomek No Tomek, you do not need to sign up as a member. The Mandrake Club is a way to donate some money

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Club Membership??

2002-02-08 Thread Bo Rosén
fre 2002-02-08 klockan 21.44 skrev Kaj Haulrich: ftp://ftp.sunet.se and dig down to mandrake. I suppose it's there too ! It's where I got mine some weeks ago .-) Cheers, Bo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com