Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread Glenn
On Sunday 21 March 2004 12:49, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 21 March 2004 15:39, JRH wrote: > Yes, thank you very much, JRH. I just finished installing > RealPlayer8 - and some 9-codecs as well - Flashplayer and Acrobat > Reader 5.0.8. Everything without a hiccup. > > Have all the commercial ve

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 21 March 2004 15:39, JRH wrote: > For RealPlayer and Acrobat, I suggest you take a look at the > vendors websites. > > I have just been to adobe.com for acrobat for Winsucks, and there > was a whole list I had to choose from. Linux, MAC, FreeBSD > etc... as for realplayer, I'm sure I

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread robin
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Although I'm a Club Silver Member, I haven't been able to get my hands on Acrobat Reader or RealPlayer, but I can live with that. The old versions of commercial software should work on 10.0 - certainly RealPlayer does, as I've just installed it. One exception is the nVidia dr

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread JRH
day, March 21, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community > On Sunday 21 March 2004 09:29, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > That's my feeling, too. As for comparing releases, it's just > > about impossible. What is brilliant on one ma

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 March 2004 13:22, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Like you Anne, I was reluctant to install 10.0 what with having > spent weeks to get 9.2 running well. But surprise : yesterday I > shuffled the CD2 into the cupholder and lo and behold, one hour > l

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Sunday 21 March 2004 09:29, Anne Wilson wrote: > That's my feeling, too. As for comparing releases, it's just > about impossible. What is brilliant on one machine is a total > disaster on others. 8.2 is lauded by most, but was a disaster > for me. 9.0 worked, more or less and 9.1 was brill

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-21 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 March 2004 13:48, robin wrote: > > It's hard to judge on just one release, since there's always > variation between releases anyway (9.1 was a PITA for me, as was > 8.1 - if I were superstitious, I'd definitely give 10.1 a skip). > For me,

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-20 Thread robin
Asa Rossoff wrote: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> exclaimed, I haven't forgotten, Charlie. As has happened once or twice before, you got the backlash when I'm feeling fed up about people who know very little about the os installing what is still, really, cooker, then complaining. Sorry. You di

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-19 Thread Erylon Hines
On Friday 19 March 2004 04:02 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday 19 March 2004 03:26 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Friday 19 March 2004 19:36, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've kicked this dead horse long enough. I'm dropping it. > > > > > > > > Just to let you know, Charlie : You hav

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-19 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 19 March 2004 03:26 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Friday 19 March 2004 19:36, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > > > > I've kicked this dead horse long enough. I'm dropping it. > > > > Just to let you know, Charlie : You have been a tremendous help > here on the list, and I would be very sorry ind

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-19 Thread John Richard Smith
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 19 March 2004 19:36, Charlie Mahan wrote: I've kicked this dead horse long enough. I'm dropping it. Just to let you know, Charlie : You have been a tremendous help here on the list, and I would be very sorry indeed if you decide to leave. Kaj Haulrich.

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-19 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 19, 2004 10:45 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 19 March 2004 16:10, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > It makes me feel and look stupid, and it doesn't do a Hell of a lot > > for MandrakeSoft's reputation either. > > MandrakeSoft can't do right, what

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-19 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 19 March 2004 16:10, Charlie Mahan wrote: > > It makes me feel and look stupid, and it doesn't do a Hell of a lot > for MandrakeSoft's reputation either. > MandrakeSoft can't do right, whatever they do. With recent versions they've been bad

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-19 Thread Charlie Mahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 18, 2004 02:32 pm, John Zoetebier wrote: > > Mandrake web site mentiones explicitly that people who want a rock solid > release should wait for Mandrake Official, > which is relase 2 - 3 months after Community edition. > Mandrake Community Ed

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-18 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:53:12 +1100 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > I'll wait for the 9.2 ISO's or the 10c ISO's to get sent...patiently... If yer gonna be in one place awhile, I'll make good on that commitment to mail 'em to ya, plus all that other shite. -- JoeHill Registered Linux

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-18 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 18 March 2004 02:53 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 09:46, JoeHill wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:53:49 +1100 > > > > Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > > > ...dang - and I'm still running 9.1+ > > > > well, if you would sit still for awhile, maybe someone wou

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-18 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 09:46, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:53:49 +1100 > Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > > > ...dang - and I'm still running 9.1+ > > well, if you would sit still for awhile, maybe someone would mail you the 9.2 > ISO's ;-) > > ...unless you've finally got br

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-18 Thread JoeHill
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:53:49 +1100 Stephen Kuhn disseminated the following: > ...dang - and I'm still running 9.1+ well, if you would sit still for awhile, maybe someone would mail you the 9.2 ISO's ;-) ...unless you've finally got broadband...? -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepag

Re: [newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-18 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 21:32, John Zoetebier wrote: > Mandrake web site mentiones explicitly that people who want a rock solid > release should wait for Mandrake Official, > which is relase 2 - 3 months after Community edition. > Mandrake Community Edition is for the explorers under us. > I recent

[newbie] Re: Some positive reviews for 10.0 Community

2004-03-18 Thread John Zoetebier
On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:33:54 -0700, Charlie Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 18, 2004 12:31 pm, JoeHill wrote: " Despite the problems above, I must say that I have re-affirmed my trust to Mandrake Linux. All previous Mandrakes were filled wi