Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-04-04 Thread David E. Fox
I agree W2K is the best windblows distro, my friends who have XP rate it poorly, Waitjusadamnminute... :( calling w2k or anything windows a distro is going way too far. it's a homogeneous OS with *very* little in the way of additional software. it's like calling a 2 sided 45 rpm record an

RE: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-04-03 Thread Ken Walker
Xperience -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Fox Sent: 29 March 2003 4:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; robin Subject: Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake? On Thursday 20 March 2003 02:33 pm, robin wrote: By the way, what does the XP

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-04-03 Thread John Richard Smith
Ken Walker wrote: Xperience -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Fox Sent: 29 March 2003 4:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; robin Subject: Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake? XP is a piece of crap, ME is a piece of crap, W95 and W98 were

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-28 Thread Chris Fox
On Thursday 20 March 2003 02:33 pm, robin wrote: By the way, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? Where I come from, it means experience points, but that can't be it, because in any decent RPG, you don't get experience points for stabbing other party members in the back (Paranoia being

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-22 Thread Mudder
the XP is short for Windows eXPerience, at least that's what Bill Gates said at the Kickoff. Mudder At 10:53 AM 3/22/2003 +0100, you wrote: On Saturday 22 March 2003 04:40 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope so. Just as long as they don't start giving

RE: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-21 Thread Albert Charron
XP stands for eXPerience... For myself, it stands for eXPen$ive... Albert Charron -Original Message- From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 5:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-21 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
--- robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope so. Just as long as they don't start giving releases silly names like Mandrake Millenium or Mandrake PX. By the way, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? Where I come from, it means experience points, but that can't be it, because in any

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-21 Thread David E. Fox
I hope so. Just as long as they don't start giving releases silly names like Mandrake Millenium or Mandrake PX. Well, they could start using Roman numerals a la Superbowls. :) I really was expecting Superbowl XXX to be renamed Superbowl 30 here in the US, in order to dissasociate it with

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-21 Thread David E. Fox
I'm sure another company or group of volunteers will take it up and make a new distro called, I dunno, Ginseng Linux, maybe. Sure, and then some weed freak from the (misguided) herbs and so-called natural/homeopathic medicine group sues. :) About the XP thing: I just thought about it, and

[newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Frankie
Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia recently, and they had a huge linux article comparing all the major distros for desktop use... They didn't rate mdk9 all that highly, (same score as redhat8 and behind lycros and the latest lindows, but ahead of SUSE and all the others) Anwyay,

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Sascha Noyes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 20 March 2003 11:10, Frankie wrote: Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia recently, and they had a huge linux article comparing all the major distros for desktop use... They didn't rate mdk9 all that highly, (same score as

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread robin
Frankie wrote: Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia recently, and they had a huge linux article comparing all the major distros for desktop use... They didn't rate mdk9 all that highly, (same score as redhat8 and behind lycros and the latest lindows, but ahead of SUSE and all the

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Miark
No, Frankie, that's a load of crap. Miark On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 00:10:08 +0800 Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anwyay, in the article they mentioned that 9.1 was likely to be mandrakes last distro.. they said mandrake had committed to 9.1 but after that all bets are off.. Anyone know if

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 20 March 2003 05:10 pm, Frankie wrote: Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia recently, and they had a huge linux article comparing all the major distros for desktop use... They didn't rate mdk9 all that highly, (same score as redhat8 and behind lycros and the latest

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 03:10, Frankie wrote: Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia recently, and they had a huge linux article comparing all the major distros for desktop use... They didn't rate mdk9 all that highly, (same score as redhat8 and behind lycros and the latest lindows,

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread et
On Thursday 20 March 2003 11:10 am, Frankie wrote: Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia recently, and they had a huge linux article comparing all the major distros for desktop use... They didn't rate mdk9 all that highly, (same score as redhat8 and behind lycros and the latest

RE: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Frankie
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of et Sent: Friday, 21 March 2003 4:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake? On Thursday 20 March 2003 11:10 am, Frankie wrote: Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia

RE: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 07:51, Frankie wrote: normally never.. I have not seen new lindows though, apparently it has user accounts (not all root) and fixit alot of stuff that people didn't like.. my main question is mdk's future.. I don't care really how they rate to mags.. I care about if

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread robin
Frankie wrote: normally never.. I have not seen new lindows though, apparently it has user accounts (not all root) and fixit alot of stuff that people didn't like.. my main question is mdk's future.. I don't care really how they rate to mags.. I care about if there is gonna be a mandrake 10 I

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread robin
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 07:51, Frankie wrote: normally never.. I have not seen new lindows though, apparently it has user accounts (not all root) and fixit alot of stuff that people didn't like.. my main question is mdk's future.. I don't care really how they rate to mags.. I

RE: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Jonathan Shilling
] is this the last mandrake? Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 07:51, Frankie wrote: normally never.. I have not seen new lindows though, apparently it has user accounts (not all root) and fixit alot of stuff that people didn't like.. my main question is mdk's future.. I don't care

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 09:33, robin wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 07:51, Frankie wrote: normally never.. I have not seen new lindows though, apparently it has user accounts (not all root) and fixit alot of stuff that people didn't like.. my main question is mdk's

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Miark
By the way, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? X stands for cra. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 20 March 2003 05:33 pm, robin wrote: By the way, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? eXPerience -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Jose Mirles
Frankie wrote: Hi guys, I bought APC magazine here in Australia recently, and they had a huge linux article comparing all the major distros for desktop use... They didn't rate mdk9 all that highly, (same score as redhat8 and behind lycros and the latest lindows, but ahead of SUSE and all the

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday March 20 2003 04:33 pm, robin wrote: By the way, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? Xtra Proprietary -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Peter Pankonin
On Thursday 20 March 2003 03:33 pm, robin wrote: By the way, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? Expect Problems -- Peter Pankonin, digitalcrucible Registered Linux User 246938 There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread et
On Thursday 20 March 2003 06:34 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday March 20 2003 04:33 pm, robin wrote: By the way, what does the XP in Windows XP stand for? Xtra Proprietary XPectorate as in to spit -- Linux counter number 167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake?

2003-03-20 Thread Aron Smith
4:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] is this the last mandrake? Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 07:51, Frankie wrote: normally never.. I have not seen new lindows though, apparently it has user accounts (not all root) and fixit alot of stuff