jeanette russo wrote:
From: "jeanette russo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fw: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 05:25:35 PDT
From: "Jeanette Russo" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What does it take to write a video card driver that some hotshot unix guru
programmer can't come up with? If they can talk the talk, how about trying
to walk the walk? I keep hearing about what geniuses inhabit the Unix crowd,
how about putting up or shutting up?
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Device specs would be nice. But Diamond doesn't release THEM either.
Without documentation writing drivers is a tediously painful process of
guesswork. Yes, geniuses inhabit the *nix crowd, but they're only
geniuses, not psychics or gods.
- Theo
Rick Fry wrote:
What does it take
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, you wrote:
What does it take to write a video card driver that some hotshot unix guru
programmer can't come up with? If they can talk the talk, how about trying
to walk the walk? I keep hearing about what geniuses inhabit the Unix crowd,
how about putting up or
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Subject: Re: [[newbie] Linux for home consumers?]
What does it take to write a video card driver that some hotshot
unix guru
programmer can't come up with? If they can talk the talk, how
about trying
to walk the walk? I keep hearing about what geniuses inhabit the
Unix crowd,
how
Rick Fry wrote:
What does it take to write a video card driver that some hotshot unix guru
programmer can't come up with? If they can talk the talk, how about trying
to walk the walk? I keep hearing about what geniuses inhabit the Unix crowd,
how about putting up or shutting up?
That's
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Internet Appliance. It comes preconfigured w/ Red Hat, and is fully
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Brian
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From: Dan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Richard Salts [EMAIL
On 16-Aug-99 Rick Fry wrote:
It's not the card. It's the monitor. The card is a Diamond A50. The monitor
is a Pixie 770 which is a 17" monitor that both of my Windows run at
1280x1024 with 24 bit color. According to the monitor specs, it uses scan
frequencies between 30-86Hz Horizontal and
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On this topic i agree with both Dan Brown and Aaron deRozario. Aaron has a
point in that Linux is not difficult to learn or has a steep learning curve.
It is just that users find it difficult 'cos they still have the Windows
mindset. Example...I
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Richard Salts wrote:
Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool
but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning curve.
I disagree.
Linux is more powerful, not more difficult, than Windows.
If people are telling you
Hi Richard,
I am a linux newbie, but have been in IT for 5 years no and from that back
ground I would say Linux is in the stage "coming of age". I believe it is
not for the new computer user but is definitely for the average- advanced
computer user. Someone with a little computer experience
Richard Salts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool
but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning curve.
What do the list subscribers here think? Think Linux-Mandrake isn't ready
for Prime Time yet?
I wonder.
I use it at home. I think its almost ready for primetime. Still a problem
finding out how to make stuff work.
But for the most part I can do everything I can do in Windows on Mandrake.
I think its the best Linux at
this point and I have tried many others. I had to do a lot of reading and I
am
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Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Richard Salts wrote:
Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate
tool
but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning
curve.
I disagree
Cute. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with crummy graphics, Windows 98 second
edition and Windows 2000 release candidate 1 with 1280 by 1024 by 24 bit
graphics and I haven't seen a bsod in months. I'm running on a celeron 400
with 128M of ram and 20G of disk space. Haven't frozen up or crashed in
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From: Stephan Rex [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux for home consumers?
Hi Richard,
I am a linux newbie, but have been in IT for 5 years no and from that back
ground I would say Linux
If by "home user" he means "the average user", then he's absolutely right
(just scanning this list proves that). I'm sure there are people who happen
to be using Linux at home, but tha's not really the point.
If Linux was ready for the "home user", they'd already be using it.
At 12:16 AM
Rick Fry wrote:
Original Message Follows
I've only been using linux since May and it's now just about all I use at
home. It's as easy to use as windows. In fact, I foret I'm not in
windows, except no BSOD ;o)
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote:
The problem is if you look at this list a lot of people start
I just bought Linux Mandrake 6.0 and can't get it installed.
So I think the install still needs work.
This is currently being done. 6.1 will have a completely different
installer.
Red Hat
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If by "home user" he means "the average user", then he's absolutely right
(just scanning this list proves that).
Not quite.
Follow some Windows mailing lists and you'll see people have quite some
trouble getting that to work, also.
Most of the
Hello and thanks for your response.
So installers are being worked on for both Mandrake and Red Hat? Very
good. For what this is worth for anyone, I used the Workstation to install
my copy of Red Hat 6.0 and it worked beautifully well. RH 6.0 is still on
my D: drive and it works all right as
oblem ( and we won't even
charge you the M$ standard of $150 / hr - 1 hr min) G
Regards,
You're average Joe.
Joseph Gardner
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From: Rick Fry [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 7:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [[newbie] Linu
Rick Fry wrote:
Cute. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 with crummy graphics, Windows 98 second
edition and Windows 2000 release candidate 1 with 1280 by 1024 by 24 bit
graphics and I haven't seen a bsod in months. I'm running on a celeron 400
with 128M of ram and 20G of disk space. Haven't frozen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No they aren't. Do you know any people who don't know anything about
computers, who don't WANT to know anything about computers, who just want
to surf, get email, and do processing, who run Linux? I don't. And if you
I don't know any who do, but they _could_
On 16-Aug-99 Richard Salts wrote:
Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool
but not a good op system for home use because of it's steep learning curve.
What do the list subscribers here think? Think Linux-Mandrake isn't ready
for Prime Time yet?
I
I am a home user of Linux (although I am also a computer professional). I am
running Mandrake 6.0 and had absolutely no problems with the installation
(with the exception of getting the proper server for my video card). As a
matter of fact, I had more problems installing Windoze98. ("Plug
I am a home user
The only really big problem with the home user and linux is advertisement...
remember "Where do you want to go today?" The first time you saw it was
probably on tv. When was the last time you have seen a linux commercial? I
never have... Linux doesn't get the
I'm a home user.. I use Mandrake for everything: school work, web surfing,
image manipulation, email, ICQ, IRC... nothing better tha a stable
platform as linux.
El dom, 15 ago 1999, escribiste:
Somebody was saying to me that he believed Linux was a good corporate tool
but not a good op
would get on hardware makers cases about drivers and easy of use
This is only my opinion... But i feel linux is the next generation of mass
os evolution.
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [new
From: Richard Salts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder. Are there any home users on this list?
I'm a home user. I'm also a tech support rep for a major ISP.
There's no way I'd recommend Linux to the majority of the people with
whom I deal daily. For the most part, it's not a matter of
I am also a home user, although I am having a few problems, especially
with my sound card (Acer FX-3D -- AD1816 which is supposed to be supported,
but can't get it to work) and my mouse (don't think my Matsonic 3 button
mouse on COM 1, configured as Generic 3 button mouse with 3 button
i am a music composition and electronic music grad student. i got into
linux because of the stereotypical MS windows hatred. i think it is
great, but i wouldnt recommend it to the average joe. i worked for
flashnet tech support for a while, and i definately wouldnt recommend it
to most of the
I am a home user and I find Mandrake perfect. I don't think the learning
curve is any steeper than for any other OS. The problem most people find
when trying Linux is that it doesn't do things the Windows way. This
doesn't necessarily make Linux harder to use it is just different to use and
it
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