Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-14 Thread Pascal
Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Pascal, try "KreateCD". Way easier. If it isn't on your distro, try : > http://www.kreatecd.de/download.php > They have a "ready-to-go" RPM for Mandrake 8.0 and 8.1. I suppose it's > on the cooker as well. Thanks! I'll try it this week-end. Pascal Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? NOW what for?

2002-03-14 Thread Rick [Kitty5]
> No.. Dreamweaver "Can" work w/ wine, however it does not work as > quickly, nor is it as functional as on windows. (I personally coulnd't > get it to install.) I have managed to get a copy of flash5 installed on my windows partition working with wine(using real win95 dlls), its not really usabl

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread David
What was the original question to this posting? On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:29:51 +0900 Pascal Pascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > john rigby wrote: > > > Hi Shane, > > Sorry you are disqualified, too! :-) > > You are obviously very techo if not Geek! > > > > What I'm chasing is whether any non

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread Pascal
john rigby wrote: > Hi Shane, > Sorry you are disqualified, too! :-) > You are obviously very techo if not Geek! > > What I'm chasing is whether any non-tech/geek people have ever succeeded. > These are Users. > People who simply want to make/improve their earning capacity via increased > produc

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? NOW what for?

2002-03-13 Thread Nelson Bartley
No.. Dreamweaver "Can" work w/ wine, however it does not work as quickly, nor is it as functional as on windows. (I personally coulnd't get it to install.) NB On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 20:13, FemmeFatale wrote: > > > sda wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:28:50PM +1000, john rigby wrote: >

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2002-03-13 Thread Robin Turner
On Wednesday 13 March 2002 20:25, Nelson Bartley wrote: [snippets] > I currently do both PHP and ASP programming for various customers, as > well as myself. I use Frontpage for quite a few things. Yes it does > produce SOME bad code, however 2002 does produce acceptable code for the > basic layo

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread civileme
john rigby wrote: >Hi Lee and folks, >- Original Message - >From: Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:31 PM >Subject: Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? > >>OK, I got it now. >> >>A

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? NOW what for?

2002-03-13 Thread Nelson Bartley
You know, I didn't want to say anything about this, however I should just for relevence. I currently do both PHP and ASP programming for various customers, as well as myself. I use Frontpage for quite a few things. Yes it does produce SOME bad code, however 2002 does produce acceptable code for t

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread Peter Watson
John I've followed this thread for a while and think I may be what you are looking for. I'm 58 yrs old and have a PII 266 with 64kb. Last year i bought mandrake 8.0 power pack, i stuck it in the cd and eveything went fine. I have KDE, Internet connection, web browsing, Star office, xmms, gim

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? NOW what for?

2002-03-13 Thread john rigby
those who know that they are right - especially those who are not" Kilneth - Original Message - From: shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? > bullshit, really, se

RE: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread Barran, Richard
> -Original Message- > From: john rigby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 March 2002 10:34 > To: Lee; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? > > It can be done. Mandrake can do it. All that is necessary is > to stop trying &

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread john rigby
Hi Todd, Thanks for the info. But you are right you are disqualified! :-) "Home built box" indeed! :-0 - Original Message - From: Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Any Fi

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread john rigby
Hi Lee and folks, - Original Message - From: Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? > OK, I got it now. > > Anyone who has positive input to your thread is a

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-13 Thread Lee
OK, I got it now. Anyone who has positive input to your thread is a "geek" or "power user" Darn. Guess I buy the next box at Kmart. When Mandrake works then, can I please just be a user? Lee P.S. My real nightmares are all MS experiences from my dark past. > Hi Lee, > Thanks for your in

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread shane
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 17:10, john rigby opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > As for Frontpage, the dozen or so people I know who make a living - yes, > actually pay their rent from their activities as serious Web Implementers > *all* use FP. Specifically, FP98. ( There are excellent

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread Todd Slater
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:00:20 +1000 "john rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > Is there anyone out there who has simply put in the full distro CDs and > obtained a working ( really working - Office suite, communications, > ViaVoice, replacement for FrontPage98) and a few user utilities?

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
Hi Terry, Great! What are you using it for? What is the comparative speed like? What sort of system? Are you a User or a Geek, would you say? I think it offers a great answer for the small business person especially. Cheers, John - Original Message - From: Terry S. <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
Hi Shane, Sorry you are disqualified, too! :-) You are obviously very techo if not Geek! What I'm chasing is whether any non-tech/geek people have ever succeeded. These are Users. People who simply want to make/improve their earning capacity via increased productivity. People who are ancient -

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
ohn - Original Message - From: Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? > On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:00, john rigby wrote: > > WITHOUT RESORTING TO ARCANE COMMAND LI

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ? > As I said, every Mandrake from 7.2 on has worked out of the box on > both my home computer (standard 2CD install) and my office computer > (FTP

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread shane
so what you want is a stripped down, recompiled, runs on a 486, and you want it without working at it, with a modern gui install, and full hardware detection? no operating system ever created meets those specs. none. why not just wish for world peace? On Tuesday 12 March 2002 15:27, john rig

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread john rigby
Hi Lee, Thanks for your info, but you are a Power-User by the sound of the box specs! :-) I'm trying to determine if Linux - especially Mandrake is "true" to the old idea of not needing a monster box to run. I know of Linux Servers that are running on Steam-powered old things and just don't fall o

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread Lee
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 04:00 am, john rigby wrote: > Hi folks, > Is there anyone out there who has simply put in the full distro CDs and > obtained a working ( really working - Office suite, communications, > ViaVoice, replacement for FrontPage98) and a few user utilities? > WITHOUT RESORTING TO

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread shane
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 01:00, john rigby opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: yes, in 8.0 i had to change a single thing, i messed with fonts, in 8.1 i simply installed. everything a ok. naturally that wasn't good enough, as i have several programs i added after that cause i prefer

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:00, john rigby wrote: > WITHOUT RESORTING TO ARCANE COMMAND LINE > APPROACHES. How things have changed. I remember, back in 1991 or 1992, teaching our secretary how to use a computer. Typing was no problem, it was the mouse that freaked her out - I had to put her h

Re: [newbie] Any First Go success stories ?

2002-03-12 Thread Robin Turner
On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:00, john rigby wrote: > Hi folks, > Is there anyone out there who has simply put in the full distro CDs > and obtained a working ( really working - Office suite, > communications, ViaVoice, replacement for FrontPage98) and a few > user utilities? WITHOUT RESORTING TO AR