Re: Mandrake 10 Linux ROCKS!!!!!

From: John Holmes (nospam_at_13inch.cjb.net)
Date: 05/07/04


Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 00:00:20 +0200

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Tippy Stenstrude came up with this:

> Mandrake 10 totally rocks!
> This is my first experience with Linux and I can't believe I've waited
> this long to free myself from unstable Windows XP.
>
> It took about 1 hour to install Mandrake 10 on a Dell PiV system and
> everything went ok but for some reason my Windows software won't boot
> anymore.
> Not really a problem though because I won't be using Windows anymore
> as soon as I call AOL and find out how to use AOL with Linux.
>
> I wasn't able to get on the internet because I don't think my Cisco
> router is supported.
> Not a problem because as I understand it, Cisco makes terrible
> products anyway.
> I went out and purchased a Linksys BEFR41 and now I am on the
> internet.
> I'm going to ebay the Cisco.
>
> At first my HP printer didn't work but after looking on the internet
> using my business account because AOL doesn't work yet, I finally
> found out that I had to edit a CUPS file and then it works but only in
> black and white. I think I need to investigate this a little more, but
> I don't print in color much anyway.
>
> I wasn't getting any sound so I disabled the onboard sound and
> purchased a Soundblaster card for $69.99 and now I have sound.
> Mandrake recognized the card with Drake and it worked tight away.
> Onboard sound always sucked anyway.
>
> My video looks great but I could only get 640x480 and 16 colors so it
> was back to Fry's to get a new Nvidea card. I disabled the ATI onboard
> video and installed the card and now I get 1024x768 16bpp so I am
> happy.
>
> Mandrake is FAST as greased pigs in a circus!
> I'm having a little trouble with certain web pages but it's most
> likely my compyle what needs to be fixed.
>
> Can I make copies of these Mandrake CD's because I want to give them
> out to my friends so they don't have to be stuck with shitty Windows
> XP anymore.
> Tippy Stenstrude

I had exactly the same problems whilst installing RedHeat6.

-- 
-John Holmes-
"It ain't much, if it ain't Dutch"


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