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>From: Linda Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [expert] 7.0 PowerPack iso downloads?
>Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 10:58:15 -0800
>
>Nitin Raja Bhatia wrote:
> >
> > Basicly the advantage of getting a PowerPack is owning a physical manual
> > (paper... reallly!) and getting technical support. You also get a few
> > extra cds one is the basic disc, one is filled with source, the others
> > are samples of mostly commericial applications. I do not know the full
> > details but the linux-mandrake.com site will fill you in.
>---
>
> I was a bit confused on this, then. My understanding is that
>this contained a disk of freeware/opensource apps as well a commercial
>apps for demo. I don't need a base distrib -- got that. Don't need
>a manual, got that. What I'd like are the other freeware apps Precompiled
>for Mandrake in the -march=pentium manner.
>
> SuSE's releases do something similar in their base distrib
>as Mandrake does in it's powerpack. They have 3 CD's that contain
>the base distrib & freeware apps (so it's like 1 base CD and 2 app CD's,
>'cept that they are all mixed together into 3). Then they have a
>4th CD that has "pay-ware" stuff on it -- demo versions of various
>products that you need to pay to get fully-operating versions, then
>a CD with documentation, and a 6th CD with source. All for about $60
>Retail -- including a big fat manual that I think I looked at once
>while the install was running cuz I was bored. (I have more than one
>system counting work systems).
>
> So what I'm looking for are those "2-CD's worth" of extra
>apps/freeware.
>
> I also recently installed Corel in a VMware machine -- they
>really have a tiny/toy distrib. Probably best word processor available
>for Linux, but the distrib was so 'toy'. Really meant to be a WIN98
>replacement -- with about as much flexibility and security -- probably
>great for my parents.
>
>--
>Linda A Walsh | Trust Technology, Core Linux, SGI
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