On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Sarang Lakare wrote:
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:24:53 -0400
> From: Sarang Lakare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Version 7.1 HUGE install problem
>
> this is really rediculous.. I hate mandrake for 7.1.. I had fallen in love
> with Mandrake with their 7.0 release.. and 7.1 is really crappy when it
> comes to installation.. there are things that don't work and machines that
> run perfectly with 7.0 but don't install/run 7.1.. and there is that crappy
> upgrade to 7.1 which takes a whole day to upgrade!
>
> wake up mandrake b4 u loose u're loyal followers... don't give out a beta
> product.
>
> -sarang
>
You guys are right, Mandrake 7.1 required much more expert tweaking than
7.0 to work, but I love reiserfs too much. My Sony laptop (Neomagic chip)
had the X-server set up correctly with 7.0, but bombed on 7.1; I had to
manually fix the config file. Also, my Voodoo 3 3500 tv in my desktop
bombed, and I had to fix that too. I am also not too happy that they did
not include the libstdc++-devel when you check development, most students
are out to learn c++ in classes, making it difficult to convert other
college students to Mandrake, if it cannot compile their programs without
some tweaking. The last complaint is that the installer is buggy as crap,
it messes up on tons of things, sometimes just randomly quitting when
selecting RPMS, etc. And the old trick to install off a bootable cd for
Sony laptops "linux ide1=0x180,0x386" also seems to be broken now.
I hope they fix these eventually, but I'm happy enough to know what I'm
doing to stay on the cutting edge... :)
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Regards,
Ellick Chan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jul 20
