----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Freedoms Past
.
>
> Some of the recent threads on this list are getting a little old. If you
want
> easy of installation and hand holding, go buy a box with Windows
pre-installed.
> If you want a stable OS which allows you the freedoms to tweak your system
as
> you see fit, then be prepared to do just that. You can't have it both
ways.
> Mandrake has a great installation program and it keeps getting better
(thanks
> guys), but you still can't just put a cd in the drive and come back an
hour
> later and fire it up. Of course I haven't been able to do a fresh install
of
> Windows on a new drive that way either.
>
Apparently this is the claim of a new distro - MaxOS - just 12 minutes from
show to go.
It'll be interesting to see just how they install.
Hoyt
