In regard to my problems, my internet connection sharing quit working after an upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1. And I had to do a fresh install of 8.1 in order to get the CDRW to work. 8.1 seems to break stuff. These problems probably can be fixed but an upgrade should never break stuff that's already working on an earlier version.
At 12:53 PM 11/28/2001 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Really? I installed 8.1 on an old IBM Thinkpad 760XL >w/o incident. Perhaps a little more detail might be >more constructive... > >-- > Chris Haidinyak > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ken Hawkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:49 AM >To: expert >Subject: [expert] 8.1 Piece of Crap! > > >Just to vent: > >Had a perfectly functioning 7.2 on my laptop. That was easier than any >other OS (windows or linux) I tried. Total plug & play. > >Then I decided to try 8.1 for all the updates and extras...what a piece >of SH!T! > >I know a lot of people worked long and hard on this, and I have been a >Mandrake supporter since V.7.x > >I tell people how easy the install is, how they don't need to be a linux >guru to get busy doing stuff. Robust, stable, versatile. > >Now I have to turn around and say to those people, whatever you >do....DON'T upgrade to MDK8. > >I am not a guru, but neither am I a novice; I pissed a whole day away >trying to have desktops that didn't go flakey, and Multi-Media that >worked..No such luck. Now I am going to rollback to 7.2 > >If Mandrake is still trying to target the average desktop PC user, they >will have to totally rethink the installation process for 8. > >Version 8 is a step BACKWARD as far as ease of installation and use go. > >Ken > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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