Not necessarily true. I spent 5 and then an additional 20 on an order to
Mandrake (with the honest intention of supporting the group) and had problems
with the installation:
a. several times the installer returned a message indicating problems with
the install CD (probably just a slow CDROM, 52x type). Eventually I ended up
formatting the home partition.
b. the floppy was not recognized for several weeks, neither was the zip
drive. I now install the zip manually every time I reboot by performing a
mknod.
c. this happened with both CD sets and on two separate computers.
The 5 dollars were not a problem. When I start paying 20 or more I have to
start wondering if we are not falling into the same corporate mentality as
the competition.
In spite of all of this I love Linux and appreciate Mandrake's efforts.
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 22:25, you wrote:
> Everyone is so hung up on free, that they spend time
> downloading an iso image from the internet, knowing that a
> single bit of data can cause the whole thing to go sour.
> Then they burn this image onto a CD, again where one little
> error makes the whole thing a mess.
>
> People, spend $5 and buy a couple CDs, make your life
> easier.
> You might find that all those problems just go away.
>
> Ron
>
> mike wrote:
> > We are going nowhere. People are addicted to Windblows, they will
> > experiment with Linux on a "marginal" box, and then, because it is so
> > much better, move it to a more powerful box. If the "marginal" box part
> > craps out, no powerful box for you... Microsloth wins.
> >
> > mg
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