Hi Joydeep ( or anybody else), Does MDK support rpm based distribution ? also, what are boot loaders provided. in my computer, lilo messes it all up and i have to load linux with loadlin.
Thanks Sourangshu On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Joydeep Bakshi wrote: > Dear Anindya, > nice to know that u have got the cds finally. I am also using RH since last > 3yrs. > but the worst thing in RH that the later versions always avoid the cooler > and helpful applet of it's previous. specially the disk space checking > applet of GNOME is not present in RH8. I also fully agree with u that the > menus are changed totally and I don't support it. again mpg123 is not there. > nor any vcd player. > > I have tested MDK first time with MDK9. it is just great. by the way MDK is > specially tuned for Pentium processor. so it runs faster on the Pentium > machine. but u can get the speed in any distro. if u compile the kernel > based on ur h/w. atleast I also do this. MDK totally based on RH. but with a > polished look and u get some vcd players there which is not available in RH. > (u have to download those for RH ) . Finally RH Linux is known widely than > MDK and almost all the books are based on RH Linux. > > My xwindow appears very poor in RH8. since this distro has the Xfree86 > server version 4. there is no support for my vga (which is a little bit old) > so I have to use VESA driver. but MDK9 has both version 4 and 3.3.6 of > xfree86 so for X , MDK gives just a fine support in case of mine. > > ALSA is present in MDK9 but not in RH. So I am also in a serious time to > decide what distro. to use. I have no idea about debian but heard about its > superiority over RH, MDK or any other distro. of linux. Siddhartha also say > so. before taking the final decision I want to test the deb.. also. > > happy linuxing > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joydeep Bakshi, > Computer Society of India, > The Computer Dept. of Gujrati College, > Kolkata, > India > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: anindya chakraborty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:12 AM > Subject: [ilug-cal] thanks to siddarthada > > > > Hi, > > got RH 8.0 ,mandrake 9.0 and Knoppix from > > Siddarthada...9 cds....I always used RedHat..so I was > > particularly curious abt 8....though i installed both > > Mandrake and RH i felt RH did a bit too much too follow > > XP!!!...it changed menu,there is no shortcut for console > > which is ofcourse a bit odd .. looks cool but the font > > problem remains....mandrake on the other hand is faster.. > > atleast in my machine anyways I am goign to give it some > > look before i decide ..but thanks to siddarthada....will > > try debian from him later.....what you think guys...which > > one is better regarding usability..? > > > > I have 3 ditros as written above so anybody wants to have a > > copy may contact me as I have writer so would > > like to help. > > > > comments are welcome, > > anindya > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Give your Company an email address like > > ravi @ ravi-exports.com. Sign up for Rediffmail Pro today! > > Know more. http://www.rediffmailpro.com/signup/ > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sourangshu Bhattacharya M.Tech. Computer Science, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
