Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 23:38:06 +0000 From: barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Windows 2000 on Libretto 50
On Wednesday 04 Dec 2002 10:27 pm, you wrote: > Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:24:35 +0000 (GMT/BST) > From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Windows 2000 on Libretto 50 > > Hi Neil, > > I'm curious about your choice of Mandrake Linux. I originally used > RedHat, but am now using SuSE, which seems to work fine, although > both were a little tricky to install and I wasn't impressed by the > level of knowledge of their technical support. I have been thinking > of giving Debian a try, to see how the result of the non-commercial > distribution model compares. > > I have not really looked at Mandrake. Have you any comments on the > pros and cons when compared to alternative distributions? Hey Digby, Mandrake, mostly because it was (at the time) a modern distribution that would install without too many problems. Also, it's compiled for 586 and I hoped that would speed things up. Installation can be done either in a different machine provided you remember to put the stuff in to get the right video driver, or in a text-only mode. There are complications, so have a look for some of the detailed instructions I wrote for Matt - it's been a long time :) Most current distributions need 64M and - critically - an 800*600 screen for the pretty graphics - and some of them need a second floppy (early redhat forex) which is problematical. I've had most success booting from a pcmcia image and a cd or a hd image with the cd data copied to the fat partition. I did successfully get gentoo onto it but that was scary (and slow) and required a minimum system (with chmod and tar) before you start. There's an explanation somewhere on the gentoo site that I wrote. Mandrake 7.1 is a bit dated now - the files are a bit old - but the kde it comes with is fast enough (cos it doesn't have all the nifty stuff) and in fact I prefer that to later kdes. Note that X4 doesn't work until the latest version, 3.3.6 is recommended in 16 bit for speed. Biggest plus on 7.1 - it was the first distribution with reiserfs and never having to wait while 12 gig got checked was rather nice. It works fine on hibernation - which is more than I can say for the portege - and the pcmcia stuff works better than on the portege too. Neil ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
