--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Wyatt M. Portendt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaaaaarrrrgh!! >
HI Wyatt I understand your situation, but also, I think you have been extremely unlucky (or your h/w is so new that you are ahead of your times in terms of Linux support). I first isntalled Mandrake 9.1 a year or so ago and it did not go well 100%. Basically I could not connect my ISDN modem nor my sound card. Having said that I was having such trouble with my windows box at the time with the virus in vogue at the time (and I am not a newby in this respect, I have had firewall, AV and anti-spyware for years now). So I decided to persevere with the Linux side and it eventually paid off. I now run Mandrake 10 which I installed from scratch just a few months ago and it went really well. All my periferals work (albeit not to their best ability admitely). At home my wife and two 7 year old daughters all run the LInux side. For the lille'uns' games and a couple of other apps we go to the windows side. I admit that "out of the box", windows is still easier, but as soon as there is a problem (which eventually every one has) the windows is just, if not more, unfathomable than linux. I have a puter illiterate sister who has an XP box, whenever it goes broke, she has to call a friend to fix it or take it to a technical centre. There is a lot to learn (and unlearn) with Linux, but I personally think it worth it. In 10 -15 years time we will look back at these tiems with nostalgia for the days when we still had/could peek around behind the scences :-) cheers, good luck and may the force be with you :-D eliroven PS. I also tried suse 9.1 Pro on a spare HD I had the other week and it installed beautifully 100% - everything working first time - my machine is 3 years old though, I thihk this might have something to do with it too. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
