Thank you! I will take your advice and get the 9.2 before installing. I will be using this in my Ham Radio shack so I don't need to worry about a lot of "office" type programs.
Dana > -----Original Message----- > From: Hawaii Linux Institute [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 6:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [luau] Mandrake 9.0 > > I don't know how much experience you have with Mandrake, but I had a lot > of problems with 9.0. 9.2 is a much improved version and I would > strongly recommend 9.2. Plus, I assume you are not going to use your > laptop as a server, but rather as kind of "desktop". The version of > OpenOffice included in 9.2 (1.1) is leaps and bounds better than 1.0 in > 9.0. For this reason alone, 9.2 is much preferred over 9.0. > > One of the best advantages of Mandrake is that you can get live CDs to > test its compatibility with your hardware before installation. Mandrake > has its own live CD, but it is not nearly as good as the one that I > mentioned several times here--PCLINUXOS by Texstar. Again as I > mentioned a couple times here, this is an improved Mandrake 9.2, and, > for desktop type use, I would much prefer it over the regular Mandrake. > > As Scott mentioned in a separate post, you shouldn't expect any problem > with your Toshiba Portege. But I would try to make sure that it works > OK but installing it onto my HD. If you have problem downloading > PCLINUXOS, post your message again, I'll try to find some way to loan > you mine. wayne > > > > > Dana Smith wrote: > > >I have a Toshiba Protege 7000 and am wondering if I can install Mandrake > 9.0 > >on it without too much grief. > > > >Thanks, > >Dana > >_______________________________________________ > >LUAU mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > > > >. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
