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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 12:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [newbie] First suspect - me
On Saturday 23 Nov 2002 6:18 pm, mike wrote:
> Franki wrote:
> > as a result of this, I think mdk7.2 is still their best ever release..
> >
> > anyone else agree with me??
> >
> > rgds
> >
> > Frank
>
> I agree wholeheartedly ! I have stuck with 8.0 only for the newer kde,
> however I really liked 7.2 as well.
> 8.2 was ok, but I can't get a number of things working in 9.0 to save my
> life. and the supermount issue is a big one for me, though I have used
> linux ever since RH 5.2. I only use Mandrake now and will stick with it,
> but I'd also like to see
> many of the features of older versions remain, instead of being forced
> to upgrade hardware, etc.
>
> just my 2 cents
It's funny, after all the problems I had read I expected huge problems with my
9.0 installation, particularly with supermount and USB printer, scanner,
LS120 drive. I have had none of those problems. I went to a good deal of
trouble to ensure that I could have 8.2 working in case 9.0 was no good for
me. Now I think I wasted my time.
In fact I can't believe how many things gave me grief in 8.2 that are just
fine in 9.0 - except that AisleRiot frequently bombs out on me at lunchtime,
and KAddressBook is knackered, which you can't blame Mandrake for.
Ah well - nothing's perfect. But this one nearly is.
Anne
I agree with Anne, I tweak and prod and fiddle with things and the 9.0 just keeps chuggin. I used to break 8.2 on a monthly basis with all my fooling around. I have no problems with supermount and have been able to use my flash card reader as a hardtype drive. Now I am looking at changing the webserver over to 9.0 also. And so the YMMV seems to be a truism in all areas of computing. Dennis M.
