On Sunday 08 June 2003 03:10 pm, Cody Harris wrote: > At 12:29 PM 6/8/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >Hello Cody, > > > >Sunday, June 8, 2003, 4:45:30 AM, you wrote: > > > >CH> I can install windoze in my sleep. But i spend hours with Linux. > >CH> Maybe that's just me. > > > >There is a learning curve, as with anything new. The first time I > >installed Mandrake, I was at a loss, even though the installation went > >without a hitch. It was up and running in no time - a flawless install > >in 9.0. Trying to get a network printer (on Win2000) to work was not > >so easy, but then again it was equally difficult with Windows > >(allowing for the difference in learning curve, of course). As a > >complete newbie, I messed up a few things, just as Windows newbies do > >too. I stuck with it, though, and got it to run. > > > >I did a complete reinstall of MD 9.1, again flawless, and it was VERY > >much easier to install all the stuff after going through it once. > >Again, the learning curve. > > > >When I installed MD 9.1, I also reinstalled Win2000 on a new box. The > >MD install went faster, and was easier than the Win2000 install, IF I > >also include the many apps installed on both. I also assume you REALLY > >know how to reboot in your sleep. :-)))) > > It took 4 hours to install MDK 8.1, and 60 mins for Windoze. > > >CH> I must be hiding in hole because programs rarely install (easily) > >CH> for me. > > > >Hmmm... my experience is a bit different. Most everything installs OK. > >The occasional rpm that does not is usually explained well on this > >list, and usually fixed with the help of these generous people. > > > >CH> I'm tring my best. Like i've said in other threads, i wish i could > >CH> switch to Linux, but i can't. When i get another computer, i'll > >CH> use it. For now my only contact to the "Linux World" is this list > >CH> and my other computer though SSH. > > > >Did you ask about the problems here? If you can indeed install Windows > >in your sleep, you should not be in the mass of illiterate users who > >barely know how to turn on their computer, and you should do well if > >you stick with it during the learning process. > > > >I am **VERY** glad I stuck with it. It is a delight to know I'm no > >longer captive to M$ - that alone is worth every minute I invested. > > My friends all have Windoze. They send me windoze programs and we play > Windoze games and run Windoze stuff. > > >-- > >Thank you, > > rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -Cody Harris > > +------------------------+ > > | Linux Rox My Sox! | > | Check out HCHS! | > | http://vectec.net | > > +------------------------+----------------------+ > > | Proud to use Mandrake Linux 8.1 as a server. | > | Not proud to use Windows as a primary server. | > > +------------------------------------+----------+ > > | Registered Linux user #315598 | > | Registered Linux Computer #200951 | > | Wrote on a Windoze Computer :( | > > +------------------------------------+ 4 hours! What went wrong there. I have installed 9.1 on 5 completely different comps, one being a 266mhz K6 II cpu with 128 mb sdram. None of them took more than 35 minutes for a complete install. Of course that does not include the time spent selecting individual packages on the list of two thousand, but that only added another 10 minutes of pick and choose. Sounds like you ran into a major glitch with hardware or something. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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