bay56 wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 8:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] I found a link to 4.7 for linux 2.0 (glibc) (upgradeat
> your own risk)
>
> > > I wouldn't recommend it, it's just as broken as the 4.61. (everybody
> > > remebers the segfault on link insertion right?)
> > > --
> > > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > > --Axalon
> > --Axalon
> >
> > EXCUSE ME!! That statement really puts me off! 4.61 is what is in
> > Mandrake's updates for 6.0!!?? It was recommended in this forum as an
> > acceptable fix for the problems associated with 4.5. Now you say this
> > new (4.7) version is just as bad as the fix we had for the Mandrake 6.0
> > distribution (which I still am using). Well, what's that mean,
> > EXACTLY!!?? If 4.7 is just as bad as 4.61 then upgrading to it
> > shouldn't be any more of a problem than continuing to use 4.61, or
> > should it??!! Sheeesh!!!!
>
> Would this be the same software that Mandrake hangs the entire readability
> of the docs on? ;-)
>
> Remember that docs are more than anything else read by newbies (excuse the
> obvious [they don't read docs] remarks about newbies for a moment!)
>
> Sheeesh!!! is about right!
Maybe Mandrake would be better off opening a documentation window using
kfm. It's part of the KDE environment, it's a familiar tool for new
users, and it doesn't have the "offline hanging" problem that Netscape
does.
--
Steve Philp "The Internet is like crack
Network Administrator for smart people..."
Advance Packaging Corporation --Arsenio Hall
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