On fre, 26 nov 1999, you wrote:
> "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote:
> >
> > > stable manner. But you have to admitt that they have done a great job with
> the
> > > installer. Any user can install M$'s OS. Now if they'd just stop trying
> to
>
> Gee I hate to knock you off your soap box, but just about ALL new mother
> boards support the self-same boot of CD Rom to install Linux AND Win9X.
> Risking more Flames here...Win98 is MORE user friendly after first install,
> all most all components ARE installed WITH their driver's.
OK.. So you mean that CD-Writes are installed with drivers ?? All Graphic cards
are installed with drivers ?? Sound cards are installed with drivers ??
That's a change. The last time I was forced to install win98, it didn't.
>
> Now untill I learn the method to Linux's madness for installing programs and
> WHERE the heck they are after that, I will continue using Win98 as my primary
> OS. But to be fair Linux has many points in it's favor, the foremost one is
> that it is a free OS, and more important...very stable.
To find the location of a file, try whereis. If Mandrake supports the RedHat
filesystem scheme, most files will be installed in either /usr/bin or
/usr/sbin. Cinfig files go in /etc.
/Jocke!
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