RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!

[bluebottle]

On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, paul haine wrote:

> 

> Mandrake 7 is the first that's actually managed to make it
> to the end of the installation. And still, I get freezes, crashes - at least
> with Windows you sometimes get a chance to recover, but with Linux it just
> stops working, kaput.
> 
> With this plus all the hassle having to configure every little detail
> yourself, I think Linux for me is just going to remain a toy OS for the
> forseeable future...

Might I suggest that you get hold of a copy of Mandrake 7.02. I had problems
with Mandrake 7 and my Matrox G100 card. No problems at all with 7.02. It's
been running nicely for the past couple of months.

Regards

John the Nadger

http://www.mklinux.co.uk
http://www.nadger.uklinux.net