I read everything I could on the subject of Linux and mandrake for weeks before
trying to install. You know what? Didn't help much, I found the answers to my
questions online and in news groups. The written is much watered down
or doesn't go into the detail needed
On Mon, 04 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> PMJI, Yes, this 63-year-old Chinaman does that, but very often instructions
> writers write for *themselves* to read - forgetting that readers are
> *dummies*. As a result, after RTFineM newbies are still in the dark-age.
> Regards.
>
> At 04-09-2000 11:51 AM, you wrote:
> >read the instructions. is there anybody out there that has really read the
> >instructions. when i first installed Mandrake, it took me hours to get
> >it right, mainly because of the monitor and video card problems. but
> >do people actually read the instructions. wow.
