> I know what you mean...I'm hoping that some of this is addressed in Mandrake 7.2.
Truth is, as bad as Windoze is, it's spoiled us. Unix has always been
the superior OS but Microsoft knew what problems most people needed
solving and in a standalone environment they did pretty well at
eliminating all the technical stuff from the "desktop." While I might
moan about all the installation "stuff" of Linux, Mandrake (and Red Hat
for that matter) are a darn sight easier to deal with than when I was
installing SunOS and applications on a Sparcstation. No RPMS there. No
plug-n-play device managers. Just tarballs and vi.
If there's a difference with Linux it's that I've now got friends who
want to get into Linux and it's a tough pill to swallow, regardless of
all its virtues. There are days when chasing down 'how tos' puts a sour
taste in my mouth. Then Windows crashes...again...and I feel better :-)
> And you are correct in what you've said about the CD-RW, but that's something that
>most don't know about. I know of
Yes, they do seem to be that "mysterious" device that looks too much
like a floppy with more space :-)
> thinking that he would be able to use this CD-RW like he used the floppy drive on
>his machine. It took a little while for me to explain that it just didn't work that
>way. There
True...especially when dealing with the RW disks.
> used in order for him to even be able to use the hardware in a normal fashion with
>"recordable" Cd's. I myself really prefer the Recordables as opposed the re-writable
>CDROM's. Much simpler.
You betcha! In the Windows world I have two RW disks that I use for
daily backups. Other than that, everything is on closed CD-Rs as I want
the stuff available if I'm working with a minimal system.
As long as we're talking about this, what do you use in the Linux world
for CD-R management? I finally got Gtoaster to work but it doesn't seem
to figure out (and report) what the total size of the files I want put
onto a disk is and whether they will fit. That seems a bit odd to me.
Is there something better?
Cheers --- Larry
