Strike that -it's a PC.
Romanator wrote:
>
> Laptop.
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > Rick,
> >
> > what "is" a Pavilion? I've never heard of one of
> > those. Laptop? desktop? what kind of sound card is in it? Mandrake 7.1 has
> > a lot of support for a lot of hardware, and I'm told that 7.2 has even
> > more. Now...as far as sound cards go RedHat has even better sound card
> > support then does Mandrake. I came from RedHat to Mandrake. I cut my Linux
> > teeth on RedHat, but then I saw Mandrake for the first time, (Mandrake
> > 7.02) I fell in love all over again.
> >
> > I had better printer support in RedHat till I got my Canon Bubblejet. And
> > that was a little dicey but I'm stuborn and refused to let the
> > "features" get the best of me. I tricked it into thinking the printer was
> > something else other then a BJC6000. For a while anyway. The only programs
> > I can't print from now are Pine and a few of the more generic text editors
> > that I use. Printing from them though isn't really a necessity and if I
> > need to print an email I just export it to Netscape Messenger which prints
> > it just fine.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> > / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat
> > * in order to get the rats up from below decks
> > * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
> > *
> > * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496
> > */
> >
> > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*REPLY SEPERATOR*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000 Rick Commo had this to say!
> >
> > > And behind Mark's statement is an even more powerful truth, "if... you can
> > > install it and get it going". Because a stable operating system that you
> > > can't easily install won't be accepted. And I am in that league for example
> > > with my Pavilion 3625 - no sound. Since I don't use it anyway, I've let it
> > > slide, but it is a case in point as are the many questions thrown into
> > > [newbie] and even [expert].
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ..... Mark Weaver
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 2:34 PM
> > > Cc: Mandrake Newbie List
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets Linux
> > >
> > > Patrick,
> > >
> > > You are right, of course, Linux is a paradise for coders and programmers,
> > > but beyond that truth is another, even bigger truth. That is that Linux is
> > > incredibly stable and powerful as a home PC platform as well as a
> > > dependable business workstation platform.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Roman
> Registered Linux User #179293
