2/2/01, 1:40:28 PM, Brad Lathem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [newbie]
Greetings:
> Hello, I've just switched to Mandrake from Storm (because of their
> bankruptcy), and am pretty impressed.
> 2) Having switched from Storm (and Corel prior to that), I am used to
the
> debian package manager. I found where the package manager is (rpmdrake
in
> DrakConf), but can't see the option to change my sources.list. Is it a
> config file tucked off somewhere else? Does anyone have any good
> recommendations for Mandrake software sources?
What do you mean by "sources"? Do you mean source-code? Otherwise, if
you mean a source to get RPMs then go to http://www.rpmfind.net
Good Luck
Seve
> 3) My monitor (MagView 19" VM900E/986M) won't run in 1600x1200 for some
> reason. I put on the same settings as I had with Storm before (Voodoo 3
> graphics + one of the generic monitor settings + 32 Bit color), but that
> didn't do it. Is Mandrake 7.2 using XFree86 4.x? If so, maybe it's just
> because this is my first XFree86 4.x experience, and I need to monkey
around.
> Otherwise, Mandrake seems to be a great distro (and not bankrupt, to
boot!
> ;-) ).
> Thanks for any replies,
> -Brad Lathem
