> > I am newbie not only to mandrake distribution but to linux as well.
> > Of course I would like to know the downs of this distribution.
> > I know that sometimes picking a distribution is matter of
> > preference as is choosing the flavor of an ice cream on a sunny
> > day.
> > Chava.
I like KDE, altho I often feel Gnome apps 'behave' better. Mandrake
is _THE_ KDE distro. I also like that it's not dumbed down to i386.
... but to digress ;> I first tried Linux years ago with some of
the 'linux on a floppy distros' while running Windoze. Let me say as
hindsight I believe this is a good way for those who are not all that
familiar with Unix to learn it's ways and mannerisms. Basically you
can find out a lot about Un*x commands and structure in short order,
without actually havin to install Linux.
So when I got a new HDD for Windoze I kept the old drive and bought
the Red Hat 5.0 CD's. For the life of me I can't remember how long ago
that was (3+ years ?). I used Windoze, RH was a hobby I fooled with.
It took me a _LONG_ time to get sound, printing, et al working. Linux
then was much harder, more finicky with hardware than it now is. BUT,
the lessons in doing so were invaluable.
Then abruptly a few years ago my daughter needed a HDD in her
'school' computer and I sacrificed my 'linux' drive to get her goin'
again. So, I d/l'd some 'linux on dos' (run on you Windoze DOS drive)
distros, and kept playin with linux. I tried those I figured would be
different than RH, like ZipSlack, and one called Phat (basically
Mandrake),and a few others. Shortly thereafter, I built myself a new
system, includin' a new HDD. Now I had an old second HDD again, so I
bought cheap CD's for Mandrake 6.0.
I've bought CD's for every Mandrake version since ... ;)
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Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
