On Sunday 28 October 2001 07:25 am, you wrote: > John Hokanson Jr. wrote: > > I just want my computer to work right, and Linux has been a > > complete bitch to set up properly. I've already spent money on > > two distributions. If I spend any more, I'll be fast approching > > the cost of an MS Windows product. Everytime I get a new peice of > > Linux software, it's not good enough or has major bugs and I have > > to do it all over again. > > > > So far the only thing that makes it better than Win9x is the fact > > that I can leave it running without having the reboot every > > couple of hours. That's not good enough. > > > > I've been fighting the urge to tear it from my HD and switch to > > NT. > > John, > > Sorry to hear you're having so much trouble. > > IIRC, you're running on a 200 Mhz. Pentium (something) with 64 MB > ram. That's really not enough for Mandrake and KDE. Also, IMHO, > Linux tends to be oversold at this point in time. Depending on > your requirements, Linux might not be for you yet. >
Well, I'd be willing to take the performance hit if I can get certain things working a little bit better. Like I don't know why I can't get Sawfish to load (so I can try it). I *MAY* have gotten RPMDrake to work by refreshing it's own internal database. I was actually able to uninstall Netscape last night. I *WILL* upgrade my RAM. In fact, I intend to do that before I put in another processor. Also, my other box under construction will run Windows 98. - John
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