On Saturday 16 April 2005 02:23 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> On Saturday 16 April 2005 21:05, Philippe Landau wrote:
> > Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > >>I had heard that LE might be noticbly faster than 10.1 (beyond
> > >>the 10% speed improvement in KDE).  Can anyone confirm/refute
> > >>through experience? TIA
> > >
> > > Absolutely. Everything feels more snappy.  But mine is a fresh
> > > install, wiping the entire hard disc of a very messy system
> > > from multiple upgrades (8.2 -> 10.1).  Don't know if that
> > > matters, though.
> >
> > it runs well here too.
> > much faster then debian/gnome/ubuntu for example
> > on this average 2003/4  hardware.
> >
> > > And - as usual - lots of good new stuff while breaking many
> > > things that worked perfectly in previous versions.  Back to the
> > > CLI...
> >
> > if you are lucky enough to have your hardware supported out of
> > the box and enable the sources from PLF/easyurpmi
> > it is the most complete distro for home users i ever tried.
> >
> > > And that damned, drunken penguin....Ridiculous.
> >
> > i saw it as love-drunk, enamoured welcoming clown,
> > bringing some empathy to the often lonely user.
> > of course this can get on your nerves, so maybe
> > there is an easy way to choose a replacement.
>
> Well, all my hardware is supported, but I still use my 6 CD set
> because I can't find Club Commercials (like RealPlayer, Adobe
> Reader etc..) on the Club mirrors.
>
> My troubles - so far - is :
>
> 1. The USB subsystem doesn't work - still.  I have to disable this
> HAL thingy and mount everything manually.
>
> 2. The menu editor is defunct.  Have to run "update-menus -v -n"
> every time I add an application.
>
> On the other hand, it's the first time in all my Mandrake years that
> I have sound without editing lots of files.  All in all a great
> improvement from 10.1 (my worst Mandrake ever).
>
> Kaj Haulrich.
Kaj, did you append noapic and/or nolapic to lilo? This allowed my usb devices 
to be read. HTH
-- 
Dennis M. linux user #180842

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