Re: [linrad] Mandrake distributions

["Rein A. Smit" <rein0zn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hello All,

Earlier, there was a remark made about Mandrake not being the "right" or 
perhaps
"PC"  ( Political Correct ) distribution.
Could I get some more feedback on that? Is it possibly too easy to work 
with for
real Linux users?
Also, I put up the note to make you aware that it is not necessary to 
spend MicroSoft like prices to get a nice CD set.

73 Rein W6/PA0ZN


Richard Bown wrote:

> Hi All
> comments on Mandrake.
>
> I have had difficulty with an ATI Radeon card getting linrad to run, but
> on a standard graphics card it compiles and looks like it will run, and
> thats on Mandrake 9.2 , the release date is the start of November.
> That was using vgalib 1.4.3 installed as a RPM.
> The RPM for this is in the old distro part of the mandrake site, last
> distro'd with MDK8.1.
>
> MDK9.2 download edition is free, but you will find the mirrors are
> heavily clogged, 
> If you do decide to go for MDK9.2 wait a month or so as there have been
> a few minor bugs with some of the apps, both Gnome and KDE.
>
> MDK 9.2 is available to download as a torrent, which is fairly quick.
>
>
> Should you download MDK9.2 use the Icemaker window manager to start with
> , download the updates, then restart in either Gnome or KDE.
>
> One of the problems is a menu problem in both Gnome and KDE, and as the
> download sites are VERY heavily used with a new distro, downloading the
> upgrades during install or upgrade fails due to time out.
>
> Apart from the odd teething trouble Mandrake 9.2 is a very nice distro..
>
> HTH
> Richard G8JVM
>
> On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 05:06, Rein A. Smit wrote:
>  
> >    Hi All,
> >
> > Linux comes in different distributions and prices. I like to inform 
> > those who are
> > thinking about getting a Linux distribution to run Linrad or other linux 
> > programs
> > about the following:
> >
> >      Go to :
> >
> >    http://www.pages.ebay.com
> >
> > and search for        "Mandrake Linux" 
> > Disclaimer: I have NO interests in EBay nor Mandrake.
> > Nor do I quite understand what is going on here and has been going on 
> > for some time.
> > From what I read  it appears that Mandrake Linux is very similar to Red 
> > Hat, the best selling
> > Linux distribution.
> > I use one of the older Mandrake CD packages from eBay with Linrad and 
> > found it very easy to install..
> >
> > 73 Rein, W6/PA0ZN
> >
> >    
> > >      


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