[linrad] Real Linux Users

["John Harrison, NI1B" <jmh6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Rein,

   Great comment :))

   Will the real linux users please stand up. Great.  :))))

   I started with Slackware, then RedHat, now a bunch of others.

   Getting the peripherals to run right is "the" problem. Only because
Microsoft has coerced many to hide behind Microsoft's "closed" source
model.

   That said once you get something to run, linux runs better in every way
(IMHO :)

   Still getting network, video, mouse and audio to all run is "the"
chore.

   We just need to do a linux friendly "real" audio interface. The rest is
cake. Guess what I have been collecting parts for? Takes a while. Maybe
someone will beat me to the punch. Stay tuned :)))

   Once you get linux running right, you will NEVER go back. Don't forget
to check out wine ("wine is not an emulator").

   warm regards,
   john   



On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Rein A. Smit wrote:

> 
> 
> 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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