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Post #21,808
by Ashton
12/18/01 6:22:13 AM
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New Reg. gives Mandrake the nod - this week
Handles however you likes yer CDROM select set: over-easy or sunny-side up. RH gets an F.. for not even knowing that was a question, and not telling you why it broke. SuSE at least offered a safe-mode SYA. {sigh}\ufffd

[link|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23436.html|Why it even.. beats XP install! ]

...even if it missed the chance to show everybody, back when it mattered - like, when they might have noticed?

Well.. maybe just in time for .NET then?



Ashton
Post #22,004
by n3jja
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12/19/01 4:37:52 PM
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New I have always had good experiences with Mandrake.
While I haven't bothered to install 8.1 on any of my machines here, I have to say that Mandrake 7.2 and Mandrake 8.0 are great at detecting hardware.

On both my Compaq M700 lappy and my home-brewed Athlon system I have only seen Mandrake get the video card wrong during the install on the laptop. Fortunately, I knew what the correct card was and corrected it before it became an issue.

As our "old friend" Brett G. would say, YMMV.
     The Reg takes on "Overqualified Linux Teachers" (!) - (Ashton) - (11) - Dec. 9, 2001, 03:14:01 AM EST
         Re: The Reg takes on "Overqualified Linux Teachers" (!) - (folkert) - (10) - Dec. 15, 2001, 12:19:41 PM EST
             Heh.. bet you Enjoyed that (too much) - (Ashton) - Dec. 15, 2001, 03:04:54 PM EST
             Teaching, and installing, Linux - (Ric Locke) - (8) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:02:55 AM EST
                 One poss. scenario - (tjsinclair) - (5) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:22:45 AM EST
                     Precisely. - (Ric Locke) - (4) - Dec. 16, 2001, 10:33:46 AM EST
                         Nice summation, Ric. Send suggestion to Red Hat. - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 16, 2001, 12:35:21 PM EST
                         Amen, brother - second the suggestion: Tell RH! Please. - (Ashton) - Dec. 16, 2001, 06:04:06 PM EST
                         Reg. gives Mandrake the nod - this week - (Ashton) - (1) - Dec. 18, 2001, 06:22:13 AM EST
                             I have always had good experiences with Mandrake. - (n3jja) - Dec. 19, 2001, 04:37:52 PM EST
                 Re: Teaching, and installing, Linux - (folkert) - (1) - Dec. 16, 2001, 08:05:32 PM EST
                     RH 7.1 is close to that IIRC - (altmann) - Dec. 17, 2001, 01:41:19 AM EST

I don't usually win conversations this decisively.
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