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mandrake 7.0 linux

  • 22-03-2000 2:28pm
    #1
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭


    for anyone who cares
    this months pcplus has a copy of mandrake
    7.0 on the cover smile.gif
    *nice*

    MiCr0


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  • #2
    amp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    D'ye know if it's better or worse than Corel Linux? (Really must get round to having a look at getting the modem working on it)
    Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!


  • #3
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    by all accounts coral is the worst type of linux...
    its designed for _newbies_
    well its basic in the extreme

    this months pcplus has got a review of a couple of the dists and suse 6.3 and mandrake 7.0 came out tops

    MiCr0


  • #4
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    further up from coral and below debiam and freebsd i reckon


  • #5
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    whoa freebsd is a linux distribution? smile.gif


  • #6
    Hecate
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    so where does redhat lie on the scale of newbieness? smile.gif


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  • #7
    amp
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    Well when it come to Linux I'm as newbie as they come. M$ os's are what I know.
    Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!


  • #8
    MiCr0
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    mandrake is the easiest install i've ever had...
    very easy


  • #9
    amp
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    Yup, just got it yesterday, but right now I'm running BEos v5. And it's quite good.

    amp - who's now quad booting smile.gif
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  • #10
    amp
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    hmmmm... the boot disk maker fails with loadlibrary failure and if I try to run from dos I get:
    "Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 08:01"

    Now, if I could get some binaries for q3 on BEos then I'd be laughing

    /me cackles insanely
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  • #11
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    did u download the floppyboot kernel from the pcplus website?


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  • #12
    amp
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    Did so and for the first time I am online with Linux.
    Red Hat frown.gif
    Caldera frown.gif
    Slackware frown.gif
    Corel Linux frown.gif
    Mandrake biggrin.gif
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  • #13
    MiCr0
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    what sort of modem u got?


  • #14
    amp
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    Motorola VoiceSurfr 56k External. Old as fup but still going strong.
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  • #15
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    ffs i got a motorola 56k voicesurfer internal and i can't get it too work?
    what driver u using?

    MiCr0


  • #16
    amp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    None, I just told kppp to look at /dev/ttys0
    (I think, I'm back to win98) and it picked it up. Oh and I don't think I mentioned mine was originally a Kflex56 flashed to v.90.

    Have to say i'm well impressed by Mandrake, linux has improved massively since I first tried to use it. The interface is cool, love those themes. Performance was slower than win98 but only cos I couldn't find where to tell it to see more than 64mb. Trouble is I've got too many things that it doesn't support yet (winCE handheld, M$ steering wheel etc.) but the future looks gooooood.
    Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!


  • #17
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    if anyone's got any great ideas how to install this modem (*internal*) under linux plz tell me smile.gif


  • #18
    Gerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,484 ✭✭✭Gerry


    Micro, 99% of internal modems these days are winmodems and they dont work under linux


  • #19
    Ronin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Ronin


    smile.gif..dave mandrake is based on rh, rh6.2 works a treat, might install mandrake just to c what its like..

    but really it don`t matter all that much what u use as long as u can use it and are happy. i can`t wait for openbsd/redhat distro smile.gif..


    Ro

    Ronin
    ronin@playerofgames.com
    www.playerofgames.com


  • #20
    amp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,446 ✭✭✭✭amp


    hmmm just finished setting up win2k, and it's brilliant, so stable and runs q3 no bother with the 3dfx beta drivers. Cheerio win98.

    P.s special thanks to Sutty for his assistance smile.gif
    Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!


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