On 23/04/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Lung</b> <<a href="mailto:voting@ukscientists.com">voting@ukscientists.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Sunday 22 Apr 2007 22:52, Jam Adams wrote:<br><br>> Mandrake 10 is an old operating system and this may be the source of your<br>> problems. I would seriously consider upgrading to a newer release. </blockquote><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It's easy when you know how but to the unaccomplished, just one snag is enough<br>to prevent the transfer to a new OS. It's really not worth the risk of being
<br>stuck off-line and having to buy another computer to get on again - just yet!<br>You experts may find it hard to imagine the WIMP point of view.</blockquote><div><br>True. It's all to easy to say that it's easy when you know how!
<br><br>Richard, I remember the problems that we had installing Mandrake on your computer. Linux has come a long way since then and the installs are much more user firendly - and recognise much more hardware.<br></div><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">All I know is Mandrake has changed its name (if it still exists).<br>I have a vague idea that an Ubuntu OS on a CD could be the thing but, as
<br>already informed the SLUG, I cannot now play CDs or DVDs. Only the CD burner<br>appears to be recognised and work.</blockquote><div><br>Mandrake became Mandrivia (ugh). I don't really know much about it now. Ubuntu is a fine distribution and would almost certainly meet your needs. I would put money on someone being able to install it for you at a meet, your hardware being recognised (I recall that most was reasonably standard), and you going away a happy man.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Regards<br>Richard Lung.</blockquote><div><br>Good to hear from you again. I'm pleased that the Mandrake install has done so well for you for so long!
<br></div></div><br>-- <br>Jamie Adams<br><a href="http://www.ino.org.uk">http://www.ino.org.uk</a>