[Preston] Mandrake 9.1 experience

[John]

I am just downloading RedHat 9.0.... I downloaded RH 8.0 a couple fo weeks
ago but I have found it to be very unstable in comparison to 7.3 (keeps
crashing and hanging) so I am hoping that 9.0 is much better...

I recently got onto Broadband via Tiscali (BT Broadband)... When I was using
a 56k dialup connection, I was able to make good use of IPCOP as a firewall
but at the moment I am having to use M$ to connect as Tiscali say they don't
support Linux. I am hoping to figure out how to get my USB ADSL modem to
work under Linux (well, IPCOP really). Has anybody out there got a Broadband
connection via USB ADSL modem working under Linux? My USB modem is a sagem
f@st 800 which I believe is Linux compatible but so far as I can tell not
IPCOP compatible...

Back to Mandrake, someone told me that they are on the verge of going out of
existence... I used Mandarke for a while a year or so ago and it was okay
but Red Hat seems to be gaining in popularity along with Suse... Have to say
though APT is way better than RPM.... APT-GET UPGRADE / UPDATE makes life so
much easier... Wish they would stick to the same files and directories in
etc though (not just Debian but all the distros)... One Linux standard would
be nice wouldn't it!!! One Unix (based on Linux) would be even better..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Heatley" <guy@remember-tomorrow.co.uk>
To: "Preston LUG" <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 11:40 AM
Subject: [Preston] Mandrake 9.1 experience


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> Greetings!
> I fitted a new drive in my machine the other day so I thought I would have
a
> look at a different distro. (I normally use Debian stable). I got Mandrake
> 9.1 on a cover DVD so I had a go with that.
> Wow! Pretty impressive! All my hardware was configured automagically (the
> sound card needed a go in the configuration GUI, but it was configured on
> first reboot). Being used to Debian it was a treat to have all the newest
> software on tap. And a full set of anti-aliased fonts as default! (Maybe I
> should bite the bullet and move on to 'testing' version of Debian)
> It's not absolutely perfect - the KDE help browser seems to segfault now
and
> again. Unmounting my Zip drive seems to cause the system to go slightly
wonky
> in the /mnt department
> On the strength of the hardware auto config, if I were M$ I would be
bricking
> it!
> I'm not a convert from Debian though: APT still rocks! Getting used to
> Debian's a bit like driving a VW Beetle  - it's not the slickest beast on
the
> road, but with a little routine maintenance it will never let you down,
and
> DIY repairs are well documented.
> - -- 
> Guy
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