[Preston] Mandrake 9.1 experience

[entwisi]

Instaed of apt look up urpmi

search for easy urpmi in google and follow the instructions on the page,

Ian 
On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 11:40, Guy Heatley wrote:
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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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