Optiker
10-12-2004, 01:31 PM
Y'all...I'm a Linux greenhorn. I had Red Hat dual booted on my Win2000Pro machine at work for a few years, but didn't use it much because too much didn't work and I didn't know how to make it work. Then I had Mandrake 9 on my machine at home, and had similar problems, though I used it slightly more. Finally, I got new computers both places and decided to install Mandrake 10 at work and Libranet at home - both dual boot with WinXP.
At work, it was a breeze - and everything worked! Even sound, which I was never able to get either place with Red Hat or Mandrake, or even with Knoppix, my printers, and all drives automounting!
At home, Libranet was a little harder to install, and had the same old problems of not seeing my one most critical HD partition (my data partition), no sound, only one of two printers, and I gave up about then.
At home, I reinstalled Mandrake 10, and what a pleasure! It was simple, automatic, and everything worked!
Two exceptions...first, some programs don't work - neither Tux Racer nor Cannon Smash work. They seem to be trying to run, but after maybe 30 seconds or a minute of trying, just disappear before even a splash screen. Am working that problem.
Secondly, I'm having trouble installing RPMs - even those that are specific to Mandrake 10. Am also working that problem.
Otherwise, finally I have a Linux machine that I can actually do something with. I look forward to it learning how to use it, and hopefully, in time, it will be my default boot instead of WinXP.
If you're a newbie and considering Linux, I can recommend Mandrake 10 from my own experience! My only disappointment is that Mandrake 10 (the non-MandrakeClub DL version) has far fewer programs than the Mandrake 9 installation had - that's why I'm trying to learn how to install RPMs...to be able to install some of the ones I was finding useful in Mandrake 9.
At work, it was a breeze - and everything worked! Even sound, which I was never able to get either place with Red Hat or Mandrake, or even with Knoppix, my printers, and all drives automounting!
At home, Libranet was a little harder to install, and had the same old problems of not seeing my one most critical HD partition (my data partition), no sound, only one of two printers, and I gave up about then.
At home, I reinstalled Mandrake 10, and what a pleasure! It was simple, automatic, and everything worked!
Two exceptions...first, some programs don't work - neither Tux Racer nor Cannon Smash work. They seem to be trying to run, but after maybe 30 seconds or a minute of trying, just disappear before even a splash screen. Am working that problem.
Secondly, I'm having trouble installing RPMs - even those that are specific to Mandrake 10. Am also working that problem.
Otherwise, finally I have a Linux machine that I can actually do something with. I look forward to it learning how to use it, and hopefully, in time, it will be my default boot instead of WinXP.
If you're a newbie and considering Linux, I can recommend Mandrake 10 from my own experience! My only disappointment is that Mandrake 10 (the non-MandrakeClub DL version) has far fewer programs than the Mandrake 9 installation had - that's why I'm trying to learn how to install RPMs...to be able to install some of the ones I was finding useful in Mandrake 9.