all joking aside, win2k isn't bad at all...as a desktop os that is
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wandered Inn" ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com>
To: "ALE" ">ale@ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Mandrake 7.0.2 update
> Luis Luna wrote:
> >
> > After reading all the problems with Mandrake, maybe you should change
your
> > sig from :
> > "I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
> > Y2K.."
> > to:
> > I'm afraid there will be more problems with M7 than there were with
> > Y2K..
>
> Naaah, W2K will still have much worse problems. Remember, it's a
> Microsoft product..
>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ">owner-ale@ale.org [mailto:">owner-ale@ale.org]On Behalf Of
Wandered
> > > Inn
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 11:38 AM
> > > To: ALE
> > > Subject: [ale] Mandrake 7.0.2 update
> > >
> > >
> > > Thought I'd share my experiences with installing Mandrake 7.0.2. I
> > > attempted to install it 4 times. The first, I starting getting error
> > > messages indicating that various functions were not found. It cycled
> > > through these messages to the point that I had to reboot. Second and
> > > third attempts I received the same useless message, some obscur
message
> > > in a popup window regarding an invalid character. Each of these I was
> > > able to select the exitinstall option. Fourth try, install was
> > > completed properly.
> > >
> > > I just now fired up control-panel on this machine and selected the
> > > network configuration option. I had opened control-panel from an
xterm,
> > > and I received an error there 'python not found.' So, no network
> > > configuration. Sure enough, python is not installed, so they must
have
> > > screwed up dependencies here. rpm -qa|grep python yields:
> > >
> > > python-devel-1.5.2-3mdk
> > > pythonlib-1.23-1mdk
> > > postgresql-python-6.5.2-2mdk
> > > python-docs-1.5.2-3mdk
> > >
> > > So it appears that everything for python is installed, but the core
rpm
> > > for the language... Installing python, resolves this problem.
> > >
> > > It's unlikely that I will use 7.0.2 when I finally upgrade, but it's
> > > been interesting attempting this process.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Until later: Geoffrey ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com
> > >
> > > I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
> > > Y2K...
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> Until later: Geoffrey ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com
>
> I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
> Y2K...
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