The only plus I see with it is the fact that it comes with an ansi telnet!
hehe
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher S. Adams ">toiletduk@penguinpowered.com>
To: ">ale@ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Mandrake 7.0.2 update
> 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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