[ale] Mandrake App Install..

[Debrihmi]

Hello there!

I just got me a new toy, a Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook:

- 2.4 Ghz
- 256MB RAM
- 30 Gig HD
- CR-R Drive
- 14" Display
- 1024x768
- extra battery

For a little over $1000..

I played with Win XP for about an hour before I grew tired of it and zapped 
it..  I tried to install Xandros/Debian on it and the screen just blanks out 
on the install screen, which is no biggie, I'll just use straight Debian next 
time.  I went ahead and installed Mandrake 9.1 (it's been awhile since I've 
run it.. 8.2); I was impressed with all the improvements - and the SPEED!  
MAN!!  The thing runs 2x to 3x times faster than XP..  The one thing that 
always got me was that Windows would call up the 'My Computer' within a 
second but Linux would take 5-8 seconds to load 'Home'..  Not anymore - it's 
instant!

I suppose I should get to the point of this email; does anybody know a 
painless way to deal with application installs?  I'm an apt-get guy - has it 
been ported to Mandrake yet?

~ 
Debrihmi 
-- 
Member, "Chattahoochee Area Open Source" (http://chaos706.org) 
Member, "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (ALE)" (http://ale.org) 
:wq! 
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