Posted by: carlosalfaro
on October 02, 2002 09:04 PM
I have tried the instalation. On my newer Plll Machine it works ok. I have had Evolution lock up on me everytime I use it to configure the summary screen. Other than that everything works O.K.
I do have a problem with sound from time to time. Them the machine I use the most is my Duron950 Machine. So far it has worked great. I don't have any speakers in that one cus I only use to work. Had a few problems adding items which I installed manually to the menu (I am teachin others how to use Linux and I needed the familiar AIM and Yahoo Messenger in the machine so they could use it) and had to rebbot twice to get it to save the entries I made. After that. No complaints at all. And it does seem to run faster than the Plll. That is another issue.
Finally my "room" pc. This I do use multimedia on. I downloaded Real and it works fine. It is funny I watched a clip on a P4 1.7 and then on my Pll 350 running Mandrake. The P4 would flicker and distort the image when I opened a browser window. In My mandrake Machine I had a document open an AIM plus a browser and no problems at all. The machine did not even cough at anything I threw at it.
Finally Tomorrow I install it on a Pentium 200. I don't know if it will be Mandrake. Love the interface but I am trying to get Redhat 8. I hope to buy the professional version of both to see which will be my desktop of choice (I am also testing my Plll 550 server at work) and my server platform (they may be different)
I believe Mandrake has done an excelent job. They still need to get the instalation right for a newbie. An instalation which will boot even if configurations is wrong. If it is, it should tell you as soon as it boots so it can be corrected, but let it boot up.
PS Does anyone know how to get the driver for Samsung SyncMaster 753DF - none of the distributions, even new ones, seem to have it
I am not trying to imply anything, just that I have tried the distro on different pcs and it seems to work 95% of the time right of the box
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Posted by: carlosalfaro on October 02, 2002 09:04 PMI do have a problem with sound from time to time. Them the machine I use the most is my Duron950 Machine. So far it has worked great. I don't have any speakers in that one cus I only use to work. Had a few problems adding items which I installed manually to the menu (I am teachin others how to use Linux and I needed the familiar AIM and Yahoo Messenger in the machine so they could use it) and had to rebbot twice to get it to save the entries I made. After that. No complaints at all. And it does seem to run faster than the Plll. That is another issue.
Finally my "room" pc. This I do use multimedia on. I downloaded Real and it works fine. It is funny I watched a clip on a P4 1.7 and then on my Pll 350 running Mandrake. The P4 would flicker and distort the image when I opened a browser window. In My mandrake Machine I had a document open an AIM plus a browser and no problems at all. The machine did not even cough at anything I threw at it.
Finally Tomorrow I install it on a Pentium 200. I don't know if it will be Mandrake. Love the interface but I am trying to get Redhat 8. I hope to buy the professional version of both to see which will be my desktop of choice (I am also testing my Plll 550 server at work) and my server platform (they may be different)
I believe Mandrake has done an excelent job. They still need to get the instalation right for a newbie. An instalation which will boot even if configurations is wrong. If it is, it should tell you as soon as it boots so it can be corrected, but let it boot up.
PS Does anyone know how to get the driver for Samsung SyncMaster 753DF - none of the distributions, even new ones, seem to have it
I am not trying to imply anything, just that I have tried the distro on different pcs and it seems to work 95% of the time right of the box
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