Newcomers don't know about this. Newbies even sometimes miss things that are as obvious as the nose on their face. No, I'm not saying people are dumb per se, it's just sometimes they don't look in obvious places. Like, "where's the tv remote?" Probably the last place you were when watching tv. Yeah, I kinda noticed that the kill icon was gone also. That's a bummer, I liked that feature right on the desktop. I guess I'm too lazy to do the three-finger-salute!
My first impressions of Mandrake 9 were okay but not really too exciting. For me, Mandrake is kinda blah looking, but back to my point. For starters, like I may have mentioned before in another post, I didn't like the display resolution and refresh rates that were given to me in vesa mode (since my monitor wasn't in the database). You had like 1024x768 at 70 and maybe 72Hz but not 85 like my monitor can go up to. The same problem was even worse in the 800x600 category. I was only given like 60Hz as a choice and maybe even lower refresh rates. C'mon Mandrake, give us some more choices for unlisted monitors! There should be choices for 60, 70, 72, 75+ for almost all resolutions in vesa mode.
The second straw that broke the camel's back for me was that it didn't see my "new toy" Sandisk Cruzer USB SD card thingy. If you aren't familiar with what that is, it's a "keychain" (well, slightly larger) USB memory card device that uses multimedia/SD ram cards that the user can upgrade the memory capacity easily. Think of it as a portable card reader that doesn't need drivers. I tried to get it to see the card but it was giving me fits and would have probably frustrated a newbie beyond belief.
On the other hand, I looked forward to so many apps and UI's that had finally hit the x.0 mark and wanted to try them. I didn't get onto the internet with that machine because it didn't have a connection for one where it was being used (a warehouse).
One qualm I had with Mandrake and their wanting to use GRUB for a bootloader as default, I was kinda disappointed with it's look. I guess I was spoiled by Redhat's look of grub with the flashy graphics or something. GRUB for Mandrake was text.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:(
My overall impression of 9 was alright, but I felt like it was too watered down for my tastes. SuSE has spoiled me with too much eye candy I suppose!
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Posted by: Fishbutt on October 02, 2002 09:22 PMMy first impressions of Mandrake 9 were okay but not really too exciting. For me, Mandrake is kinda blah looking, but back to my point. For starters, like I may have mentioned before in another post, I didn't like the display resolution and refresh rates that were given to me in vesa mode (since my monitor wasn't in the database). You had like 1024x768 at 70 and maybe 72Hz but not 85 like my monitor can go up to. The same problem was even worse in the 800x600 category. I was only given like 60Hz as a choice and maybe even lower refresh rates. C'mon Mandrake, give us some more choices for unlisted monitors! There should be choices for 60, 70, 72, 75+ for almost all resolutions in vesa mode.
The second straw that broke the camel's back for me was that it didn't see my "new toy" Sandisk Cruzer USB SD card thingy. If you aren't familiar with what that is, it's a "keychain" (well, slightly larger) USB memory card device that uses multimedia/SD ram cards that the user can upgrade the memory capacity easily. Think of it as a portable card reader that doesn't need drivers. I tried to get it to see the card but it was giving me fits and would have probably frustrated a newbie beyond belief.
On the other hand, I looked forward to so many apps and UI's that had finally hit the x.0 mark and wanted to try them. I didn't get onto the internet with that machine because it didn't have a connection for one where it was being used (a warehouse).
One qualm I had with Mandrake and their wanting to use GRUB for a bootloader as default, I was kinda disappointed with it's look. I guess I was spoiled by Redhat's look of grub with the flashy graphics or something. GRUB for Mandrake was text.<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:(
My overall impression of 9 was alright, but I felt like it was too watered down for my tastes. SuSE has spoiled me with too much eye candy I suppose!
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