I was following the same mentality as Robin was. Use as much in the default suggestions for installation as possible and don't get too crazy in customizing it. I was trying to act like a absolute newcomer when I was installing.
I'm sure that through a little digging, troubleshooting and RTFM, I could have fixed some problems but I wasn't up for that, I was kinda lazy. I wanted to see how much was possible without having to make anything get too complicated during the install and VERY minor tweaking after everything boots fine.
One other thing I noticed was the occasional mouse lockup (ps2, old m$ 2 button). There was one time, after installation, that it seemed as if everything froze and I managed to get to a konsole (after killing the x server) to make the system halt.
My final impression was that I've seen better (and worse) releases by mandrake before. Unfortunately, most of the improved (slightly) things were in the retail package. Improved meaning: bugs. I've also experienced really wierd things like the download version would install right but the retail package wouldn't and the other way around. I've also seen the powerpack (deluxe) version not work but the regular version (retail) worked. AND they same thing in reverse, regular didn't but deluxe did. I thought that there might be some consistency between packages but I guess I just may have found some snafu or something.
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Posted by: Fishbutt on October 03, 2002 10:54 AMI'm sure that through a little digging, troubleshooting and RTFM, I could have fixed some problems but I wasn't up for that, I was kinda lazy. I wanted to see how much was possible without having to make anything get too complicated during the install and VERY minor tweaking after everything boots fine.
One other thing I noticed was the occasional mouse lockup (ps2, old m$ 2 button). There was one time, after installation, that it seemed as if everything froze and I managed to get to a konsole (after killing the x server) to make the system halt.
My final impression was that I've seen better (and worse) releases by mandrake before. Unfortunately, most of the improved (slightly) things were in the retail package. Improved meaning: bugs. I've also experienced really wierd things like the download version would install right but the retail package wouldn't and the other way around. I've also seen the powerpack (deluxe) version not work but the regular version (retail) worked. AND they same thing in reverse, regular didn't but deluxe did. I thought that there might be some consistency between packages but I guess I just may have found some snafu or something.
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