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Yo_Mama
8th July 2001, 15:10
Got Mandrake 8.0 installed ok, just spent the last hour trying to figger out how to change the screen res, woohoo! Finally got it tho. Talk about setting up internet sharing easy, just told it the ip of the main machine and off it went, sweet!
dnar
9th July 2001, 07:46
Keep posting subjects like that and you'll have a friend for life...:D

Glad to hear your happy with Mandrake 8. I know a guy that had been battling with 7.2 and now 8.0 for over a year. Trying to get it together on a 100Mhz Pentium with old hardware...... He is a walking bad-ad for Linux, everyone he talks to is put off, grrrr!:eek:
Nofinger
9th July 2001, 12:15
Hi Dnar,

I said That I was going to use Redhad, But it has to wait .
I was plannig to download it but's to big (I will go over my limit :( )
so I have to wait Until i can get hold of a ver. on cd (s).
When I have one, i'm planning to put it first, for trying on a P200@225 (64 or 192mb ram 2.1gb hd awe32 soundblaster cirrus vgacard nic card) is this a good decision or ?????
dnar
9th July 2001, 12:34
Originally posted by Nofinger


Hi Dnar,







I said That I was going to use Redhad, But it has to wait .



I was plannig to download it but's to big (I will go over my limit :( )



so I have to wait Until i can get hold of a ver. on cd (s).



When I have one, i'm planning to put it first, for trying on a P200@225 (64 or 192mb ram 2.1gb hd awe32 soundblaster cirrus vgacard nic card) is this a good decision or ?????





Too big is an understatement. It's a 2 CD distro these days. If your going solo Linux on that system, should be Ok. 192Mb RAM will be heaps. 64 is a bit light on if you want to run X-Windows.





Why not try Peanut, Vector Linux or any of the other light distros?




Peanut (http://www.ibiblio.org/peanut/)



Ibiblio Linux Archive (http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/)

Why wait for the CDs? :cool:
Nofinger
9th July 2001, 13:22
Why not try Peanut, Vector Linux or any of the other light distros?
Why wait for the CDs?

Your right (of course :D),
I didn't Know those prog,s so I,m started downloading Peanut already :D

:Startingslimemode:

Thanks for showing me The Way :p
You're a real linux Master :rolleyes: :D

:endingslimemode:
dnar
9th July 2001, 13:30
Score:

Microshaft: Nil.
GNU Linux: One.

:D
siggy
31st January 2002, 14:42
Windows can be run by anyone, but Linux requires real intelligence ;)
Makatiel
31st January 2002, 21:03
Wow.. Look at Siggy raking out the old threads. This one is from like forever ago..

Speaking of Linux though. I will be installing *ix on the new computer. Just am not quite sure what version of what flavor of what operating system it is going to be.
siggy
31st January 2002, 21:39
The merger started on 7-7-01, some of these old Linux threads bring back some pleasant memories :)
Makatiel
31st January 2002, 21:40
Ahhh.. Memories of being booted out of the forum by Dnar ehh? ;)
siggy
31st January 2002, 22:03
hehe, well ya that too. Those were the days.
EOC_Jason
31st January 2002, 22:30
FreeBSD Forever!!!

I'll go down with the ship before I switch over to the dark side of Linux (the wannabe copy Unix OS)....

http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/i/bsd2.jpg
Makatiel
1st February 2002, 08:03
BSD does have a better logo. Sorry Tux, but the Daemon is just damn cool..