Re: Fwd: Re: [PLUG] Adding a new HD

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

MJH wrote:

> On Wednesday 1 September 2004 02:10 pm, Art Alexion wrote:
>
>  
>
> > Well, I have a copy of Mandrake 9.1 (heard there were CD-ROM problems
> > with 9.2) that I might try.  
> >    
>
> Mandrake 10.0 has been out for a while (10.1 is in beta at the moment) and has 
> seemed stable and a noticeable improvement on 9.x (especially if you're a KDE 
> user - there were a lot of KDE optimisations in that timeframe). I have CDs 
> if you don't have broadband.
>  
Well, as we speak (so to speak), I am doing my first attempt at an iso 
download.  Wish me luck.

> I've been biased in Mandrake's direction for a couple of years now. I'd 
> recommend 9.1 over 9.2 if that's your choice, but 10.0 over 9.x. In general I 
> find it usually just works, installs are easy, hardware dectection finds 
> almost anything I've thrown it at so far. I did a server upgrade from 9.2 to 
> 10.0 entirely through urpmi (Mandrake's apt-get equivalent) without 
> significant problems.
>  
OK, I'm sold...

> If you have the drive space, you can always install several in parallel and 
> see what you like. (Though I definitely recommend making sure you're using 
> the same version of your desktop environment on each version unless you have 
> seperate /home for each too).
>  
Now that is a relevant concern as I wanted to share a /home between RH 
7.3 my current /working well/ distro and the new one which will 
definitely have different versions.


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