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Re: [PLUG] Yet Another Distribution Question
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I'll try this again..
Evolution did something screwy to my last post.
On 22 Apr 2001 11:24:19 -0400, Michael Leone wrote:
> On 22 Apr 2001 09:34:36 -0400, Beldon Dominello wrote:
> >
> > I'd agree with Mental in that Suse 7.1 probably has a lot of what she'd want.
> > Its install is nearly effortless so she won't have trouble there, and once
> > intalled it's got an automatic update feature which is, so far, free for
> > anyone (even non-registered users), and the interface is smooth enough for
> > her to use it as a regular productivity desktop (with Koffice and StarOffice
> > both pre-loaded.
>
> Mandrake is also GUI-only install; and except for some oddness where it
> didn't seem to like my PS/2 Intellimouse, it found all my devices
> (including USB) fine, etc. Also includes ReiserFS as an install option,
> if you're looking for that.
>
> Mandrake also has a GUI update feaure, but - unfortunately - still needs
> some work (in v7.2, anyway - it may be better in the new 8.0). It still
> sometimes comes up with dependency conflicts, when installing the
> updates.
>
> v8.0 is brand new (as in ... released this week), so it's not on store
> shelves yet, and all the mirrors are probably swamped with folks
> downloading ISOs for a while yet.
>
>
>
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