Hi
I have been using Mandrake for some time now, it came with the Professional Suite Linux, with such packages as StarOfice 5.1 and a lot more, It seems to be very good, I use the KDE desktop, but be careful if you use gimp the odd option does not work and crashes the system.
If you find you need to install stuff later like SCSI cards then don't mess around trying to recompile the kernel, just re-run the installation and it should find the new hardware for you, it's a lot more like plug and play rather than MS plug and pray!
cheers
Simon
I notice on my 'old' Red Hat' system that on boot up it spends a lot of time (tens of seconds) 'remounting file system in read/write mode'. Mandrake whips through this in the blink of an eye. Instead, Mandrake sits around for 20 seconds 'looking for new hardware'. Seems one bit gets better and another gets worse.
I take your point about running Gnome apps under KDE. Some of them just do not work. I like the GUI theat KDE provides but I hate how long it takes to load - 60 secs on my P233 laptop. Gnome comes up in less than a third of that and Icewm in no time at all.
Ian
Ian
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