Mandrake 8.1

[Ronald Maggio]

----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Lawton" <green_man at bluefrognet.net>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 5:00 PM
Subject: Mandrake 8.1


> Greetings Group:
> Well, If everything goes as planned, I should have my new machine
> the week after Christmas. It's getting Mandrake, unless anyone has a
> more convincing argument than Bob's as to why I should try a different
> distro:
>
> > Well, I usually have copies of the latest Mandrake Linux at the
> >meetings. The latest is currently 8.1 (Vitamin).  I've been actively
> >trying to convert the whole group to Mandrake through drug dealer
> >techniques (hmmm... Want to try some disks? :-)
>
> It'll be dual boot with Win95, because that's what I've been using for
> the past 5yrs,
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Why windows 95? I use windows 98SE 2nd version. I know it is a memory pig
but it has more features.
Also why not use Windows NT Workstation its not plug and play but its not a
memory as Win 9x
I have it on an older Pentium box with Mandrake 8.0 and both are running
fine, but each one has its own drive.



> but I have to get that in first, because as stated in Linux
> for Dummies, Quick Reference, 3e under I'VE LOST MY LINUX ! -
> "Windows arrogantly assumes that it is the only OS on the system."


Thats why I think its better to install linux on another harddisk drive.
Drives are cheeper now than ever and trying to install linux on a different
partition on the same drive is worth it trust me! You can have it boot off a
floppy or write LILO to the master boot record. I let it write to the master
boot record and it works fine. I should say that I back up the master boot
record anyway just in case. Nothing in carved in stone about the stability
of any OS.


> They recommend installing it [WIN] first, because Linux gets along
> better with Windows in the boot sector if it's there first. I can always
> lose the Windows later if I become a hardcore Linuxer.
> Does anyone have any preferences/recommendations as to an
> emailer to use in Linux?


Kmail its right in Mandrake I really like it a ot! Its the best I.ve seen.
Looks and acts a lot like Oh yes I'm going to say it...
Outlook Express. Well at least to me it does.


>I am currently using Pegasus Mail for
> Windows, which according to op.cit. and it's own help files seems to
> rely on something very similar to fetchmail, sendmail, and promail all
> rolled in to one tidy very useful package. It allows filtering, multiple
user
> identities, selective mail download, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
> Regarding the whole dig sig flap, pegmail warned me that message
> contained unknown content that may not be textual, and asked me
> what to do with it before I opened it.


I've used Pegasus Mail before I still like it also. I wonder if there is
anything built like it for linux. That is buy the same company or another.


> At any rate, barring a couple of feet of snow the night before [I
> haven't taught my dogs to mush, yet... but that's another hobby], I'll be
> at the next meeting.
>
>
> --
> Scott
>
> LINUX - not just _A_ good idea,
>         _ALL_ the good ideas.
>