I just installed Mandrake 9.1

ElGriton · Mar 30, 2003

I must it's nice. Installation was a breeze and it detected ALL my hardware *( A Linux first ). KDE 3.1 is smooth and looks better than ever. Even with the default install it's fast, faster than any other distro I have tried. It seems this version was really made for the Linux noob I would recommend it to anyone out there interested in trying Linux. I have found the Swedish Servers to be the fastest. Give it a try.

* No distro has ever detected my scanner this one is no exception.

Audioaficionado · Mar 31, 2003

What distros have you tried so far?

Since Knoppix ~ Debian Linux, did you ever install Debian via Knoppix on the HD?

Titan386 · Mar 31, 2003

Reviews

For those interested, I found three reviews of Mandrake 9.1 today while at justlinux.com :

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-03-31-016-26-RV-MD-SW

Worth a read.

ElGriton · Mar 31, 2003

Audioaficionado said:
What distros have you tried so far?

Since Knoppix ~ Debian Linux, did you ever install Debian via Knoppix on the HD?

Knoppix
Debian
RedHat 7 & 8
Mandrake 6.5 through 9.1
FreeBSD ( not really Linux I know )
Was going to try Gentoo but couldn't even download it.

I really like Mandrake 9.1. My wife says she "hates it less than the other versions" I have tried. I truly think that in another generation or two that Mandrake will have a Linux distro that is a (viable) Windows alternative.

penetrecion · Apr 5, 2003

I only keep window$ on my pc to play games and occasionally surf internet... Linux is where I actually DO something...

I bought a brand new Sony 48x24x48 CD-RW a few months ago and guess what??? My Window$ programs (I have a couple of them) for burning don't accept it... tells me in need an upgrade to the program.... so I click the link and guess what I would have to pay for the upgrade!!! HA!

In linux it works fine! In Windws I can't use it without buying more software... so I just go to linux (if I DLoad something in Window$) and access Window$ files and copy it to Linux and burn it...

Microterd makes junk.

Mandrake 9.1, the ONLY solution for me!!!

Audioaficionado · Apr 5, 2003

Hmmm...

Do you have to RPM for updates?

That's the show stopper for me. One harder install then almost effortless updates is why Debian, Gentoo & FreeBSD appeal to me.

OTOH I have gobs of HD space to play with and I can always reformat and reuse the partition later...

ElGriton · Apr 5, 2003

Audioaficionado said:
Hmmm...

Do you have to RPM for updates?

No, Just click the update icon

Audioaficionado · Apr 5, 2003

How many partitions did Mandrake divy your install partition into. /boot, swap, /root, etc.

Audioaficionado · Apr 5, 2003

Thanx for that direct link ElGriton. From Mandrake's mirror page it didn't work but I have all three coming down the pipe right now. It'll take ~6hrs.

I love my fat 750kbps pipe

UnseenMenace · Apr 5, 2003

Ive never been a fan of Mandrake, and even version 9 was heavily over rated (even tried the cooker build which is now 9.1) it installs absolutely everything that I do not need and is remarkably slow compared to SuSE 8.1 with KDE 3.11 imho.

Audioaficionado · Apr 5, 2003

I'm going to play with it and compare to my Debian testing installation. I'm also trying out FreeBSD 5 final. I may also give Gentoo a try when I can get another decent computer online. My 486 is just too slow for maximum surfin' pleasure while Gentoo takes a week to compile in my main rig.

I just installed Mandrake 9.1

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