Hi

[antony wardle]

Well, I might have to rethink my thoughts on linux
as a home machine.



After having windows pc die on my, I decided to try out mandrake 7.2
and so far I have been pretty impressed.

It has managed to auto detect my usb mouse, my sound card (winME couldn't do 
that) and my video card. And as for the internet, all I had
to do was enter my password and phone number, and I was away.


all pretty painless. Still not 100% that I feel comfortable with dad having 
it on his pc, but on mine its good. I have it set up to triple boot between 
ME, w2k and linux.


Is there a better alternative to netscape? I have 4.75, and I find that it 
isn't very reliable. Konqueror seems better, but doesn't handle the jave sites
very well. I have managed to find Kmail, and Knode for email and news, and 
they remind be a bit of outlook express, so I am happy with them.

Is there a resuming ftp client for linux like getright? I want to download 
star office, but don't want to have to try a dozen times first. Why does 
linux log me on without asking me for a password. Did I have something ticked 
by mistake when I installed it?

cheers

antony