[wellylug] was X now Mandrake and Lycoris

[Persian]

Hi again Peter

Thanks for you quick reply.

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 05:25:08PM +1200, Peter Jones wrote:
> 
> You could add Star office or open office, etc. You don't use apt-get, that
> is unique
> to Debian AFAIK. Lycoris does have an updater, very similar to Windows
> Update.

Do you mean it is as easy as d/loading and installing as on a win box
when you just click on the .exe and dont have to know anything else?
I guess I would really like a nice browser like netscape and
a good WP.

> 
> Setup is as easy as putting in the CD and booting.

So this would overwrite entirely my current distro?

> 
> To your final query - yes Mandrake  (and Lycoris, too) will do all you ask
> and more.
> They will talk to a Windows network, 

I am still asking about our internet connection, as I do not understand
it at all., Can we both be connected at the same time as now?
i.e. with Mandrake , who would be dialling in. Could I manage
the whole thing and also ADSL without help, is it all really
easy and a GUI?

The weird reason I have hung onto my linux is that I love the
keyboard and hate the mouse, hence I use mutt , slrn etc
 
The current scenario is that we have just moved here from Melb
and I have always relied on help to keep my system going. Now I have
no browser, I have been walked thru a re install but problems are the same.
I know that I cannot maintain my own system. Like the current problem,
why did it start? How come things change?

I need to get AWAY from Debian as I am unable to operate the damn thing.
I must have something soon that I can manage, update, upgrade, download
and install programs, and do all myself, including setting up a network
with XP, getting us both online, getting ADSL set up. I still dont
know if we need another pc for this, we have a spare win box in the cupboard!

I need help with the issue of all my current files which I MUST keep
at all costs, years of info I need all the time etc.

> 
> Where are you located, maybe we can organise something to get your 
> system working a bit better

We are in Elsdon, I really dont want to keep this system for reasons I rattled
on about above.!

The bottom line is,  am I capable, being so hopeless,  of having linux
at all and doing everything I ask, or should I just go get the
new iMac 1GHz X OS ??????  

Whoever got this far, thanks for your patience

Persian