[wellylug] was X now Mandrake and Lycoris

[Stephen Judd]

On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 19:11, Persian wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> Thank you for the interesting info.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 02:25:42PM +1200, Peter Jones wrote:
> > Red Hat and Mandrake are superb distros, but can can be a bit overwhelming,
> > especially to a newcomer who is used to the Microsoft Windows environment.
> 
> I have never had windows, but used it on and off, I have had linux
> for 8 years or so and X for about 4 but I can only do simple stuff.
> Like I dont know how to download any software or install it. All I
> can do is the apt-get commands. So if I had the Lycoris I would not
> be able to add anything?

Blimey.

Um, are you running a very old version of debian? Many of the problems
you describe sound extremely odd for any recent Debian version

I would also like to put a nice word in for Libranet. Libranet is based
on Debian, so you can use apt-get to get updates etc, but it is nicely
packaged and supported.

> What additional software does Mandrake have, like some word processor?
> I used to have Star Office I quite liked it but I have had heaps
> of probs with Open Office.

What kind of problems? OO works just great for me.

Stephen