[wellylug] was X now Debian

[Persian]

hello Stephen,

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 06:52:38PM +1200, Stephen Judd wrote:
> 
> Um, are you running a very old version of debian? Many of the problems
> you describe sound extremely odd for any recent Debian version

Just woody, i have not had it for long so guess its not old.

Since May 2003,  X just closes any old time, sometimes after 1 minute, and then
mozilla closes all the time, and each time I have to close X and
sometimes I have to re boot. See my blurb, I dont want Debian anymore
as I cannot fix anything!

> 
> 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.

Yes I heard of it once but know nothing about it. See where I say I can't d/load
and install any other programs from the net etc.  If someone can read all
my problems, plus understand my very limited abilities and recommend
either something like Mandrake, or forget it and go Mac is
basically what I am asking. I really need the *whole* picture addressing
as my hubby relies upon my net connection too, and he is totally
sick of my being unable to fix linux stuff! Bottom line I have
this week to get it sorted or on Sat we are going to the Mac shop!
Also he wants to buy XP this week, and we cannot re-establish our network
ourselves once he has upgraded.

If there is a distro for dummies I need it, and help with install,
I am happy to pay for assistance, but I just dont know whats the
best thing to do?

thanks once again

Persian


> 
> > 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
> 
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