[wellylug] was X now Mandrake

Jeremy Naylor jeremy.naylor at r2.co.nz
Wed Aug 6 21:47:14 NZST 2003


Hey Persian,

You can buy a boxed set of CDs with printed manuals from DSE 
(www.dse.co.nz). They usually only sell one version though.

Thanks,

Jeremy Naylor.

At 09:47 PM 8/6/2003 +1000, you wrote:

>Hi Damon
>
>On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:22:12PM +1200, Damon Lynch wrote:
> > Yes, with Mandrake you can:
> >
> >      1. Share you internet connection, whether it be ADSL or modem
> >      2. (XP can do this as well)
> >      3. have a firewall set up ready to go should you want it, which you
> >         will with ADSL
> >      4. easily update your programs for bug fixes and updates using
> >         MandrakeUpdate
> >      5. keep all your old data, e.g jpegs, mail
> >      6. use GUI and command line programs
> >      7. network with XP - share files, printers, etc.
> >      8. get paid support from Mandrake if you want (and it sounds like
> >         you do want this)
> >      9. buy a boxed version
> >     10. buy a good printed manual
> >     11. find people to help you install it
> >
>
>thanks very much for this info - it's great!
>
>Will you still show me this stuff at your place as you mentioned before?
>
>Are you able to install Mandrake for me? Do you know where to buy
>it in Wgtn?
>
>I am most interested in it if it does all this and I can keep my
>old stuff as well.
>
>thanks again
>
>Persian
>
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