[wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse

[Rahul]

I tried Knoppix off the CD. Its very sluggish.

If you are looking to check out a live CD, I'd suggest Gentoo 2004.2. But
nothing better than Mandrake or Suse to start with Linux.

Rahul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Jensen" <spoonfella at hotmail.com>
To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse


> Hi Tristan, I think Mandrake is probably a good choice, I haven't used it
> much personally,  but I know there are a hell of a lot of people do, so
> there's lots of help out there if you need it. It also has a nice friendly
> graphical installer, which is probably your best bet for a first install.
> You can buy it from Dick Smith's for $10.
> As Darryl said, trying out with Knoppix or Morphix first could be a good
> idea, because you can run it off the disk without needing to install - a
> good way of seing if your laptop likes Linux. You can also get both
Knoppix
> and Morphix from Dick Smith's, and I think they cost $10 for the 2 of
them.
>
>    Nick
>
>
> >From: "Tristan Thomas" <tristanthomas at xtra.co.nz>
> >Reply-To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> >To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
> >Subject: Re: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
> >Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:52:57 +1200
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >I've used unix and a little linux at uni, so not totally new to it.
> >
> >I chose mandrake / suse because I've been led to beleive that linux and
> >laptops (especially with touchpads, dvd burners and wifi) don't go
together
> >very well, and I figured one of the 'bigger' distros would be an easier
> >install.
> >
> >Tristan
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Peter Jones
> >   To: 'wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz'
> >   Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:40 PM
> >   Subject: RE: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
> >
> >
> >   Really new to Linux? Try looking at Xandros Open distribution.
> >http://www.xandros.com/
> >   Very easy to use and install.
> >   I believe it's based on Debian so once you got comfortable you could
> >move to the full version of Debian
> >   (which apparently is the One True Operating System) :-)
> >
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: Tristan Thomas [mailto:tristanthomas at xtra.co.nz]
> >   Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 3:24 p.m.
> >   To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> >   Subject: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
> >
> >
> >     Hello
> >
> >     I'm new to linux and I'm looking for a copy of either mandrake 10 or
> >suse 9 to install on a toshiba m30 laptop.
> >
> >     Is there anyone who would be able to burn me a copy of either of
> >these?  Or suggest a better distro?
> >
> >     Thanks
> >
> >     -Lab Worker-
> >     Lower Hutt
>
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