[wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse

[Nick Jensen]

Damn - I sent this email at 4:00, when it actually had some original stuff 
in it, and it only arrived now (8:00). What's up with that?

   Nick


>From: "Nick Jensen" <spoonfella at hotmail.com>
>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 16:04:55 +1200
>
>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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