Question

[StreetSmart]

There are many mandrake distros, what one is best suited for me? They range
from 7.1 to 9.2 The page is:

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Iv read the notes on them, they mainly tell you what its compatible with.

StreetSmart

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org]On Behalf Of Matthew
Godycki
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:44 AM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Question


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-Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "StreetSmart" <street_smart-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:27 AM
Subject: RE: [TLUG]: Question


> I know www.linuxiso.com has many distros, but my burner isn't working
> properly, were else can I get a copy of mandrake? Other forums suggest
first
> timers buying the distro, because it comes with user manuals and
> instructions. But I still don't see allot of stores selling the distro.
>
> StreetSmart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org]On Behalf Of JoeHill
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:08 AM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Question
>
>
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 09:50:52 -0500
> StreetSmart disseminated the following:
>
> > I'm kind of confused on the whole topic. But yes my question has been
> > answered. Just to clarify do you guys think mandrake is a good distro
for
> > beginners?
>
> Definitely, at least as far as totally free (as in beer) distros go. If
you
> want
> to pony up some dough for something that requires a *little* less fiddling
> (proprietary drivers, Flash plugins and all that), then you can go with
> Libranet
> or Xandros, or you can even buy the Mandrake Discovery Edition which comes
> with
> everything you'll need for a full desktop experience (aforementioned
drivers
> like Nvidia, Flash and Java plugins, etc.). Mandrake detects and supports
> almost
> all newer hardware, I even have it working with my digital camera and
Visor
> (Palm OS).
>
> There is a very good-sized Mandrake community, the mailing lists are
> populated
> by very knowledgeable and helpful people.
>
> --
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> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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