I am no hacker. I have used Mandrake for several years, have it on both 
my desktop and laptop. I have had a couple of adventures, and still 
haven't got ACPI working on my laptop, but all in all, I am happy as a 
pig in mud, happy as a clam at high tide. I went to Linux in the first 
place because I couldn't bear living with Windows 98 any more, and I am 
so glad I made the change.

Try Mandrake, and see-

[disclaimer- the author is simply expressing his appreciation for a 
distro which has served him well over the years. He has no financial 
relationship with Mandrake, and this is not a paid endorsement]

-- 


Lee Einer
Dos Manos Jewelry
http://www.dosmanosjewelry.com



Richard L. Proctor wrote:

>On Wednesday 07 January 2004 12:31 am, Victor Odhner wrote:
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>>I can't believe I am getting NO advice on this list.
>>
>>I'll say it:  Linux is NOT ready for the desktop.
>>Not mine, for sure.
>>
>>Some people manage to hack their way through to
>>a functional system, but I'm getting nowhere.
>>And I'm a pretty intrepid hacker.
>>    
>>
>
>Try SuSE 9.0 Pro.  Never did like Redhat.
>
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