On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 17:58 -0700, Malcolm Baldridge wrote: > > Checked this out real qwik... > > > > That's not a bad looking setup. Are you using it at present? What are > > it's advantages? Does it have a repository of it's own rpm's or can you > > install rpm's from other distro's? What about kernel packages, etc? Is > > the installer in need of a Masters in Comp science? > > I've only just discovered it a few days ago, burned a copy, and installed it > onto a Compaq Presario 2103US of all things. > > It went smoothly, and came up into an attractive GNOME-ish GUI which ran > *VERY* well despite the machine only having 256MB of RAM. Historically, > KDE/DeadRat feels more like M$ Windows XP in terms of bringing powerful > machines to their knees unless very amply configured. But I will concede > that my sensitivities to performance issues are probably more than most. > GUI/OS responsiveness rates extremely highly for me. The odd "lags" and > choppy scrolling and window-tearing during dragging of Mac OSX for example > disqualify it completely, though clearly lots of people don't mind it. > > I have no horror stories yet. > > If you can, give it a try. > > =MB= Downloading the "iso" now! :) One iso...now there's a breathe of fresh air! Just downloaded MDK 10.1. Lucked out and got a fast ftp connection. Will sing out when I get a chance to install it on something...Likely my Dell CPxJ will get it first. R~ -- Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
