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. Finally got this downloaded, burnt and installed on a Dell CPxj 650 P3 with 256 mb ram. They sure did a neat job of this...Had a bit of delay with the HD formatting but this was no fault of the installer...or should I say the Yopers installer! :) Easy install! So packaging>>> I'm sadly a victim of Father time. One of the good things about Mandrake is the fact that I can install packages built by others. Yes, I have to live with their configuration options but that's been a price I've been willing to pay. Thac's is usually right on the money. I was looking through the Kpackage and SYnaptic interfaces. Is it possible we would be able to use Suse packages? Some stuff i will build but wonder if other rpm packages might work here too. Of course I'm assuming there is no one building DAW apps for Yopers. And what of the kernel? I see they are running 2.6.8...but will I have to build my own kernels to get RT capabilities? So far though, this is a neat distro...A single CD install, snappy response...lots of Eye candy and light weight! And many useful apps that I see. R~ > > =MB= -- Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
