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# this is about the fourth distro i've tried
the others i couldn't stand, and said fuck to after a couple of hours.

mandrake9.0 is quite nice though. took about an hour to get opera on and make everything look lovely, and tonight i've found a nice rough-equivalent to mspaint.

it's a fair bit faster and all than XP (but i've got naff all RAM though)

and you don't have to format the entire HD - partion magic 7.0 is your friend
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:21, archived)
# Not your only friend
I spent a bit of today installing DeadRat8 into a VMware virtual machine on my new laptop. Works astoundingly well.

Oh, and go buy more memory - it's less than an evening's beer for 256meg these days.
(I helped save b3ta! Fronds are waving gently on, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:24, archived)
# i know
but i am skint and unemployable and so RAM shall wait until i am gainfully employed
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:25, archived)
# can't be hard to be better than xp
because its rubbish. W2KS all the way.
(I helped save b3ta! .spanky is singing "PEANUTS!", Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:26, archived)
# i dunno
XP home seems quite nice on my machine. needs a bit more RAM to get the full effect, but completely stable and more than usable. fast enough for me at any rate.

come to think of it, i've never seen a real life BSOD on my machine.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:29, archived)
# give it time lad
give it lime
(I helped save b3ta! .spanky is singing "PEANUTS!", Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:37, archived)
# I've been running
SuSE 8.1 for about a month now. It's fabby! I used to use Redhat, have fiddled with Mandrake a bit, and various others, but SuSE is far better than anything else I've tried.
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:41, archived)
# i borrowed my mate's bought copy of suse7.3
when that was new.

never went on right and severly fucked me about. i tried four installs in one week, but it just didn't take. would crash the entire machine for no good reason every hour. since i'm new to this whole thing, i rather like mandrake. they realised that not everyone is a UNIX guru.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:43, archived)
# yes
Mandrake is one of the best installs I've done. It goes on cleanly, and more hardware stuff works right from the install than redhat. 8.1 is the first SuSE I've tried, and I've been really impressed by it. I reckon you need to install linux a few times just as part of the learning process. Maybe if you revisted SuSE it would be nicer.

/evangelism :O)
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:49, archived)
# perhaps in time
i'm still disenchanted with it, and i think i'll keep the one i've got at the mo
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:50, archived)
# by the way
have you thought of having a text file open with an exclamtion mark in it to cut and paste as necessary? :O)
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:54, archived)
# haha
that's a good way.

i think i can live with typing ! each time

it's that or spacefish's idea of writing "exclamation mark" each time
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sat 9 Nov 2002, 22:57, archived)