"Nick E." a écrit dans le message de news: snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net...
Nice to know
It's my 12 yo kid's box. One hour after he finished mounting WinMe, we had a Quake 3 LAN.
--->In short, Games
"Jean Marc BRUN" quipped:
dude. run quake on linux. or UT. descent. doom. hopefully duke nukem soon.
besides, he's young. teach him what a real OS is like. :)
--nick e.
"Jean Marc BRUN" wrote in news:3f5f3b20$0$27582$ snipped-for-privacy@news.free.fr:
Win2K will run all your games just fine. You can even create his own account if you want to keep him out of your stuff.
"Nick E." wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@speakeasy.net:
As a neophyte Linux user who hasn't moved beyond the dabbling stage I'm unclear on what makes the various distro's different. Is it simply the bundled software or is there more to it than that? What's your attraction to Mandrake? (Not a troll.)
I've always installed Red Hat simply because I think it was the hot distro when I first started looking at Linux. I don't know enough about Linux to know whether I should be dissatisfied with Red Hat.
Joel Moore quipped:
Mdk is much better (IMO) as a consumer desktop distro. Also, Mandrake has a fully functioning KDE. Texstar
Mdk is very easy to use. I install, and boom, instantly working linux. (obviously you have to config your email client etc). very easy control center too.
just my preference.
red hat is geared more towards corporate.
nick e.
In my experience, Win2K or XP will not necessarily run older games.
Jerry Steiger Tripod Data Systems
"Jerry Steiger" a écrit dans le message de news: bjoihr$lgcql$ snipped-for-privacy@ID-200869.news.uni-berlin.de...
Yes, W2k does not run some games.
Thanks for the answers, I will go Mandrake soft. Has good "word of mouth", and excellent international support. PDF's in a whole bunch of languages, including my native one.
More OT:
"I am concerned by current plans to legalise software patents in Europe"
"Jean Marc BRUN" quipped:
if you're over there, by all means make your voice heard.
--nick e.
p.s. how can you patent *and* copyright something?
RedHAt has been shifting more to fit the needs of big business. Mandrake has always concentrated on the desktop. both are good Dist's. the original fork was over KDE. redhat would not ship it at that time.
btw, i'm a debian user, but if i had it to do all over again, i would probably be running Libranet. they are worth a look also.
===== phrostie Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings.
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