[techtalk] Re: [issues] Desktop OS?

[James]

I'm gonna give Mandrake 8 another go around.  Have some sound card snafu
which I'll post to the list later.  But my main problem really is email.  I
wish I had a seperate machine to dedicate as a linux desktop.  I hate having
my email in two programs on two different OSes.  I'm always afraid I won't
be able to find something.

- James
ranger at optonline.net



----- Original Message -----
From: <Martin.Caitlyn at epamail.epa.gov>
Cc: <techtalk at linuxchix.org>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Re: [issues] Desktop OS?


>
> Hi, Daniel,
>
> > Once we get past installing the OS, Linux is again at a disadvantage,
> > lacking the means to allow end-users to easily install software. It's
> > nothing like in Windows, where you just double-click an icon, then
> > endlessly click on a "next" button until it turns into a "finished"
> > button. Very few Linux applications have something like that. And while
> > most modern distributions have graphical package-manager frontends, it's
> > not as simple as double-clicking an RPM file on the CD-ROM. It usually
> > involves dependency checking and stuff like that, making things
> cumbersome
> > and complicated for the newbie.
>
> This is where Linux-Mandrake 8.0 shines.  Their "Software Manager"
> automatically resolves dependencies and installs the missing bits.  It's
> not 100% perfect, but in most cases it makes installing an application RPM
> no harder than clicking on the icon in Konqueror, which, for non-geek
> newbies, is a huge step forward.  Their "MandrakeUpdate" is a lot like
> Norton's "Live Update" for their antivirus:  it handles all the upgrades
> and patches for you and, provided it works properly, makes the process
100%
> painless.  It has worked properly for me so far, but James reported that
it
> did not for him in a big way, so it's not quite there yet.  It's getting
> close though.
>
> > The reason I need a secondary OS (Windows) is because there's still no
> > decent way to play Starcraft under Linux :)
>
> Loki is doing a great job, though, at making more and more popular games
> available for Linux.  I'm not much of a gamer, but I'll admit a minor
> addiction to Civilization: Call to Power.  With the upgrade to v. 1.2
> they've got pretty much all the bugs out and added some nice new features.
> It's fun.
>
> All the best,
> Caity
>
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