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Summary: Easy to Install, easy to use
Review: Mandrake 7.1 installs nearly everything automatically. Its configuration tools make updating your system pretty easy. One caveat is that if your monitor is not in the monitors database you will learn more about your monitor than you wanted to know. If you have an inexpensive win modem you will want to get a full hardware modem. If they plug into a PCI slot they're Win modems, if they plug into an ISA slot they're hardware modems. Best Data and Creative labs both make 56K ISA modems that work under Linux. The installer will resize a windows partition and set up linux partition for you. You can also use lnx4win which will make a linux file system inside a windows file. You can then install without changing any partitions. There are many excellent How-To documents included.
Rating:
Summary: Easy to Install, easy to use
Review: Mandrake 7.1 installs nearly everything automatically. Its configuration tools make updating your system pretty easy. One caveat is that if your monitor is not in the monitors database you will learn more about your monitor than you wanted to know. If you have an inexpensive win modem you will want to get a full hardware modem. If they plug into a PCI slot they're Win modems, if they plug into an ISA slot they're hardware modems. Best Data and Creative labs both make 56K ISA modems that work under Linux. The installer will resize a windows partition and set up linux partition for you. You can also use lnx4win which will make a linux file system inside a windows file. You can then install without changing any partitions. There are many excellent How-To documents included.
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Summary: Top Notch Distribution
Review: Mandrake has done it again. As far as home-use distributions are concerned, this wins hands-down. Installation is automated or highly configurable - either way it's smooth as glass. Post installation it just keeps getting better. There is no better hardware support with any distribution available today. This release supports most HP USB printers! Star office 5.2a, kernel 2.2.14 - I challenge anyone to find a more stable, easy to set up and use, rock solid distribution than this one.
Rating:
Summary: Top Notch Distribution
Review: Mandrake has done it again. As far as home-use distributions are concerned, this wins hands-down. Installation is automated or highly configurable - either way it's smooth as glass. Post installation it just keeps getting better. There is no better hardware support with any distribution available today. This release supports most HP USB printers! Star office 5.2a, kernel 2.2.14 - I challenge anyone to find a more stable, easy to set up and use, rock solid distribution than this one.
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Summary: Easy ,Perfect suite for new comer to Linux world.
Review: This version of Linux Mandrake come with more improvement. A easy Graphical Installation with three mode(Automated,Noraml,Expert). Some new hardware is reconigze. After installation,you can fast access to use because it Pre-Configure. When you get the Official Pack ,100 days e-mail support is free. The respond of solving problem is Professional and very fast. If you are beginer,give it a try and you will never regret! Linux Mandrake is also Winner of best linux server and Pc for the year 1999! Clap!
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Summary: What a difference!
Review: Tired with all the trouble of Windows I wanted to take the risk of changing for a new OS. A friend recommended me Mandrake since I've never used or seen Linux and I was amazed how easy it was. First it recognized all my hardware, even my HP CD writer. Also using it wasn't hard or complicated. I strongly recommend this product to people that have no idea of Linux. It has never shown an error or illegal operation, as Windows constantly does. I even want to get in the developer stage but that will take some time. Thanks for bringing us users a strong and confident OS.
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