RE: Linux ....grrrr!

["Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

> After our recent discussions on which Linux distro to go for 
> for easy of installation & use, I settled on Mandrake 8.2 
> d/led it, fed 3 CD's into a retired PC and....
> 
Snap

> Log in to a command prompt and about every 5-10 seconds the 
> screen goes blank for a few seconds. If I have been typing 
> something, then nothing I type whilst the screen is blank 
> appears when the display returns. Installed twice and same 
> thing both times - this is not even with X running ffs :-(
> 
Further than I got! Mine crashed during installation so I gave up, put
windows 2000 pro on it instead, everything worked first time with that
:-)

> I knew me and *nix were not destined for each other :-<
> 
Me too, last year I tried to put red hat onto a laptop, that installed
but couldn't connect to the network or internet.

I have never failed to install a Microsoft operating system, but I am
now '2 and 0' with Linux. It might well be more reliable as an OS, but
it is not much use stuck on the CD!

Graham

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