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airspirit · 03-25-2003, 01:24 PM

I think I'm about ready to nuke the drive containing my Linux partitions. I've been looking at both the Crossover plugins and XPde to tool around in (I primarily use Linux for browsing/word processing/WORK type junk/screwing around), and I've been unable to install ANY of it. In fact, the only things I've been able to install in Mandrake 9 are Mozilla 1.2.1 (1.3 doesn't want to install) and OpenOffice.

For all the whining the linux whores spew about how Microsoft products are evil, I can do anything under the sun in 3.1 through XP, and Linux doesn't ever seem to want to do ANYTHING. My favorite is when something barfs during an install, and then you're left with this half installed piece of crap that you need to hunt down before you can try (unsuccessfully) to install it again. I'm a frickin developer and I can't make heads or tails of most of that nonsense ... how the hell is Joe Sixpack supposed to figure it out?

Granted, I just downloaded the shiz so I don't have manuals, and I've barely ever peeked in the manuals (they read like a frickin textbook) and only then when in dire straights (for all the good it did ... real results differ from the manual in most circumstances).

I'm going to give Mandrake the boot as soon as possible, assuming I can figure out a way to uninstall it so I can get my XP boot sector restored (it currently boots to an OS selection screen which I assume would be fscked if I just wipe the Linux partition) without a full reinstall of XP (I've done enough of those lately).

Does anyone have a better recommendation for a distro? I'm sick of the general SNAFU of Mandrake, and I'm only familiar with a few others.

03-25-2003, 01:24 PM	#1
airspirit Been /.'d... have you? Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,986	Linux is a bastard I think I'm about ready to nuke the drive containing my Linux partitions. I've been looking at both the Crossover plugins and XPde to tool around in (I primarily use Linux for browsing/word processing/WORK type junk/screwing around), and I've been unable to install ANY of it. In fact, the only things I've been able to install in Mandrake 9 are Mozilla 1.2.1 (1.3 doesn't want to install) and OpenOffice. For all the whining the linux whores spew about how Microsoft products are evil, I can do anything under the sun in 3.1 through XP, and Linux doesn't ever seem to want to do ANYTHING. My favorite is when something barfs during an install, and then you're left with this half installed piece of crap that you need to hunt down before you can try (unsuccessfully) to install it again. I'm a frickin developer and I can't make heads or tails of most of that nonsense ... how the hell is Joe Sixpack supposed to figure it out? Granted, I just downloaded the shiz so I don't have manuals, and I've barely ever peeked in the manuals (they read like a frickin textbook) and only then when in dire straights (for all the good it did ... real results differ from the manual in most circumstances). I'm going to give Mandrake the boot as soon as possible, assuming I can figure out a way to uninstall it so I can get my XP boot sector restored (it currently boots to an OS selection screen which I assume would be fscked if I just wipe the Linux partition) without a full reinstall of XP (I've done enough of those lately). Does anyone have a better recommendation for a distro? I'm sick of the general SNAFU of Mandrake, and I'm only familiar with a few others. __________________ #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied