[QCLUG] Mandriva 2008

[RK]

Well...

Some more quite recent history.

Reinstalled Mandriva 2007.0 from the DVD I got
attached to a Linux magazine. Got it up and running in
about 30 minutes including the ndiswrapper route.

At this time I am not too concerned with NDISWRAPPER
not working. (Still not my main production
environment.)

Used Firefox in Mandriva to download the latest
Mandriva 2008.0. Just looking to see if there is a
good way to upgrade instead of reinstall as I just
don't have the time to possibly troubleshoot
differences between 2007 and 2008.

I must say I appreciate the assistance. Kind of
interesting that Firefox in MS Windows can't seem to
get a 700MB file but Firefox in Mandriva has no
problem. Did it in one shot, the MD5 checked out.

The compiz is also "default" in Mandriva 2008. The
soundcard issue is still that, an issue, why not in
Mandriva, but fine in Ubuntu (even just the Live CD).
I did get the upgrade apps to recognize the URLs. 

The NTFS write issue is still there even for more
advanced experimenting. (Can't use my linux install
for too much production unless I have a way to acess
the data back and forth with MS Windows.)

I'm kind of leaning towards sticking with Mandriva
(mainly since it was cake getting the network up and
running on it) for now. But with more experience I may
choose otherwise.

Anyway, thank you for your suggestions. If I can get
some time free I hope to make it to a meeting.

Ron Knapper, still experimenting

--- Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com> wrote:

> can your wireless card be upgraded / switched 
> mini-pci , pcmcia ??? ebay
> and intel can be helpfull plus you have to sell your
> card somewhere. what
> card/chipset do you have? beryl has been replaced
> for compiz-fusion (
> merging of beryl and compiz, its installed by
> default in ubuntu 7.10 )
> ubuntu 7.10 also supports ntfs write on drives . in
> the long run its cheaper
> to upgrade the card an intel 2200 3945 card should
> be had pretty cheap.
> 
> ndiswrapper may not work forever.
> 
> On 10/21/07, Arron Lorenz <arronlorenz@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I agree with Mark on this one. I usually use "wget
> -c" to download
> > anything more then a couple hundred mb
> >
> > On 10/21/07, Mark Overholser Jr <
> omnipotent13@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > What are you using to try to download the file?
> I have found that it is
> > > unwise to trust Firefox to download large files,
> as it will fail for no
> > > apparent reason at different times (though it
> will probably tell you that it
> > > finished the file). If you are trying to use
> Firefox, I would go to a
> > > different method of downloading the files before
> giving up.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > On 10/18/07, RK < ronknapperpub@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A couple of questions.
> > > >
> > > > First, does anyone have the Mandriva 2008 DVD?
> If so,
> > > > could I get a copy? (For some reason I can't
> even
> > > > download the CD, it fails at various places
> from
> > > > various mirrors.) My son really wants the
> Beryl
> > > > (Coldfusion) or whatever it's called desktop.
> > > >
> > > > Second, can I do an "upgrade" to 2008? I
> currently
> > > > have Mandriva 2007 loaded. The reason I am
> using
> > > > Mandriva is I dabbled with Mandrake a few
> times X
> > > > years ago and it seemed fairly good. I have
> tried
> > > > Ubuntu and Kubuntu and just can't seem to get
> them
> > > > configured for my wireless network card while
> Mandriva
> > > > was almost overly helpful with using
> NDISWRAPPER. Now
> > > > if I can figure out why Ubuntu/Kubuntu
> recognize my
> > > > sound card and automatically configure it when
> > > > Mandriva doesn't.
> > > >
> > > > Third, why can't I get the upgrade feature to
> work. It
> > > > just won't go out to the archives. (I don't
> expect an
> > > > answer on this one at all yet because I am not
> > > > providing any details. Just putting it out
> there.)
> > > >
> > > > Now if I only had the time to configure NTFS
> > > > read/write, figure out the sound card, WINE,
> ...
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, for all its failings, I am
> stuck with
> > > > MS Windows for my daily work because it just
> works,
> > > > most of the time. Blah blah, be quiet Ron...
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much.
> > > >
> > > > Ron Knapper
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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