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On Monday 24 March 2003 12:49 pm, Andrew Hoskin wrote: > Hi all > > I am Andrew and I am a newbie from Cornwall just taking time to say > hello and to check outgoing mail is working. Welcome to the list! > this morning decided to take the plunge and downloaded and installed > mandrake 9.1. Installation was straight forward with all hardware > detected and configured, even the speedtouch adsl usb modem (just needed Bah! Another broadband user bragging again. Tcch. I've gotta wait for the next LinuxFormat DVD for Mandrake9.1 > to download the microcode). the only problem that i have encountered > post installation was the fact that the download version of mandrake > doesn't come with java, but am very pleased with myself, being only a Most Linux distros don't - Sun insists on a restrictive licence and don't allow magazines to have Java on a cover disc either. Without ADSL, I haven't had Java on any machine for over 2 years now. It's simply too big to download. Haven't missed it yet. > Well to sum up I now have a working system with internet access, sitting > back with a smug grin on my face drinking coffee. One small step for > linux but a giant leap for me. If i do encounter problems don't worry > you will be the first to hear *chuckle*. Don't worry, this isn't off topic - it's what the list was designed to achieve: communication between Linux users new and old. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk http://www.dclug.org.uk http://www.wewantbroadband.co.uk/
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