On Saturday 01 March 2003 09:37, Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
> Kenneth W Hansen wrote:
> >I've been using Mandrake 9.0 for the past few months
> >at home. I'm a new user, and still feeling my way
> >around. I'm not familiar with these issues, but have 2
> >others that happen each time I shut down the system
> >for a day or so, then start it back up.
>
> I'm using Mandrake but:
>
> 1) I've found that if I specify ReiserFS when installing I don't get the
> file munging (instabilities) I got fro the default EXT3 journaling
> filesystem.
>
> 2) I now use Gnome as my default desktop. Mozilla and Open Office, the
> two "big" applications I use all day long, load and run noticeably faster
> under Gnome than in KDE. It took me a little more work to get a Gnome
> bottom panel set up than a KDE one (I like to run *everything* from my
> panel) but the effort was worth it.
>
> These changes have made my experience with Mandrake much more pleasant.
>
> - Robin
Hi Roblimo
As you are aware the have put me in the doghouse but you may be interested in
my responds to the clock issue.
Thanks
Frank
> Hi Kenneth
>
> I can not speak speak about your video card but the clock issue is a known
> known positive time feature of Md 9.0. As you should have observed by now
> this feature is especially useful when you need a few extra hours in a day
>
> :-).
>
> Seriously though, on several occasions this feature has came in extremely
> handy and has been extensively discussed on the Thinkpad list by those of
> us running Md 9.0.
>
> The only feasible solution that so far has been devised is an upgrade to Md
> 9.1 which is currently available by download only.
>
> If like myself you need disks then I welcome you to the wait for their
> arrival.
>
>
> This message is not being posted to the list since at the current moment I
> am in a political doghouse for having the audacity to tell the truth about
> other similar features being utilized by the commercial distributions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Frank
>
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