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  1. All you really want is to get used to a single (or a few) Window Manager (and a quick one at that; less resources taken by the WM, more left to your apps...) Fluxbox is a great improvement over BlackBox; but I personally prefer Ice WM... Just a question of taste, I guess. Fast but complete; that's the ever recurring compromise: KDE 3.1 is nice, but such a "bloat". Try them all, then come up with your own conclusion...
  2. Hey, welcome to Linux, by the way ! Here's what's cool for your situation : you can easily install "Kopete" or "Everybuddy". Native Linux "Instant Messenger" apps.(...I forget about the others...). I use the latest Kopete 0.5 myself. Very simple and intuitive to use; perfect for your clientele ! These applications do support most protocols : MSN Messenger, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo!, Jabber; heck they even support IRC directly (all in one tiny program, all in parallel). Kopete will even group your contacts together, whatever the people are using on their end ! You have to see it. HelzBelz P.S. It sure beats running Wine for the individual Windows messengers (and much faster)... EDIT: Get it here : ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distribut...-1mdk9.i586.rpm
  3. Great ! I've just read about some reviews (and then, downloaded) Peanut 9.3. I'll sure be giving it a try (I see it's RPM based, with IceWM as standard, and from my country...). But it is my duty to also give it a try with Mandrake, starting my way down from 9.0 to 8.2 (and to 7.0), if need be. Still trying to get a few more pointers, anyone ? (see my original post). I'm sure that I'm not the only one in that situation; this thread could become a great source of info for others ! Thanks. HelzBelz P.S. By the way, thanks spiedra : I can tell that you really take the time to read the posts and give relevant info.
  4. :D Perfect then. It does seem like we must draw a line between pre-Pentium (for console) and Pentium+ (basic X and a quick/clean Window Manager). Can someone confirm this ? (especially the part about MDK 9.0 not able to install on a 386/486) Now, let's say I try to rephrase my original question : how would one go about installing the bare minimum (yes, "à la" Slackware, but the Mandrake way), instead of trying to "remove" or shutdown services afterwards ? ... and, to spice things up, I've found an actual box : in my case, this would be a Pentium 120, 24MB RAM, 800MB hard drive, 2Meg Video card (SVGA 16bit color), CD-ROM, no network, a 56k modem (not a winmodem), PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse... and not much else. Again, all I'm looking for is a GUI based system running a Web and File Browser, email, word processing and text editor... Any pointers ? Links ? Heck, that P120 machine I dusted off runs an old Win98SE license with IE 5.5 (slow but good enough to do the job; that's how I know the hardware works fine...); however, I need to wipe it off (no more Microsoft in my house, sorry, can't pay the "Bill"...) :wink: I just can't think that Mandrake wouldn't have a solution for me ! HelzBelz P.S. I've had experience with IceWM on my main machine, and I'm going to try out Fluxbox (I just keep reading good words about it...) so I'ld like to stick with something similar... but I'm always opened for suggestions.
  5. ... if you meant "... just like a floppy or any other mounted drive i.e. UDF packet writing (as with "InCD" from Nero, or "DirectCD" from Roxio)", then, I've got the exact same question ! I've used K3b and ERoaster, but cdrecord (what's behind K3b and ER) doesn't seem to support packet writing natively... All I've found was the "Blank CD-RW" option... not at all what I'm looking for. :roll: Basically, we are looking for a way to format a CD-RW in such a manner as to be able to use it with ANY file browser i.e. read and write, as a regular mount, and NOT through cdrecord. I've researched this subject, but the only solutions around are for Windoze... Any "Open Source" solutions around ? HelzBelz
  6. :?: I've looked at many sites and read many debates on installing Mandrake on older equipment : you know... the forgotten old box accumulating dust under a pile of outdated college books (from way back...). ... the one box with few resources : small capacity hard drive, little RAM, 386-486 or early Pentium, 1-4Meg SVGA Video card, etc. How to revive it? More to the point : a second (or third) desktop system running a GUI that, while remaining responsive, can run a Web/File browser, email, text editor, word processor (and not much else...). The question : going through a Mandrake 9.0 CD installation, what can I "trim down" without sacrificing functionality, and not (subsequently) constantly being asked for "missing libraries" or "inserting the install CDs" ? I would appreciate it if the substance of this thread could be more of an "HowTO" of some sort. I'm not interested on an Internet Router or Firewall solution nor a Web Server or Printer Spooler : only a small desktop system to surf, write and read, in a graphical environment; all on a Mandrake base (... no "tiny linux" distros either...) Thanks. HelzBelz :?:
  7. ... from a SuSE FAQ: SuSE, pronounced soo'-suh, comes from the German acronym, "Software und Systementwicklung" (meaning "Software and System Development"). What's less attrative (I wouldn't say "so bad") about SuSE: - more emphasis on their "retail" versions (home, business and professional use); - delay in getting the latest from SuSE available for download (i.e. free version); as opposed to Mandrake, which posts the free ISO's available even before you can buy a boxed version. ... my two cents. HelzBelz
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