Squeak

The most problematic thing is gaming. A few games are available on Linux natively, such as ut2k3, RTCW, RTCW:ET(and many other id games), Soldier of Fortune 1, and a few others. But if you want to play games that are Windows-only, you can use a Windows emulator called Wine to run many games, and other Windows applications (it runs HL well, not so sure about Steam though).

Yeah, but Jabber is Open Source.

I have also moved to Gentoo but you are wrong about the kernel, it's not a marketing strategy. They never said they were using the actual final release of the 2.4.21 kernel, it clearly says 2.4.21pre, which is the alpha(pre-release) version of it. A Mandrake developer said in an interview that they needed the extra speed/features.

I'm maybe a little late posting this, but I have a Cable modem connection(512k download/128k upload) but ADSL is more common here. I play CS/DoD mostly, and I want to play Ghost Recon with somebody here, but almost nobody plays it

No. 1: I am 100% absoloutly positive that the disk works in Linux. If not, you can to my home and blow my brains out(if you've got a gun). BTW, I'm using a Western Digital 1200BB disk and it works fine in Linux. No. 2: Quote: 800 GB HD by WD ? Am I reading this correctly ? 800BB = WD Caviar 80gb 1200BB = WD Caviar 120gb And JB if it's the Special Edition(with 8MB buffer).

I'm not sure this will help since I'm using MDK 9.1.... I have a card(not Jetway though) with a Bt878 tuner, and the Autodetect(during installation) option is the only thing that works for me.

np, but I think it sucks that it can't sort servers by Country like All Seeing Eye. Because here(Iceland) you don't get very good ping on outside servers, so most people stick with local ones. Also because downloading locally(within Iceland) is free here, but not outside downloading.

Yeah, gotta love 'em I had installed 4191, run glxgears, and got around 1800 fps. Now, with 4349, I get 2100 fps And I'm using Mandrake 9.1 ofcourse.

Quote: RedHat 9.1... you mean 9.0

http://www.linuxgames.com/xqf/

I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 USB In MDK 9, the mouse did not function at all using the USB connector, I had to use the USB-to-PS/2 adaptor which came with the mouse to be able to use it. In MDK 9.1, I'm able to use it, but it sometimes just stops working(freezes), especially everytime I launch MDK Control Center. I am able to get it back up by writing the following lines as root in the console though: rmmod usb-uhci modprobe usb-uhci But this is really annoying, since I would much rather use the USB connector, because the mouse moves much faster and more responsively with it.

The easiest way to install the nvidia kernel would be by SRPM, so download it and do the following: NOTE: Kernel source and rpmbuild must be installed(if it isn't, just go to Kicker\Configuration\Packaging\Install Software and search for the two). Open up a terminal(CTRL+T) and execute the following commands: su (and supply the root password) rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm rpm -ivh /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.i586.rpm Then, install the GLX rpm, edit the XF86Config-4 file, and restart the X-server(CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE).

Yeah, I love it. It's great that it includes almost all the packages a newbie needs (except for nvidia drivers) like xchat, kopete/gaim, mplayer, xmms, mozilla, wine and many more. The only thing bothering me is the fact that I can't use my M$ Explorer 3.0 mouse with the usb connector. It mouse stops working(freezes) randomly, especially EVERY TIME I launch MDK Control Center. So I have to use the USB -> PS/2 adaptor which came with the mouse. But the mouse moves much more quickly and responsively using USB. Does anyone know how to fix this? Btw, It was even worse in MDK 9, there the mouse wouldn't work at all using USB.

I have the same mouse, and have had lots of problems using the USB connector, but it works flawlessly when using the USB-to-PS2 adaptor which came with the mouse. Either use that or wait a few days for Mandrake 9.1.

If you're thinking of getting Mandrake/Red Hat, you should wait a while, because the final versions are coming in a few weeks.