[NCLUG] Help needed with Linux login

[Sean Reifschneider]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 09:41:00AM -0500, Rcochranem at aol.com wrote:
>[mack at localhost mack]$

As others have mentioned, you probably want to start X-windows to get the
GUI environment.

I'd strongly recommend you get a slightly more recent distribution though.
For example, Mandrake is up to 8.2 or so right now.  Mandrake 7.2 is at
least a year old, probably more.  I've had a little time to play with a
more recent Mandrake system, and I must say that it's got quite a few
improvements.

I installed KRUD 7.2 (basically, a slightly updated RedHat 7.2) for my mom,
and set it up with KDE, and she *LOVES* it.  I don't think she's booted
back into Windows since I installed the dual-boot system after doing a
re-load of Windows for her (it had gotten totally crufty).

Sean
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