Re: [Nolug] installing gnu compiler

>Please give me more suggestions for friendly distros.
I know I'm probably going to get torn up for saying this, but if this is for
your GF maybe you should just put Windows on it and save her the trouble.
Or, if this is not feasible, Lindows.
Dave

PS Please don't lynch me NOLUG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Bloch" <blochsound@yahoo.com>
To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] installing gnu compiler

> Libranet? I will look into it.
> This was actually my girlfriend's box that I built
> her, and so the PRIME consideration was ease of use.
> Mandrake was the only install that automatically
> configured the right sound card, network and video out
> of lycoris, an older mandrake, knoppix, and ark (which
> wouldn't even boot)
>
> Likewise, these same distro's didn't configure on my
> box. I couldn't even get mandrake to boot, on my semi
> new computer. The main problem has been getting sound
> out of my intel i810 chipset which does not get
> configured right on any distro. I trashed gentoo
> which was GREAT except for this. If I could have
> fixed it I would have stuck with it, just because
> installing software was so easy.
>
> Please give me more suggestions for friendly distros.
>
>
> --- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 13:28, Joey Kelly wrote:
> > > Chris,
> > >
> > > Mandrake must have a way to install new software.
> > Drakconfig, perhaps? I
> > > don't remember much about MDK, as I only ran it
> > for like 2 weeks, but I know
> > > you can install new stuff via whatever installer
> > it uses.
> > >
> > > Hey, if you get in a bind, my offer still stands,
> > I'll come over to your
> > > place and hold your hand (save the jokes, Ron) if
> > you need me to.
> >
> > Whatever are you talking about, Joey?
> >
> > I was going to tell him to dump Mdk and go for
> > Libranet. Underneath
> > all that newbie-friendliness is a *real* OS just
> > waiting to bust out...
> >
> > > Thou spake:
> > > >Hi,
> > > > I just reinstalled my computer with the new
> > mandrake
> > > >beta, but it doesn't come with any compiler
> > tools, or
> > > >a lot of the other software that would come in
> > the
> > > >normal release.
> > > > How would I go about installing gcc? How can
> > it
> > > >compile itself?
> > > >
> > > >Very confused,
> > > >Chris Bloch
> >
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