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| Thread ID: 28932 | 2003-01-05 09:39:00 | Lycoris linux. anyone tried it? | bob_doe_nz (92) | Press F1 |
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| 111199 | 2003-01-05 09:39:00 | Lycoris linux. anyone tried it? i have it on cd but because of my data on my hard drive im not yet willing to install it and i dont have another computer to try it out on. i want to know if anyone has tried it and what are their initial reactions to it. their website is www.lycoris.com |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 111200 | 2003-01-05 09:49:00 | This post here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) covers some of your questions. | godfather (25) | ||
| 111201 | 2003-01-05 19:16:00 | I didn't like it. I deleted it and reinstalled Mandrake. Installation is okay, and you can play cards while it's installing, but that's the ONLY feature I liked :) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 111202 | 2003-01-05 19:53:00 | Hmm... Cant say that Ive tried mandrake 9 too in depth, or for a good trial period of time, That's coz I was having troubles with my test PC. I can safely say that I have found lycoris to be excellent so far, easy to use, and great looking :D I would recommend that you buy the CD from the Aussie PCW - as you can be sure its a good working download without errors! I'll try and get a small review tonight for y'all! Cheers Chilling_Silence |
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| 111203 | 2003-01-05 20:35:00 | I like it. I have installed it on a few pc's with no problems and it looks really good (except the default fonts can be a "chunky"). I also use Mandrake 8.2 and RedHat which I will stick to for my Accounts database. Lycoris is good for a desktop pc and has the Windows feel about it. The only problem was when I moved a hard disk from one pc to another, the gui wouldn't come up as the graphics card had changed (one day Linux will detect this I hope as Windows usually does). | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 111204 | 2003-01-05 20:58:00 | What graphics card are you talking about here? I had some probs, but its easy to fix, and it came up with a recovery console when I had screwed around with the XF86config-4 file too much :D Try having a look in that file, you'll need to be logged in as root, but you can modify it easily, use the driver=vesa and set the res (Right down the bottom, use 640x480 to be safe) Cheers Chilling_Silence |
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| 111205 | 2003-01-05 21:01:00 | > > Installation is okay, and you can play > cards while it's installing, but that's the ONLY > feature I liked :) > I reakon they should add heart's too :-) Does any other OS give you this option that I dont know about (Playing card during setup I mean)??? |
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| 111206 | 2003-01-05 21:22:00 | I managed to fix it but could you imagine Joe Public going into the command line to fix a configuration file. I mean to say Uncle Bill has decreed that the command line is dead :D | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 111207 | 2003-01-05 21:46:00 | Agreed - Yet when it wasnt working too well, going fuzzy and stuff, I hit Ctrl+Alt++ and it switched to 640x480 Going into the control center I adjusted it to 1024x768 which is what I wanted. It didnt go - instead, it brought up a command line interface, with the option of repairing it to default, using a vesa driver, or carrying on, and 2 others I cant remember off the top of my head. I do however agree that Joe public would have trouble coming to grips with that, and agree that this is not for everybody. But still, its a lot of fun for some to try :D > Uncle Bill has decreed that the command line is dead :D Uncle bill? And what say does he have over the opposition party ;) :D |
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