Re: Bug Report - Bernie's Win32Engine

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On Friday 03 August 2001 22:13, euman at bellsouth.net wrote:

> what is there besides Gnome and KDE?
> that can be setup to suit your particular taste.

Let's see ... 
Mandrake's graphical disk partitioning is both more flexible and easier to 
use than RedHat's.
The Mandrake control center makes RedHat's configuration tools look 
amateurish.
The Software Manager a nice, graphical interface to RPM, which I like 
better than RedHat's.

> I currently use a modified firestarter thru ipchains that seems to
> be ok at blocking most of the scans I get...it also allows you to
> shutdown a port if its being scanned regular from any address.
> firestarter is a medium-medium strength *FREE* firewall.

Mandrake comes with firewall installed.

> >even though it is
> > based on RedHat.
>
> keyword based on RH........

Cadillacs are based on Chevy's, arent' they?

> >Its Software Manager is really slick.
>
> I use a text based install so I dont really know about this.
>
> > Since Mandrake was the first which recognized and
> > worked with all my hardware,  I have stuck with it.
>
> What hardware did RH not recognise?

A built-in soundcard. Never worked with anything, except Mandrake.

Regards,
Irv

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