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hagenf : 06/12/02 04:52 PM : Incident created -   First off i dont own it but would like to buy it already i am turned off because it cant even ask a question without buying it there are certain things one needs to know before goin any farther with an install much easier to know in advance then to be caught later with problems!!!! i am seriously looking a putting mandrake on my computer , however when i check the hardware data base none of my hardware is listed there. Will mandrake still work with my hardware or am i stuck on windows ? My computer is only about a year and a half old so it has new hardware curently on windows me this is a list of my hardware cdrw ricoh cd-r/rw rw7038 pioneer dvd rom-105 asus scanner hp printer 940c video card asus 7700 works soundblaster works chipsets nvidea i think works it is 1100 mgz with 256 ram modem is a us robotics 56k voice pci (forgot to check database) I am very impressed at the interface is it as universal as windows I am asuming most of my software wont work ie adaptec easy cd creator , but what about the software that comes with the hardware for the computer? or other software like quick time winamp or file managers to download.
Linegod_7611 : 06/12/02 05:17 PM : Reply received -   The only thing that I couldn't very that will work right away is the Asus Scanner. Everything else should work just fine. Mandrake will not run any Windows software directly (but there is an 'emulator' called WINE, that will run some software, and some games). However, there is 'replacement' software for just about everything a user would do in Windows. Mplayer can play just about every video format (quicktime and Windows Media where just added), XMMS works and looks exactly the same as WinAmp, and there are _tonnes_ of CD-Burning programs, the most popular being 'xcdroast' and 'gcombust'. The default web browser in the KDE desktop, Konqueror, is constructed the same way Internet Explorer is, and acts as a web browser/file manager/image viewer, etc (although Konquerer has a more robust plugin architecture, which allows it to do even more). All of these packages, plus many others (Two Office Suites, Mail Programs, IRC, News, Image Manipulation Programs, Web Servers, FTP Servers, Instant Messaging, etc) all come with the distribution, with barely anything that has to be downloaded, besides updates. I would also recommend you check out the following sites for 'free' help and information: http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca http://www.pclinuxonline.com http://www.mandrakeuser.org http://www.mandrakeusers.org http://www.mandrakeforum.com ------- Note: If this answer resolves your problem, please remember to close this incident.
hagenf : 07/12/02 06:23 AM : Incident closed -   thanks for the work you do here as there is one more person out there looking at it and is afraid of windows

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