Mandrake 7.2 feels kinda good ...

[SUOrangeman]

Yeppers, I'm sitting pretty right now with Mandrake 7.2 beta. Here's what I've noticed thus far:

1. My only *real* problem during the install was that my zsh-doc.rpm seems to be corrupt. Granted, I had to reboot to get back to the point to NOT install that RPM, but I find that as a minor bump in the road of a Linux hobbyist. I'm guessing my overused CDRW is biting the dust.
2. My other minor problem was that I couldn't install my printer. I don't think they've gotten to that point in the DrakX config tool. No major loss as far as I am concerned. I can probably set it up properly now that the OS is up and running.
3. Kernel is 2.2.17. Kewl.
4. XFree86 4.0.1 is the default manager and appears to be working with my Savage4 card. Unless there is a new change, I coulda sworn this chip wasn't yet supported in 4.x. I have yet to look at my XF86Config. Anyway, I *know* my ATi Xpert128 is supported, so dual displays should be in my very near future. Woohoo!
5. BTW, the install was totally graphical, as in Mandrake 7.1. Oh yeah, I did an expert install (people had reported problems with it over on LinuxNewbie
6. I have yet to really play around with Gnome 1.2 nor KDE 2 beta. The new Gnome looks cool for the moment. Maybe HelixCode is next?
7. Install also had *ZERO* problems with my HPT366-mounted ATA66 hard drive. Same with my Zip. I didn't have to configure a thing (I think I had to update /etc/lilo.conf with 7.1 so that it saw the HPT366 controller even though the installer in 7.1 saw it).
8. My Aureal Vortex2 drivers didn't install, but that may be because I didn't install the kernel source.
9. Netscape 4.75
10. The Gnome menu generation seems to be pre-done now. I didn't have to wait on my first log-in.
11. There is an animated clock on the graphical log-in screen. Nice touch, I think
12. More to come. I wanna play with it now!

-SUO

 

[nuttervm]

good to know. i need to install a *nix for one of my classes and was going to use 7.1 but now maybe i might go with this beta... please let me know if you have any more new updates on this release!

 

[SUOrangeman]

Quick update.

I got my printer (NEC SuperScript 870) running via kups (KDE CUPS). I am using the HP LaserJet generic driver. But I got graphics!

I saw some other stuff. A few DVD players (hmmm), like nist (I think).

I also finally got 7.2 to install on my work machine (i810-based). Had to switch to my Matrox Millennium display as the i810 display required kernel 2.4 for XFree86 4.

More to come, eventually.

-SUO