Does Red Hack suck?

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Thierry...

Virtual console in Mandrake (#3 I believe).... issue "modprobe usbhid"
that would have gotten your mouse to work. There is an alternative
module that can be used depending on the type of usb mouse...My M$
wireless mouse refused to work except for on the Y axis...I changed it
out for a M$ standard optical with cord...it detected fine.. You could
have also tried irc.freenode.net #mandrake-ppc...ask your question
wait 10 minutes to a half hour...and someone would have more than
likely helped you figure out what to do...




On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 08:55:03 +0000, Thierry de Coulon
<tcoulon at decoulon.ch> wrote:
> After several trials to get YDL 4.0 to work on my PB 12" 1GHz (fine graphics
> but still no sound), I also gave Mandrake PPC 10 (beta) a try - total
> disaster, the thing won't even find a usb mouse, not to speak about no X at
> all.
> Then , from some message on the web, I found out ubuntu (www.ubuntu.org) and,
> while I was at it, I tried it as well. Miracle: a fast, clean installation,
> sound, graphics...  The only thing is that they don't provide KDE and I don't
> like Gnome so much. But this shows IT CAN BE DONE.
> 
> As both Mandrake and YDL base on Red Hat, the question is: does Red Had suck?
> Should Yellow Dog not turn to another base? Considering that Ununtu is fairly
> new and should only get better - and is and seems to want to remain free as a
> free beer - YDL is going to have some problems.
> 
> Note that I did not try ubuntu on other hardware, so I possibly simly had
> luck...
> 
> Thierry
> 
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