Linked by Michael Fraser on Sat 29th Mar 2003 03:21 UTC
When I first started playing with Linux (RedHat Distribution -- Version 5.2 Deluxe), it was a present from a father's friend in Boston. As I recall that is the only version of RedHat I ever got to work correctly without any major problems (like "Kernel Segmentation Error" or something to that effect).
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When I installed Mandrake 9.0 it auto booted into the graphics program, and presented me with.....
...... a 100% black screen.
Nothing I typed would get any response from the beast at all. Ctrl-Alt-Del did result in a moment of disk activity.
"Not quite there yet" for the desk-top is right.
So I switched off. What else could I do?
For a comparison, I have installed windows on dozens of different machines, mostly home brew, starting with Windows 3.0. ALL worked. ALL autodetected correctly or permitted manufacturer supplied drives to be installed. All networked.
Over the years I have installed various distros of Linux - probably about 6.
Mandrake 9 was the first (of two) to actually find my network cards, and to network with anything!
Only 1 has installed and worked as advertised - and that (SME server) is not a desk top, but a special for building a firewall/email/DNS/server. It is neither a good test (no graphics, no installed software) nor is it actually right (I can not print without taking special action to connect to the printer, due to a SAMBA/windows incompatibility).
In my view, linux is closer to the desktop now than it has ever been, but we are still 3 years away from having an alternative to windows for Joe/Jane user.
(Mandrake 9.1 RC2 is nice and I did solve the black screen problem).