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<DIV><SPAN class=380191821-12122001><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good
Afternoon,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=380191821-12122001><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is just a
question out of curiosity more than anything...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=380191821-12122001><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have Mandrake 8.1
installed on my machine. I have noticed that I have a few problems
installing packages on it. For instance, I was trying to install Vmware
onto my machine, but the Kernel version(2.4-26) did not match the kernel-header
version(2.4-34).. I would like to go to a LINUX only environment, but I
need some of my winblows apps too(i.e. Flash 5, UltraDev 4). Is there a
distro where you have had very few problems installing progs after the
fact?? I hear of Suse being mentioned often, and RedHat for the most
part. I am in need of Reformatting my drives anyway, so I will
probably start with a clean disk. The current partition setup is totally
inadequate for my LINUX needs(12 GB for Win, 3.2GB for
Linux!)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=4>Thank You,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" size=4>Matt Caldwell</FONT></DIV>
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