Linux for Windows 7.2
from: Mandrake
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Software : Linux for Windows 7.2 |
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Rating:  - * Can't seem to get it to work ... This is very frustrating. I love UNIX and I wanted to get a little taste for it on my home computer since I only have access to it at work. Unfortunately, I cannot get this darn thing to load on my home computer. The OS is Windows XP. It starts to seem like it is going to load but I cannot use my mouse and a little bit into the loading process it starts to ask you about erasing your hard disk and without a mouse...it gets a little scarey. At least that is what I am dealing with. Rating: - * I DIDN'T GET WHAT I DIDN'T PAY FOR! ... Very easy to install,assuming you have a bootable CDROM system. If not,your problems are just beginning. Mine installed in 10-15 minutes. However, the system would not boot up. I spent many hours online searching for help and downloading over 40 pages of info. To date, my linux OS still doesn't run! I suggest that if you are serious about using linux as an OS, ask around to see if anyone near you has any experience with it. Then, see if their version of linux works on your machine before purchasing it. There are many different distributors and versions of linux and most new users have problems! TEST THE WATERS BEFORE DIVING IN! Rating: - * Computer Geek ... From a extreme computer user I would not recommend this product for anyone that wants to get into Linux. Linux can be a little difficult when you have been a long time windows user. To get the most out of linux you have use linux the way it was meant to be used. There is plently of info on the net, than go download Mandrake Linux for free. It makes it easy to partition your hard drive or install onto a seperate one. Rating:  - * Works well for dual booting... ... I decided to purchase this software as a lazy way to get Linux functionality on my home laptop. I didn't want to hassle with trying to setup all the disks and everything. I installed this software on a Gateway 9100XL laptop (PII 300, 128 MB RAM). Install went perfect and I now have a dual-booting Windows 98SE/Linux machine. The install didn't require any real intervention on my part (other than to choose a couple of hardware options). Rating:  - * Wasn't as convenient as made out to be. ... Not only was there a number of inconsistencies between the installation manual and the actual installation process, making you feel like you might be doing something wrong throughout the entire things, but if you install it on any drive except for your C drive (Or first partition, whichever) the bootloader can't find windows. I suppose if you wanted to use a boot disk for Windows it would be okay, but that's not quite what I had in mind when I bought it. I don't recommend this product at all. |
Critics and audiences didn't seem too happy with Back to the Future, Part II, the inventive, perhaps too clever sequel. Director Zemeckis and cast bent over backwards to add layers of time-travel complication, and while it surely exercises the brain it isn't necessarily funny in the same way that its predecessor was. It's well worth a visit, though, just to appreciate the imagination that went into it, particularly in a finale that has Marty watching his own actions from the first film. --Tom Keogh
Shot back-to-back with the second chapter in the trilogy, Back to the Future, Part III is less hectic than that film and has the same sweet spirit of the first, albeit in a whole new setting. This time, Marty ends up in the Old West of 1885, trying to prevent the death of mad scientist Christopher Lloyd at the hands of gunman Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson, who had a recurring role as the bully Biff). Director Zemeckis successfully blends exciting special effects with the traditions of a Western and comes up with something original and fun. --Tom Keogh
