@masand : To be nit-picking, Sparkalinda asked "Is there a better version" as opposed to "better distro".
I, at least, interpret that as "should I use MDK 9.2 perhaps, or maybe 8.0"

None the less I doubt the latest Slack is better aimed at a P400 than MDK.
KDE/GNOME hogs as much memory in Slack as in MDK, no? And is Slack compiled for i586?

There's no problem installing MDK and leave out KDE/GNOME and go for IceWm of Xfce instead.

I think Slack is probably a great distro if you want to dig into the unix heritage but MDK is probably a bit more newbie-friendly.

- Peder

" I think Slack is probably a great distro if you want to dig into the unix heritage but MDK is probably a bit more newbie-friendly.
"

would agree on that

slack is not for newbies,not as much user freindly as mandrake

one reason for this is I think is the "urpmi" command
this is one of the best utility i have seen

regards

One thing I have noticed on this forum is that people tend to suggest to others the distro of their choice. Sometimes this is the correct thing to do but most of the time it's not coz it ends being a "my distro is better than yours" arguement. Always weigh up things that people post with your own needs and then make a decision thats right for you.

In your case using KDE or GNOME is going to be sluggish not just because of your processor speed, but these two desktop environments are resource hogs. YOu will find that using something like XFCE, Fluxbox or Windowmaker etc can make your system more responsive than using KDE and GNOMe. My suggestion is that if you are using KDE and GNOME (regardless of the distro they are installed on) try adding more ram to complement your CPU speed. Don't get me wrong, your RAM is sufficient, but I believe with more your system could be even better when running KDE or GNOME.

yes u r right "redazz"

we end up discussing/arguing which distro is better

instead we should lookout ourselves ,which distro is better,maybe through a poll

we recently had one on LQ

and we can make up our own poll also

regards

Why is a lot of answers just say just switch to this or that distro to fix this or that problem. Thats not any help at all and is very frustrating. When a person is happy with a distro they really don't want to hear switch to my distro to fix your problem. What they don't say is "but my distro has it's own little problems". All distros have their own little problems and no distro is completely problem free. So please don't try to help somebody if your gong to say switch to MY distro because IT'S NO HELP AT ALL. This is one of the reasons I stop asking for help because most of the answers were to switch to this or that distro.

Are you using KDE or Gnome?

KDE

Ok here is a new question. Tried to install GNOME but got a “do not have the rights to do so” message. How can that be when I am the one who installed the OS and I am the only one using the system?

Is this some type of fail-safe that protects the OS from Morons like me?

You need to be root to install something globaly. And don't use root all the time. Forget what you knew in windows.

u need to be as the user "root" to do that

if u are runing this from a shell
run "su" before that

or login as root frm ur login manager

regards

THNX I am rushing home to try

I had the exact same problems when running KDE, at the time I was a n00bie... (hell I still am).. so I didnt troubleshoot the problem... anyway, I switched to Gnome just to see if that would make a difference and havent went back since.

Yes.

And if you are using the urpmi/rpmdrake installation system (like you should be ) then you should have no problem installing, as urpmi (command line) requires you to su to root, and rpmdrake (the Mandrake Control Center) asks for your root password before running.

Awsome folks thanks for all your help

Newbee