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by alainb
Tue 24 May 2005, 10:06
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: What is best distro for compiling?
Replies: 17
Views: 20273

Re: What is best distro for compiling?

Testing Mandrake 10.2: One problem is that it uses gcc-3.4.3, and that means that C++ apps need libstdc++.so.6. (807K) In Mandrake 9.2, C++ apps needed libstdc++.so.5. (717K) .../.... I'm wondering what the situation is with other distros... Fedora Core 3 has moved up to gcc-3.4. Maybe they all wil...
by alainb
Tue 24 May 2005, 09:33
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: partition resizing tools
Replies: 6
Views: 13015

partition resizing tools

Hi I read on the home page that there is a need for a partition resizing tool. In Mandrake > 9.0 /Mandriva there is a graphical tool for that. it was named diskdrake (or was it drakedisk ?) and it can resize FAT32 partitions, and also NTFS partitions, _IF_ there is free space at the end of it. if no...
by alainb
Tue 24 May 2005, 09:24
Forum: Cutting edge
Topic: Can I downgrade Mandrake?
Replies: 15
Views: 16907

Re: Can I downgrade Mandrake?

Has anyone had any experience with this... I only have so many partitions that I can install onto. I have 10.2 installed, now want to test 10.1. I have Mandrake 10.2 installed, and rather than wipe all my files or save them somewhere, I was wondering if it is feasible to "upgrade" to a lo...