> What I am talking about relates to my last experience with > mandrake 8.2 which was really shaping up to be quite the > solid distribution, but was released a few weeks > before it was ready.... > I think it would be a wise move to take the extra time > to work through the smaller issues.
I agree completely. I just volunteered my entire Summer introducing Mandrake 8.2 to our local school system. I've installed an LTSP system that drives an entire classroom along with a number of other projects. I've trained some school techs and spent a lot of time and energy fighting off the always hostile Microsoft establishment. We've been anticipating 9.0 and testing the RC's. With RC3, some of us are having trouble mounting CDROM drives. People scoff at things like this and problems with mice, but a bug like this will kill the foothold we worked hard to get Mandrake. It would also fuel the Microsoft skeptics that have constantly hassled us. Bugs are not the only problem. RPMDrake has been massively changed in RC3. Now it's split into 4 parts and the treeview is gone. Now the people I trained to install packages and use the treeview to see where files have been placed will have to be retrained. Yes, Mandrake is free and the people who work on it are great. I believe in the distro and have volunteered months of my time for free to promote it. I've also been encouraging our school system to join Mandrake Club. These changes to RPMDrake mean that I will have to work harder just to get everyone back to where they were with 8.2. I have stuck my neck out for Mandrake... as have other people in the school system here. PLEASE don't ship 9.0 unless it's STABLE. And please stop making massive changes to basic admin tools like RPMDrake. It worked wonderfully well for us in 8.2. Now, as far as I'm concerned, it's sadly broken. Best regards, Tom
