How long is that going to last? Mandriva is up for sale! If they don't find buyers then it could be closure. They have always been a distribution in search of a business plan. I hope they don't close, BTW. Mandrake was my first distribution and I was a member of the Mandrake Club (paid service) for a couple of years before I discovered Debian and was delivered from RPM hell (which really existed back then). :)
Roy On 29 May 2010 10:14, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > I got a solution to all this bickering: Run Mandriva. > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 06:43, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't think that I was disrespectful. I was describing the >> behaviour and not an individual. I call them as I see them. It is >> ridiculous IMO to base one's own behaviour on the experiences of one >> person's past experience. You can find one squeaky wheel for just >> about anything. If you listen to them then you may be missing out on >> much as a result. However, I do apologise if you interpreted it as a >> personal attack. That was not my intent. >> >> Not everything Ubuntu is rosy. I also call that as I see it. Karmic >> was a bad release as was Jaunty, IMO. Many people were frustrated with >> continuing sound and wireless problems, but these releases also added >> the frustration of graphics card problems. I was apprehensive about >> Lucid so I tested it with more rigour than previous releases and found >> it hard to find fault. I don't care about button placement or the >> music store. I do care about performance and things working properly. >> Most sound issues and many wireless issues are behind us. I thank >> kernel developers for much of that. Canonical should be congratulated >> for implementing Plymouth and doing away with HAL with little in the >> way of problems. Plymouth introduced many potential problems as any >> Nvidia and Fedora user can attest to. The fact that HAL's removal went >> under the radar of most people confirms that this was successful. >> Plymouth gave some problems for me early on with no compositing but >> this was achieved with beta 2. >> >> There are several good reasons to install 10.04. Performance is much >> better. The new kernel gives better hardware detection and more >> drivers. Sound problems are far fewer. There are enhancements such as >> the music store, MeMenu and many newer applications plus you get three >> year support due to it being LTS. What is there not to like? Button >> placement is easily fixed BTW. >> >> I look forward to 10.10 even more in the hopes that Mono will be gone >> from the default installation. So far F-Spot is to be replaced with >> Shotwell which leaves only Tomboy and Gbrainy as the only two Mono >> apps left and Tomboy can be replaced by Gnote. That should save lots >> of CD space for other goodies! >> >> Each person needs to try out 10.04 for him or herself and make up >> their own mind. I don't like scare tactics used by some to spread FUD >> and people giving into it which is why I responded strongly. >> >> Roy >> >> On 28 May 2010 22:29, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Yeah, pretty much. I run two businesses and homeschool two kids and >> > chase >> > a toddler around while supporting my husband's farming business. >> > Schedule's >> > pretty full & I don't sleep much. I belong to groups like this to save >> > me >> > time because it's my most precious commodity. I'm pretty smart and can >> > figure out almost anything, but time limitations make troubleshooting an >> > as-needed activity. Screwing around w/ Linux for curiosity's sake? >> > That >> > was so ten years ago for me. >> > Note that I used the word *hassle* -- I believe Karmic can be installed, >> > but >> > jumping needless hurdles? Nah. Not right now. >> > I'm sure you feel differently, and I'm sure you're more respectful of >> > others >> > than you came across to be in this post. >> > ~kari >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Do you roll over for everything this easily? So one person reports and >> >> bad experience and you will not upgrade? That is ludicrous. I have >> >> used Lucid since Alpha 1 and replaced Karmic with Lucid on both my >> >> systems when Beta 2 came out. It is one of the best releases from >> >> Ubuntu yet. >> >> >> >> Roy >> >> >> >> On 28 May 2010 09:08, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > I'm glad to know this. Thanks for saving me the hassle of the >> >> > upgrade. >> >> > ~kari >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Vyshakh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I'm back to KARMIC. >> >> >> LUCID disappointed me a lot. >> >> >> Please check the attached screen shots. Do anyone face problem like >> >> >> these in Nautilus???? >> >> >> These patterns and colors are irritating.... >> >> >> >> >> >> One more thing... >> >> >> Even though I've installed lucid several times, I could not see the >> >> >> new boot screen completely. it was never shown fully. 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