On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Philip Webb wrote: > that doesn't seem rational, at least without a hint of Redhat's deficiencies. > we are all free to prefer any Linux distribution for our own use, > but Lynx versions sb tested on widely used platforms, > where most Lynx users will be employing them. > Redhat is a marginally profitable company, so its products can't be that bad,
actually no - it's been noted that Redhat still doesn't make a profit (they use creative accounting - like Enron ;-) > & i have had zero problems with Mandrake 6.1 in 12 mth use > & 8.0 got glowing reviews last spring (8.1 had a problem IIRC): Mandrake 8.1 hangs about 1/4 of the time when shutting it down (means I have to power the machine down). > i have 8.0 , but haven't got round to installing it yet. > it was reported today that 46 % Linux users in UK have Mandrake. -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
