I agree Redhat 6.0 has problems but again these can be addressed and fixed
by RedHat so lets find another reason to keep Mandrake around as a distro!!!
Mandrake can't keep coming out with versions that just fix or beautify
RedHat and still be considered a player in the distribution wars!! Please
MandrakeSoft brainstorm and come up with an idea that will make Mandrake a
bit more unique!!!
Philip C. Hewitt II
Power to the Penguin
----- Original Message -----
From: Martin White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake
> Just my 2p worth....
>
> I recently installed RH6 on a new hard disk having rebuilt my PC. Mainly
for
> curiosity as i knew i would blow it away again when Mandrake 6 comes out.
>
> The following doesn't work out of the box...
> 1. BS/DEL problem with X.
> 2. UK keyboard map requested during install, but don't work.
> 3. Zip drive not preconfiured on desktop.
> 4. CD Writer not configured on Desktop (actually never gets detected, only
> the reader that was in use during install - could this be addressed please
> ??)
> 5. No user mount/dismount on devices.
> 6. No ftp access to machine by default.
>
> Now i'm not asking for help with these things (i can't be bothered, i'm
only
> binding time until Mandrake 6 comes out) - i could fix them all very
easily,
> but that's not the point newbies might not be able to !!
>
> The point is, this is only a small list as i'm not using the box in
question
> at the moment, there were a lot more 'niggly' things. I can guarantee when
> Mandrake 6 comes out all bar one of these will not need to be done on my
> next install.
>
> Need i say more...
> Martin.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 1999 11:41 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Relevance of Mandrake
>
>
> > Dear folks:
> >
> > I recently spoke to my computer hardware dealer about upgrading some of
> > my computer parts. He told me that once he was done he would install
> > RedHat 6.0 for me. I told him I wanted Mandrake and this is what he
> > said:
> >
> > "Mandrake is dead. The whole idea behind Mandrake was to integrate KDE
> > with RedHat. Now that RedHat has KDE as an option, what's the need for
> > Mandrake?"
> >
> > In response I muttered a couple of things about extra tidbits that come
> > with Mandrake but I did not sound very convincing, even to myself. I
> > think that Mandrake needs a new mission statement or manifesto; what's
> > present on the website is no longer satisfactory. I want to stick with
> > Mandrake in part because I believe that RedHat's former anti-KDE
> > attitude truly hurt (or at least slowed down) the Linux cause and I do
> > not really want to reward them for merely caving in to the pressure that
> > distros like Mandrake put them under. Unless Mandrake Linux convincingly
> > and clearly reassesses its raison d'etre and redirects its focus to
> > present and potential members of the Linux community, I am afraid that
> > this wonderful distro will indeed become irrelevant. Now it may be that
> > the leaders of the Mandrake organization are clear about this, but the
> > info on the web page
> > (e.g. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fpolicy.html and
> > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ffaq.html ) does not reflect this in a
> > coherent and convincing way.
> >
> > Best wishes to all
> > Idris
> >
>
>
