I am annoyed with mandrake 8.2 right now, I ran MandrakeUpdate and it told me I had to update some security and bugfix updates, and when I tried to, it wanted to upgrade what amounts to most of my system, including perl, gimp and a ton of other big apps,, and I have no idea why... so I upgraded nothing and I will wait for 9 to come out.. in the mean time I have closed all services to the outside.
One thing you can say for M$, they make software that has loads of bugs, but their patches cause far less hassle then Mandrakes.. (I know some have caused errors, but the numbers are smallish...) the most annoying thing about M$ updates is that they ususally result in a reboot... but at least they don't require that you update a dozen apps to fix one issue... I can't afford to waste my limited expensive bandwidth downloading 80mb of "dependencies" that break when you download a mandrake security or bug fix. Its a shame Someone hasn't released a diff that works on a compiled binary.. how knows, maybe someday... rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Isaac Curtis Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Interesting comparision. (response below) > I watched Steve Jobs keynote address from Mac World in streaming mpeg4 > with AAC audio on QuickTime 6, and if it hadn't been for the eye candy, I > could have sworn I was watching an M$ show. The new Mac business model > looks a lot like the M$ model--moving to subscription services (that were > once free). I guess Mac OSX users are especially pissed that they will > have to pay full price for Jaguar (or, Jagwire as Steve says). To stay > current with Mac OS would have involved several pricey upgrades in a short > time. > > I was seriously considering buying a Mac until I watched his address. > Sure, OSX looks cool, but I have a feeling there are a lot of hidden costs > waiting down the road. I'm really happy with Mandrake Linux, and you can't > beat the price and the support community. I wouldn't even be surprised to > see the Mac fanatics defect at some point. > > Cheers, > Todd Do you not find L-M to be expensive down the road? I am psyched about Linux, but frustrated that I have to go without updates that could really help me just because the new
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