On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 17:31:54 +0300 Anarky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> I (of course?) am quite excited about Mandrake ... told somebody > about it .. and that person gave me this stuff ... I was wondering > what people think about it: I once made the same bitchy comments about Mandrake and dependencies. The reply I got was: "A poor craftsman blames his tools." and you know what? He was right. urpmi has worked flawlessly for me for a couple 'o years now, no shit. So if he's havin' probs, I can only put it down to 2 things: 1. User error 2. An accident/glitch Neither of which is a valid slight against Mandrake. Is the RPM model getting dated? Sure. But it works, and it works well for the average user. What most people forget is that the *whole fscking reason* there are different distro's is that different people have different needs. Those doing heavy development might want Debian or Gentoo to get around the GLibC barrier, but that can be done on Mandrake too, maybe not as easily, I don't know. Tom would prolly say "no problemo". This debate has been raging on and off for years, Debian is falling behind IMHO, due to Gentoo, so they're getting a bit uppity, but it's nothing to spend any serious mental effort on. Whatever works for you, great. The best thing I can say about Debian is their *absolute* commitment to Free Software, whereas Mandrake obviously is following a more mixed path in that respect. I have to say though, I see Debian people *all the time* on various mailing lists complaining of build issues. I very rarely see that from Mandrake users, and when I do, the sol'n is simple: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chance is perhaps the work of God when He did not want to sign. -- Anatole France
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