On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:54:01 -0500 Jack disseminated the following: > I see great potential in Linux and I will maintain my dual-boot system, > slowly learning to survive in Linux while waiting (and hoping) for the > operating system to mature to a more usable state...
Remember, yer on the 'bleeding edge' here. 10.1 is attempting to do some things, from what I've seen here, that require *major* changes, and so perhaps require some tweaking. Just from what I've seen on this list, Mandrake is implementing a new X window system, a new device management system (devfs to udev), keeping up (trying) with all the latest gadgets, all the while operating with a lot less to back them up financially than someone like Novell/Suse (oh, what Mandrake could do with 537 million dollars...), and a brand spankin' new kernel. Perhaps Mandrake could be accused of releasing too quickly (no jokes please), but that's their niche, I suppose, and the vast majority of people are quite happy with Mandrake who use it, I can assure you. Your Silver Club membership should be better acknowledged, ie. with support, etc. Please take that up with Mandrakesoft. Oh, and Bittorrent is *not* a security risk. In fact, I would imagine, downloading via FTP is probably more 'insecure' than Bittorrent. Finally, airing this out on Newbie is going to get you *nowhere*. If you feel there are bugs or other issues to be resolved, report them to the appropriate channels. It's been awhile for me, but I'm sure someone can direct you as to what those channels are. Every once in awhile we get a post like yours, and while it's understandable that you are frustrated, this is not the place to air criticisms, it is a forum for help, ie. with specific problems. -- JoeHill / RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 18:09:58 up 99 days, 19:01, 7 users, load average: 0.08, 0.05, 0.43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power" -- Benito Mussolini
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