On Thursday 11 November 2004 05:01 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:51:39 -0500 > > Jack disseminated the following: > > >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. > > > > Well, I enjoy playing with it... but I do my serious work on WinXP. > > (And I tried making Mandrake work for me completely. For 2 weeks, I had > > my boot manager defaulting to Mandrake. I just found myself forced to > > boot back into XP too often for comfort.) > > Yer not tryin' hard enough ;-) > > > >Your Silver Club membership should be better acknowledged, ie. with > > > support, etc. Please take that up with Mandrakesoft. > > > > I *have*, with the same result - no response... > > That's regrettable, not professional surely. > > > >Oh, and Bittorrent is *not* a security risk. In fact, I would imagine, > > >downloading via FTP is probably more 'insecure' than Bittorrent. > > > > Then it's different from most peer to peer. Running ad-aware or other > > such often picks up a few hits after I've used peer to peer in the > > past. So what is it about BT that makes it invulnerable to the idiots > > who want nothing more than access to your computer? > > LOL! Okay, lesson number one in *open source*. If Bittorrent, or its MDK > packagers, were to try to sneak in some 'spyware', they would be defamed, > pissed on, their houses burned to the ground and their DNA permanently > erased from the gene pool. It is only closed source, proprietary code like > that Kazaa crap (or Windows...I assume you have no problem with the > multitude of 'phone home' mechanisms built into XP, or the 200 known but > unpatched vulnerabilities in IE) that allows greedy fscks to install shite > on your box without your say so. You've no need for AdAware or Norton on > Linux, let me assure you. > > > >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. > > > > *Praise*, as well as criticisms, Joe... and I did indirectly specify > > problems to which I've already received some answers. So it *has* > > gotten me somewhere. (I personally don't get "attached" to software, so > > I don't get upset when someone critiques a software package. Besides, I > > do believe that my comments were "newbie-type" comments!!!) ;-) > > Ya, we got the praise. It's just that every time there's a new release, > there's a post with subject line that contains the line 'not ready for > prime time'. It's annoying in a general sort of way. Aw hell send him to the OT list ..we'll beat him up for you ;-)
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