I'm new to this list but been using mandrake for a while now. One thing
(well there may be two) I don't like about Linux mandrake is the installing
of multiple programs
that do the same thing, for example I found 2 versions of icq, 20 or 30
games, who knows how many text
editors, and multimedia software, I think more control of what's being
installed should be given.
Juvenal
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From: Denis HAVLIK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: May 25, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: [newbie] GET READY FOR A DISCUSSION
>Hi, folks!
>
>What follows is probably a single most important letter I ever posted on
>these mailing lists, so please read it very carefully!
>
>[ANNOUNCEMENT]
>
>We (Mandrakesoft) are starting internal discussions about future of
>our distributions NOW. We want you to take part in the process of
>improving our next distro.
>
>- NOW is a time to ask us whatever you want: tell us what you like, tell
>us what you hate, tell us what you dream of!
>- NOW is a time for you to influence the future company decisions - start
>thinking, and if you come up with a briliant idea, post it here.
>
>Starting NOW, I am going to stop sleeping, eating, or doing any other job
>which would interfere with currently most important task: Making sure we
>make the best decisions based on whatever input we can get.
>
>[RULES]
>
>* Basically everything you can think of is open for discussion, except
>question of including non-free software in the core of our distro, which
>is absolute NO-NO.
>
>* Listen to what other people have to say. Try keeping the signal/noise
>ratio as high as possible.
>
>* One topic per e-mail and informative subject line help us a lot. ("125
>Great ideas!!!" is a very bad subject line.)
>
>* Please, try to avoid any kind of flaming on the list for the next 10
>days.
>
>* Finaly, If you have time and skills to pick up ideas from long
>discussion threads and write a good summary, please do it, it will help us
>a lot.
>
>[TOPICS]
>
>Topics we are particularly interested in at this moment include:
>
>1) ergonomics: What should our user interfaces look like in the
>future, what should we improve in our desktop configuration, which things
>need polishing...
>
>2) install: Which features of our current installation
> program (DrakX) do you like, which features are you missing, what is not
> clear enough? The same question goes for post-install configuration
> tools.
>
>3) packages: which packages to add, what to remove from the distro,
> which subset of packages is really nessesary for a minimal install,
> and which packages are "just add-ons"?
>
>4) tools: which new tools (packages) should we develop ourselves, or
> improve in case we are already developing them? Many great
> programs already exist out there, so we really badly need to know
> which important linux tools you still miss, in order to
> concentrate on them in the future.
>
>5) system policy: We want to make our system "logical" by following the
> Linux Standards, and being consistent in the way
> "things" (services, settings) are implemented. Tell us where
> we need to improve.
>
>6) security policy: Closely related to point "6". You know that we care a
> lot about security, don't you? Well, the problem is choosing right
> security settings for various situations.
>
>(If you feel that we have forgotten an important topic, just start a
>discusion on it, the list should not be taken too strictly)
>
>################
>I am going to spend a lot of time in reading "newbie" and "expert" mailing
>lists during next two weeks. Guillaume will do the same on the
>"cooker" list, and other members of the company may pop-up and take
>part in discussion too, for topics they may be particularly interested in
>(and if they get time to do it, our schedule is bursting).
>
>At the end of the discussion cycle (in two weeks), I will try to write a
>resume of what has been decided and share it with you.
>
>yours
> Denis Havlik
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