> This is not a slam in any way, but I think even Stew > has indicated that 8.2Beta 2 is very close to what > they'll be releasing as final. > > Problems like her printer not getting picked up will > still be there because the functionality of the > installer is not going to change between now and > final. At best, packages which have newer versions > between now and final might be included. > > IMO it's not nearly ready for a final release because > of the many problems, but I think others don't feel > that way (and of course, it's not my decision anyway).
I agree. Probably most of the problems I mentioned can be fixed, but really, many of us don't want to open their shell and type two command lines just in order to open their CD drives. Some things worked just fine, but others don't at all. I could select and install my printer, but unfortunately it won't print - Linux says it's printing, printer status is fine, but no printed page comes out. None of the documentation gives me any hint on what to do if the proper procedure fails to work. I tried to follow Sylvains HowTo on changing the keymap. Unfortunately, the mac keymaps are unpacked (.gz), I couldn't unpack them as a normal user, tried to do so as root, the whole system crashed and now even won't start up again. Okay, probably I did everything wrong, but will the average Mandrake user know better than myself how to deal with stuff like this? I don't think so. I spent the whole day on this and didn't make any substantial progress. Then the annoying thing with the cursor jumping around, of which I don't have ANY idea on how to change it... Installation is fine, internet is fine, but everything else is just a mess, at least for me - and unless I'm mistaken, Mandrake is supposed to be made for people like me?!? Others may as well use Debian. :-) Johanna > > > The substantial changes I'm hoping for won't be made > until 8.3 or 9 or whatever the next Mandrake PPC > release is (if there ever is one.) > > > >>Remember this is only a beta, most things should be >>fixed when the final >>comes out. ... >>Colin >> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >
