> sionii wrote: >> The LINUX FORMAT magazine carried a very prominent warning about LG on >> their website following the publication of their issue with 9.2 as a >> cover disc. > > And when was the last time you checked a magazine website before > installing a package included on a CD or DVD? Most people won't go to > the website until after they experience the problem. This is not going > to save more than a handful of those who could be affected by this > problem. > > For those who think that 9.2 was in a fit state to be released and that > those who have criticised were over-reacting - have a look at Linux > Format's Help forum. It is being swamped with installation support > requests for 9.2. It is _very_ bad news for linux (and Mandrake) that > the latest release of the distro that has the best reputation for being > user-friendly is going to leave so many people stranded or even damaged > at install time. We are already seeing sweeping generalisations along > the lines of "linux isn't ready for primetime", because people assume > Mandrake = linux. This sort of damage to reputations could take years to > undo.
If you are talking about only the LG issue, I think your point is moot. 1)LG will replace or repair the devices 2)An exploit of this is possible on Windows, and I am sure we will see one soon, and then I guess people will say "Windows isn't ready for the desktop"? If you have any *real* reasons why your claim that 9.2 was not in a fit state to be released, please give me your bug numbers. AFAIK, the only major as-yet unfixed problem on 9.2 is the disappearing menus issue. And any people who are running 9.2 now are either: -Club members (and there has been enough coverage on fixing and working arounf the issues -installing from FTP (these aren't newbies then) -getting the ISOs via some other means, and can't really complain until official ISOs are out (which will address the LG issue).
