I agree. I switched from RedHat and Slackware to LM back when 6.1
started. I sat down one weekend and tried many distros including SuSE,
Mandrake, and Debian, Mandrake came out on top, I had no problems
with that distro, 6.2 either. 7.0 bombed, but I knew enough to get it
wokring, however a newbie would need a lot of help. 7.1 was better
. . . I like the features Mandrake includes, in fact when they work they
save me lots of time. I just setup a RedHat server and had to recompile
Apache, PHP, and MySQL, to get it to work right; when LM does out of the
box. It's things like this that will attract people to LM, don't let the
bugs ruin that.
_Nick
On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, William H Bouterse wrote:
> I have used Mandrake for several years now
> In spite of the frustrations and sometimes glitches,
> I continue to use it.
>
> However several other users other than myself
> have noticed a trend?
>
> Sound and video are basics expected by most "users" and
> clean networking as well. Developers, Hackers, Testers etc
> All have their priorities.
>
> The Last 7.1 distribution broke everyones SB AWE series I have
> been in contact with including "geek-savant-guru types"
> Problems with previously standardized video and networking and confusion
> with conf.modules and modules.conf was also rampart. Whether it
> is Red Hats fault with RPM changes or not is beside the point.
> When someone who has been using Linux since the 1.x kernels, active in
> distributing Linux servers in the business world, and beta testing
> on the home front starts getting discouraged because previous solid,
> reliable sytems are broken by the latest "release" non-beta, one begins
> to question things.
> Just yesterday a manager of a major computer chain store expressed
> interest in Linux and asked for my reccomendation. They carry several of
> the distributions and I urged him to configure a test machine with
> compatible hardware and try L-M. I hope to hear a positive story from
> him.
>
> I am happy to see an extended beta period for 7.2. I will probably wait
> until
> the "boxed set" is released and attempt to clean install onto a
> previously working
> system. If it craps out.....even I will begin to wonder!!!!?
> (and maybe dust off my old L-M 6.0) :)
>
> Keep up the good work people and don't lose sight of reliability
> in the race to incorporate the latest and greatest :)
>
> William Bouterse
> Talkeetna, Ak.
>
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