Mattias Dahlberg wrote: > > On 27 Nov 2001, dam's wrote: > > > > The *general* rule should be: do NOT commit *any* changes (or blindly > > > overwrite) until given an explicit OK from the machine's owner... > > > > yeah, sure. I'll (maybe) look at it (one day) > > :-) > > I get the feeling that the drak* utilities are pretty far down on the > priority list generally at MandrakeSoft. Is that correct?
If that's true, then they'd be better off not claiming to be the most friendly distro for the new users which I'm trying to bring into the light. New users will not care that CUPS is clobbering /etc/hosts, and draknet is destroying their access to DNS servers simply from hitting "Next" on the first screen, and <others we haven't found yet?>... they'll only see that Mandrake Linux is unreliable, and "quits working for no obvious reason"... If Mandrake wants to risk their reputation, this is one way to do it: continue proliferating *spaghetti coded* GUI configurators and ignore the consequences... Now retired from 35 years in data networking, I've always gone with whatever product I considered to be the best at the time; that's how I came to use Mandrake since 6.0... and before anybody says "then you should be able to...", I'll respond immediately by saying that if a company spouts a mission to be the best for *new users*, then blows off something that can have a negative impact on that mission; they've taken the first step at losing my support. I will return to searching out a better distro to help move Linux forward in the home business area where I'm trying to focus these days. I will not waste my time with a company that grows into a "level of incompetence" at supporting those trying to grow both their own and their supplier's (Mandrake in this case) business. > I'm just curious, not out to complain. Likewise... If anyone thinks this is flame-bait, they are seriously mistaken... I *WILL* begin my search for another distro if Mandrake flames me for these comments. That said, Mandrake has always mended their blunders in the past, which is why I still support them and promote their products. I sincerely hope this was a *joke* response from Damien... Till did "The Right Thing(tm)" in immediately fixing CUPS... Pierre
