Hi, Some things that I really hate about the Mandrake Software manager:
* When downloading a hdlist or synthesis, it doesn't provide any feedback about the progress. There is just the rpmdrake bar going left and right. An ordinary user would think that the thing was in a deadlock and kill it, while it is desperately trying to download the 13MB hdlist.cz . * There are no package descriptions in the synthesis files. While they are a nice step towards smaller index file sizes, having no descriptions isn't good either. Apt has files of about 2-3 MB per CD, including descriptions, which seems to me quite nice, even for us modem users. * It often fails to upgrade. I select a number of packets that I want to have upgraded. Then I click install. Software Update collects the packets that it needs additionally. Then it downloads the packets. If it fails somehow, even if only with one packet, it cancels the whole progress. The list of packets that I have selected for the upgrade is also lost. So I would have to go through the whole list again, if I had the patience... Actually, I would prefer to have the whole thing based on apt instead of urpmi, because apt feels much more stable and finished to me... greetings gust
