The main reason why is switched to Mandrake is the distribution contains
the latest releases, and everything is well-integrated.
Jean-Michel
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On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Radde, Timothy P wrote:
> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 14:09:11 -0400
> From: "Radde, Timothy P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for do wnload
>and tests
>
> I tried both Redhat 6.0 and Mandrake 6.0. I preferred Mandrake. I used to
> use
> Slackware until recently.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Abney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for
> download and tests
>
>
> Tom Berger wrote:
> >
> > People don't buy M because it is based on Redhat like ten or twenty other
> > distros (else they would buy Redhat, right?) but because it's Mandrake. If
> > we've got a new version ready, we release it. I don't see why we should
> > wait for RedHat to catch up...
>
> Um... actually, isn't that the reason *most* people buy it? One of its
> key selling points has been that it's "RedHat with Pentium
> optimizations". Another is that it's "RedHat with newer packages,
> because we're not afraid of using the latest stuff" (ref: Mandrake 6.0
> had KDE 1.1.1 while RedHat had KDE 1.1-something). Those have been the
> key selling points regardless of their accuracy or unofficial status.
>
> Now, I don't want to knock the distribution in general. I think it's
> great. The (significant) changes from the actual RedHat distro seem very
> worthwhile.
>
>
> ~Mike
>
