Mandrake 7.0 made no claims to be a test distribution,
and the idea that it should be any less stable than 6.1 is
simply wrong-headed.
Putting out a "real" release is a promise to your customers
that you've got another stable cut of the product.
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 07:22 -0600, Sean Armstrong wrote:
| >
| > I agree with you that 7.0 + is not as backwards compatible. I understand
| > what you are saying about older hardware. But, I do believe the original
| > idea of Linux was so that it worked on all of these old pieces of hardware.
|
| Certainly you are right with this principle. It's amazing what
| Linux can do with a worn out 386-33 box.
|
| But this is not the point here. All-in-all Linux is here to get
| every *normal* piece of hardware to do it's very best. Cut out
| the *junk-hardware* as GDI(Win)-printers or those halfhearted
| modem cards.
|
| That's the overall picture. Now we get to the pixels of that
| picture.
|
| Each distribution has it's special corner in the market. IMHO
| there is no egg-producing-wooly-milk-giving-pig (that's a german
| saying for one-fits-and-does-everything).
|
| That has to be in the same way as cars are here for the
| overall purpose of transportation. But there are reliable trucks
| and vans for the stable heavy-duty tasks, luxory limos for the
| one who want his toilet-paper warmed before usage, and sleek
| sportscars with state-of-the-art souped up engines and special
| tires and manual gear-shifting.
|
| Now, would you use such a sportscar on a rainy day when you
| *have* to rely on getting to your destination on time? Or would
| you rather take a normal, less fancy but the more reliable car?
| Or would you complain about that sportscar being too rough on a
| bumpy road?
|
| I hope I did not offend all the bikers with my useage of car
| examples ;-)
|
| Here comes the stable MDK 6.1 for your daily work. And here
| comes the new fancy MDK 7.0x for testing your hardware to the
| limits and checking out what *modern* Linux can do with *modern*
| hardware.
|
| When I got MDK 7.0 I installed it on a test machine and played
| with it for some time. After it was running stable (in the areas
| I use it) I made it my main system where I do my daily work.
|
| I'll do the same with the next version, and the next, and....
|
| If I find that my hardware will no longer match the newest
| software I can decide if I want to upgrade my hardware or stick
| to the level of Linux which matches my hardware.
|
| Now I get the impression I'm repeating myself. Boring...
|
| wobo
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