Hi Denis,
What I want...gee I don't know...like everyone I guess...the moon!
But to get it back to reality (I hope), I think that software is great, and
there
is plenty of that ...thank goodness in Linux Mandrake, and what it doesn't
have you can get from somewhere...as long as it is being written for Linux.
Even the libraries and other dependency items can be gotten and are stable.
My wish list would be better hardware support. Specifically, the TV side
of my All in Wonder Pro...so I can port my computer to the TV and use the
DVD capabilities of the card. I have a USB scanner that I would love to
use...doesn't see it . Had an interesting time configuring my Yamaha
OPLSA3 card on my MB with VIA chipset (had to set bios to PnP, yes
I said PnP to get the card to install), then remove the ISAPNP support
in Linux once it is configured and reboot, then change the bios to NOT
be PnP so Linux will see my USR internal Sportster modem. This was
a little trick we played on Mandrake Linux ... and it was the only way
to get both modem AND sound to work at the same time. with my
MB and hardware configuration.
Festival or other voice recognition support that works would be nice
also. I can't get that to work on my Linux and it works on my Jim's
RedHat Linux box.
Anyway, I love software and install a lot of it, all the time, but software
is not as big an issue to me as hardware support.
As Forest Gump said, "that's all I've got to say about that."
Thanks for listening,
Bambi
Denis HAVLIK wrote:
> Hi, folks!
>
> What follows is probably a single most important letter I ever posted on
> these mailing lists, so please read it very carefully!
>
> [ANNOUNCEMENT]
>
> We (Mandrakesoft) are starting internal discussions about future of
> our distributions NOW. We want you to take part in the process of
> improving our next distro.
>
> - NOW is a time to ask us whatever you want: tell us what you like, tell
> us what you hate, tell us what you dream of!
> - NOW is a time for you to influence the future company decisions - start
> thinking, and if you come up with a briliant idea, post it here.
>
> Starting NOW, I am going to stop sleeping, eating, or doing any other job
> which would interfere with currently most important task: Making sure we
> make the best decisions based on whatever input we can get.
>
> [RULES]
>
> * Basically everything you can think of is open for discussion, except
> question of including non-free software in the core of our distro, which
> is absolute NO-NO.
>
> * Listen to what other people have to say. Try keeping the signal/noise
> ratio as high as possible.
>
> * One topic per e-mail and informative subject line help us a lot. ("125
> Great ideas!!!" is a very bad subject line.)
>
> * Please, try to avoid any kind of flaming on the list for the next 10
> days.
>
> * Finaly, If you have time and skills to pick up ideas from long
> discussion threads and write a good summary, please do it, it will help us
> a lot.
>
> [TOPICS]
>
> Topics we are particularly interested in at this moment include:
>
> 1) ergonomics: What should our user interfaces look like in the
> future, what should we improve in our desktop configuration, which things
> need polishing...
>
> 2) install: Which features of our current installation
> program (DrakX) do you like, which features are you missing, what is not
> clear enough? The same question goes for post-install configuration
> tools.
>
> 3) packages: which packages to add, what to remove from the distro,
> which subset of packages is really nessesary for a minimal install,
> and which packages are "just add-ons"?
>
> 4) tools: which new tools (packages) should we develop ourselves, or
> improve in case we are already developing them? Many great
> programs already exist out there, so we really badly need to know
> which important linux tools you still miss, in order to
> concentrate on them in the future.
>
> 5) system policy: We want to make our system "logical" by following the
> Linux Standards, and being consistent in the way
> "things" (services, settings) are implemented. Tell us where
> we need to improve.
>
> 6) security policy: Closely related to point "6". You know that we care a
> lot about security, don't you? Well, the problem is choosing right
> security settings for various situations.
>
> (If you feel that we have forgotten an important topic, just start a
> discusion on it, the list should not be taken too strictly)
>
> ################
> I am going to spend a lot of time in reading "newbie" and "expert" mailing
> lists during next two weeks. Guillaume will do the same on the
> "cooker" list, and other members of the company may pop-up and take
> part in discussion too, for topics they may be particularly interested in
> (and if they get time to do it, our schedule is bursting).
>
> At the end of the discussion cycle (in two weeks), I will try to write a
> resume of what has been decided and share it with you.
>
> yours
> Denis Havlik
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