Hello all,
Will there ever be a KDE3.1 version released for 8.x?
Get a grip people!
Cool it Ric, slow down. Caught in the race are you? ;-)
This is Linux!
It's not, it's just one of the many distributions. Linus has nothing to do with Mandrake releases.
If you want the newest software, run the new versions,
And change every 6 months, no thanks! Now that we finally got all our 3rd party s.w. working like vpn clients (cicso, freeswan), vmware workstations, banking software, NVIDIA drivers, sound drivers... to name but a few. Do you think those suppliers are happy with having to support 50 versions of their product on their website for Liniux? And what about those new users, how do you expect them to cope with ever changing versions and get orientated? It's hard enough for them to get on board in the 1st place. When the poor guys ask for help it's o so easy to tell them 'upgrade'. There are also a lot of people who want to put their system to good use once it's up and has most of what they need working and not having to think about doing it all over again in 6 mths.
OR: Go get KDE x.xx and install it yourself!
Yes, lets to the same work a thousand times over! In stead of Mandrake doing it just once and sharing it with their community. Very smart...
How can you people continue to push Mandrake to release the newest software for old releases, AND expect them to put out new releases?!?!
How are we pushing when we are holding on to our "older" (I hate to use that word) releases? What is harder, compiling a few major apps or a whole release?
Yes, I agree (in part) that the release cycle is too fast. They have developed the habit of moving on to the next version, before they get the current one, up to date, and working (se my last post on this).
I'm not the only one who's thinking that. Don't get me wrong, I loved Mandrake since 6.x . In stead of having a big following for one release you end up with many small ones. Now there's even more divisions with the non-club, standard, silver and golden categories. This is not good for support. It's not good for Mandrake either having to adapt their thinking or solutions to so many versions. It's making everybody's live hard.
I'm on a rant today.
I see two distinct flavors of users on this list:
1) I want the latest & greatest everything, all the time, on my 2 year old distro. And it better be stable.
and
2) I want new versions of everything, including the OS monthly.. and it better be stable.
Well it's still a free list, touch wood, and these are the 2 extremes. That shouldn't defer Mandrake from choosing a golden middle path. In the longer run we would apreciate.
Give Mandrakesoft a break folks. If you want to run bleeding edge, either run cooker, upgrade, or, install it yourself.
That's like saying bugger off. Where's the spirit of sharing and helping out?
Enough ranting. I have work to do.
Upgrading no doubt. :-D
Cheers, Guy.
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