-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On March 18, 2004 12:31 pm, JoeHill wrote: > " Despite the problems above, I must say that I have re-affirmed my trust > to Mandrake Linux. All previous Mandrakes were filled with dissapointment > for me, but this time I believe MandrakeSoft has created something that is > much-much better than in the past. If MandrakeSoft pulls it off and fixes > the problems above, they got a winner. In fact, I believe that this is the > highest score I ever gave to any Linux distro so far." > > Link: > > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6327 > > Better than 9.2? Wow. I must be missing something, cuz 9.2 is (until I send > this) pretty rock solid, and I can't think of anything I'm missing. > > Must...resist...urge...to...upgrade...
I wasn't overly enamoured of 9.2 to be perfectly honest. While it was an improvement over 9.1 in many ways there were things that I didn't find user friendly. Some of the repetitive problems/posts on this and other lists are evidence of that IMHO. <rant mode> Don't_need_to_resist_urge_to_upgrade._ Not all is coming up roses for everyone, and I'd be a total jerk if I didn't mention my weekend. Mandrake 10 will not install at all on my system. Period. One of the systems that RC1 installed on without trouble died a horrible death when I tried to upgrade it to 10.0 Community Edition on the weekend. I then tried to upgrade via ftp to full cooker with even less success. It self destructed to the point that it corrupted the partition table beyond recognition and that wonderful trick destroyed the Windows install that was on the disk as well. Recovery required a full low level format and re-partitioning of the hard drive with the manufacturer's disk utilities, and a re-install of Windows. Since the customer no longer had the RC1 disks, and since Community Edition and trying an ftp install from the (then) current boot.iso both tried to do the same thing all over again they are running Windows only for now. They're using a Knoppix disk to satisfy their GNU/Linux jones. I thought the idea was to get rid of the rest of the FSCKING bugs by using Community as a final testing/bug hunting release, then having an Official Release, not screw up what was already working. <sigh> I'll give it the rest of this week and next; but after that if the same shit is happening Mandrake can colour me gone. Along with my friends/customers/acquaintances/family..... </rant mode> Apologies for the rant. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Q: What do you get when you cross a mobster with an international standard? A: You get someone who makes you an offer that you can't understand! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAWgeyZqvqlrLPr5YRAhesAKCU+OYkzEpJQo+n58UPxK1KUsmjowCdGsQD /P5i/dU8Vn6SVmOoRieN5rA= =uRWJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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