On March 15, 2006 23:53, John Layt wrote: > On Thursday 16 March 2006 04:17, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: ... > Their excuse is that Gael was heading the community relations side of > things and that they don't need/want that any more, so it's more that they > have abandoned their roots as a user-friendly desktop linux and are instead > choosing to pursue the corporate sector instead (as if we didn't already > know that from everything else that has happened in teh last 12 months). > > The ironic thing is the short-term memory loss in the company that it was > leaving their solid base to chase some grand dream that almost destrued the > company and it was only the community that saved them. > > Our reponse is obvious, go look for a distro that still serves a community > and will remain committed to that community, while retaining the use-of-use > we all liked about Mandrake. > > John.
I've been trying out PCLinuxOS on a second machine. For those who don't know the history, it forked off of Mandrake when it was at version 9.2. I think that was around the time they first lost their focus, which I suspect is what led to the fork. It's a much smaller community that the Mandriva one, but a very friendly one also. The distro is not nearly as mature yet. But this is an opportunity to get in on the earlier stages of a distro and perhaps have some influence on the direction it takes. They certainly seem to welcome newcomers and their feedback. And their focus is specifically on the desktop, not servers or corporate environments or kitchen sinks. I think it's worth a look. -- Ron (ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net) Opinions expressed here are all mine ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
