On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:48:36 -0700 Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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) I've been lurking over there. It reminds me very much of the old mdk bunch. Lee ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
