Mandrake Releases 8.2 Beta

joestar writes: "As seen at Mandrake's website, Mandrake Linux 8.2 Beta seems to be available for download at different places. The new features include the ability to install a Mandrake as small as 65Mb on the HD, and encrypted file-system support. I guess it's the good time to report all bugs we don't want to see in the final version. Very promising release, worth a look at!"

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[NiftyNews]

"I guess it's the good time to report all bugs we don't want to see in the final version.

No, it's time for you to report all the bugs that shouldn't be in my final version. Now get back to work testing my future software.

I like their attitude

[Uttles]

Before we could react, the beast managed to mirror itself on a multitude of public FTP servers, which makes any attempts to capture it futile. All we can do at the moment is to keep an up-to-date list of public FTP servers on which the first beta has been sighted so far on the "downloads" page of the Mandrake Linux site.

I don't know if they just made the whole "accidental release" story up or not, but either way their attitude is pretty funny about this. Apparently they didn't mean for people to get their hands on it, but now that it's out there they are helping everyone download it, giving out the specs, and encouraging bug reports. Sounds like a good development team.

Re:How do I respond to this?

[gazbo]

Nope, 4 options. You forgot the 'I predict these posts' post. That about wraps it up for possible posts.

I guess this counts as a crapflood - my previous post as AC must have counted as a troll.

Honestly, I want an intelligent discussion (see posting history). But if this is the subject material then hell, what's a boy to do but troll?

Linux By The Pound?

[lunenburg]

Does Mandrake still have the neato-keen "Linux By The Pound" feature in the installer? Where, instead of selecting packages, you choose the total number of MB to install via a slider.

"I'm feeling saucy. I'll try 456MB of Linux today."

"Oh, I better take it easy. Only 95MB of Linux for me."

It just struck me as really funny for some reason.

Re:Linux By The Pound?

[jd142]

I miss the "Welcome to Crackers" security setting. Oh well.

Re:Wonderful

[Anonymous Coward]

You really should find something more productive for your mom to day. I mean get her set up with the EFF reading through and summarizing court cases or something.

Re:Mandrake is evolving too slowly

[Nailer]

And what about ICONS!!!! The Mandrake icons and the menu system itself are both totally unprofessional. Can Mandrake afford to pay an icon designer who knows how to make icons in more than two shades of blue?

They do employ a professional designer, who has more than enough experience designing playrooms for four year old children in over thirty different child care centers, thank you very much...

Re:Advantages of Mandrake?

[Olinator]

I think telnet has to be explicitly selected, but who in their right mind uses telnet in lieu of ssh?

I do, all the time:

[olc@hex olc]$ /usr/bin/telnet supai.oit.zumass.edu 25
Trying 128.119.175.6...
Connected to supai.oit.zumass.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 supai.oit.zumass.edu -- Server ESMTP (PMDF V5.2-32 #38130)
helo hex.zoomass.edu
250 supai.oit.zumass.edu OK, hex.cs.umass.edu [128.119.243.169].
mail from:
250 2.5.0 Address Ok.
rcpt to:
250 2.1.5 security@oit.zumass.edu OK.
rset
250 2.5.0 Ok.
quit
221 2.3.0 Bye received. Goodbye.
Connection closed by foreign host.

This is a cut'n'paste -- adulterated slightly from an xterm I used not 15 minutes before skimming this thread. I couldn't remember whether our upstream had a "security" address as well as the standard "abuse". VRFY is disabled, so...

I suppose I could use nc, but old habits die hard.

Installing and enabling the telnet server, now, *that* is in a category with behaviors such as dancing about on a hilltop during a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armor and shouting "All the gods are idiots!"

Ole, friendly neighborhood postmaster
(and rabid pterrine)