Mandrake Appealing to Community, Again

An anonymous reader writes "It seems that MandrakeSoft's short-term financial problem is worse than was thought. A new page on the Mandrake web site says: 'Everyone who is concerned with the company's future is encouraged to read and distribute the following message. In order to reach the next release, MandrakeSoft currently needs to raise cash, and quickly complete the Increase of Capital.' Darn, and I thought they were almost over this hump. Looks like a good time to help recruit Mandrake supporters for the Club."

Comments

That's alright...

[RumpRoast]

If I wanted Red Hat Linux with some ugly-ass icons, I'd... well I guess I'd make some ugly-ass icons.

Re:Pardon?

[HanzoSan]

FSF? What software have they released lately?

We need to support software which actually matters and Mandrake is the only real desktop distribution thats for the community.

Lycoris and Lindows are both horrible sellout distros which arent really linux.

Re:Thinning the herd

[Xerithane]

If Mandrake were to stay alive they should have beaten red hat to this sort of thing, and come out with some useful stuff, besides an installer that is needlessly graphical.

Mandrake never beats Red Hat to anything. Mandrake follows, and I bet that Mandrake 10 (if they are around) has a unified desktop. Mandrake has yet to innovate their way out of anything.

However, I would say that it is still the best intro Distro, and should be sold as such, maybe bundled with a computer?/I.
Mandrake or Red Hat, yes. Not so much as an intro either, but as a standard "This Works" distro. I've had some issues with Mandrake (Just started using it) but Red Hat is great for "install it and it's standard" which is what people really need. Development departments and intro users don't want to worry about inconsistent settings.

Re:Thinning the herd

[Xerithane]

He's not being elitist (I assume) you mentioned you use mandrake but if it were to come to paying you'd pay for red hat. He doesn't understand why you'd do that.

Then why did he accuse me of trolling? My two preferences for Linux distros was listed above, and he said "Please don't tell me people like you actually exist" -- Maybe I did misinterpret, but that sounds pretty elitist ("Red Hat and Mandrake are for intro newbies, they aren't real distros" would not be an unexpected retort)

Why I would pay for Red Hat instead of Mandrake:

• Mandrake will still be in financial problems. They don't know how to innovate.
  
• Red Hat gives me a subscription, and up2date.
  
• Red Hat usually offers a more stable distro than Mandrake
  
• I've used Red Hat since 1995 or 1996, and have been very happy with it.
  

I have always had at least one box with Red Hat installed since I started. Mandrake, I've used 7 and 9. 7 sucked, 9 is better but the reason why my two primary machines are not running RH is because Mandrake 9 is adequate and I already took the time to configure how I like it. After that, I don't care if what it's running. Only updates and install is what I care about.

Isn't the URL ironic?

[Brother52]

The URL of the article is http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/future.php3
They're just doomed with such an approach.

Rrrrrrrow!

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