Mandrake Releases 9.1b1, New Packaging Model

Posted by timothy on Friday January 10, 2003 @07:30AM from the listening-to-users dept.

DCowern writes "Mandrake today announced version 9.1 of their distribution. While there are some interesting choices for new packages (like kernel 2.4.21pre2 and XFree86 4.3 beta) the most groundbreaking thing about this release is the way in which they decide which packages are "high priority" for development and inclusion in the standard install. Any registered user at MandrakeClub can vote. Their opinion is that no one knows where development effort needs to be spent better than the end-user." Update: 01/10 19:38 GMT by T : That's "distribution."

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Re:Confused? by DAldredge · 2003-01-10 07:37 · Score: 1, Flamebait

All this is is another way to get more money out of their users.
Re:Mandrake Naysayers by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-10 08:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Why is it doing the simple tasks in linux takes 15 steps and a bunch of goofy CLI commands and .rc files to edit?

And then you're called a bonehead at the end of the instructions.

No wonder 'desktop linux' is an even bigger joke than 'Power Mac'.

Hah. Power Mac. Who the fuck are they kidding?