Libranet 2.8 Review

TheMadPenguin writes "When I heard about Libranet 2.8 containing KDE 3.1 and kernel 2.4.20 in our forums, I just about fell out of the chair I was sitting in. As you all probably already know, Libranet is a Debian-based distro aimed toward the desktop user. Until now, I had never heard of a Debian release with all the newest goodies, but my world was about to get turned upside down. Read the full review with screenshots at MadPenguin.org."

Comments

Re:I don't understand.

[Billly Gates]

I think its to show off the MS fonts.

Fonts in Unix SUCK! With a capital S. Only recently during the last 2 years did X and kde even have anti aliagned and true type fonts. The fonts provided are mediocre but a huge improvment. Windows and MacOSX are much more appealing to my eyes and have alot of R&D went into developing them.

Try looking at Slashdot in Mozilla from Linux and then Windows. See the difference? The Windows platform looks 10 times better.

Also my monitor flickers at a lower hz in Linux then Windows. I typed in the correct horizontal and vertical hz ratings but its still behind. Another problem with X.

Re:Can we stop this Debian myth now please..

[10Ghz]

How long did it take for Xfree 4.2 to appear on Debian unstable? How long did it take for KDE3 to appear on Debian unstable?

"Debian myth"? I don't think so.

Re:Can we stop this Debian myth now please..

[10Ghz]

You know what? I don't care. I don't care that if there were some big changes going on (how come other distros didn't suffer from these big changes (like GCC3-migration)?). All I care is that are the packages available. Many people like to say "Just run Unstable if you want the absolute bleeding-edge", when the fact is that unstable is not bleeding edge either. Big and important packages can be delayed for months while other distros are already happily running them.

Yes I know that there were KDE3-packages available. But were those packages part of Unstable? Nope. Therefore unstable was not "bleeding edge".