Mandrake 9.2 ISOs Available

joestar writes "Since LG has released updated firmwares and a recovery procedure for all so-called ATAPI LG cd-rom drives that were "destroyed" by a feature of Mandrake 9.2, MandrakeSoft has publicly released the set of Mandrake 9.2 ISO images which are now available on a number of FTP mirrors. Mandrake 9.2 is one of the few remaining 100%-OSS major Linux distributions, so considering a MandrakeClub membership or joining Cooker - Mandrake's open development version - is certainly an excellent idea." Here's the feature list.

Comments

Re:Am I missing something here?

[The Bungi]

Let me burn some karma here.

Look at it this way. A "destroyed" drive is not really fried and fucked, it's "destroyed". If Windows had fried and fucked a CD drive for exactly the same reason and under the same circumstances, the submission would read like this:

Microsoft has issued a patch for Windows that fixes the fatal flaw which destroyed all those CD drives and cost thousands of dollars in damages to so many unsuspecting users. Microsoft claims that "the drives are not ATAPI-compliant", but since we can't see the code, who knows? In any case, this is small consolation to all those who had their hardware fried. Yet another reason to use Open Source software. This would have been caught by the millions of volunteers who routinely scan the Linux distros for flaws.

Of course there would be the obligatory retarded "editorial" comment by the Slashbork editor to the tone of "Well, I use OS X so this is not a problem for me, but I do feel for everyone who lost a drive this way".

In the original story there were people claiming that "hey, LG drives are shit anyway" and "well, CDRs are so cheap nowadays, why not just get another". I mean, WTF??

FUD is wonderful, especially when used by the very people who complain its used so much against them. Victims, I tell you, all of them.

This is just an unfortunate bug, nothing more and nothing less. But when if you spin it, maybe you can make it look like the blame falls squarely in the manufacturer's lap, and Mandrake gets off like shit off a shiny shovel. $deity forbid Microsoft or anyone else that is not a Linux distro tried to do this.

But hey, I use Windows 2000 and XP. So far they haven't destroyed - or "destroyed" - any of my hardware. Sometimes it's even detected, too!

Re:OS X is here, why are you still using Linux?

[Hatta]

Maybe if you were clever enough to use anything besides a click & drool GUI you'd be smart enough to format your /. posts.