User: Maniwaki

Re:I prefer Linux, but...

On: The Costs of Patching

And if you run Mandrake

urpmi.update -a
urpmi --auto-select

Boomerang

On: Wireless, GPS-Loaded 'Bait Car' Traps Thieves

A company in Montreal is offering an anti-theft device similar to this:

http://www.boomerangtracking.com

Because of this system many car thiefs in the Montreal area are working differently. Now they steal a car and will leave it in a public parking for a day or two. If the car is still there, i.e. the police did not pick it up, then they will steal it for good.

Re:Dependencies from hell

On: Nautilus 1.0.5 Release

And this is why I use Mandrake:
urpmi.update -a
urpmi nautilus

Re:Tell me...

On: RIAA To Target CD-R

Speaking as a Canadian I love the CD levy. Here's the thing, if money that I pay at purchase time goes to the recording industry then I have the right to use the media to copy music. The legislation is very clear, if I borrow a CD from you and make a copy of it on my "tax paid" CDR I am breaking no law.

The only thing that is illegal in Canada is distributing copies. I can't make a copy and give it to you without breaking the law.

Also speaking as a Canadian you are wrong. You're saying that it's legal to borrow a CD, make a copy and give the original CD back, but it's illegal to make a copy and give it to someone else (???).

It does not make sense. Our laws are not that illogical (even if we have Jean Chrétien as prime minister).

Re:Did they put back libdl.so.1?

On: Mandrake 8.0 Comes Out

But I guess that /usr/lib/libdl.so is a sym link to /lib/libdl.so.2, not /lib/libdl.so.1, just like in Mandrake 7.2.

Did they put back libdl.so.1?

On: Mandrake 8.0 Comes Out

So I can directly use my old copy of Matlab (like in Mandrake 7.1, unlike Mandrake 7.2). It was an hassle having to dig around to get it.

If not, it's one more reason to try Debian.

Buying a TNT was a bad idea

On: XFree86 4.0 Now Available

I've read the release notes and I have the feeling that buying a TNT was a really bad idea.