To me, Mandrake 9.0 and 9.1 are so very different that a.1 increment isn't enough.
Mandrake 9.0 had something that just felt out of place, but 9.1 felt right, it had something that made me think, wow, this is now going to be my primary operating system - and it has been, for the past few months - no Windows at all.
To me, that is reason enough for it to be called Mandrake 10.
Well, I suppose that would make sense, since a new kernel is a major enough change for a version number change to 10, not 9.2
But in my opinion, Mandrake 9.1 was such a dramatic change from 9.0 that it should have been called Mandrake 10.. RedHat seemed to have got away with it.
Windows DOES have a very large userbase, and a lot of people are used to the layout and design of it.
With that in mind, people who are going to want to switch to Linux will want something to be familiar, because let's face it - the GUI isn't the hardest and most challenging part of learning how to use Linux.
I think that once Linux has a higher number of users than Microsoft products do, then a GUI change can happen, much like Windows 3.11 -> Windows 95 was for the end user.
I'm in the same situation myself, I am finding that Mandrake 9.1 is far more mature than any of the other distros I have tested before, it's now my primary OS:)
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To me, Mandrake 9.0 and 9.1 are so very different that a .1 increment isn't enough.
Mandrake 9.0 had something that just felt out of place, but 9.1 felt right, it had something that made me think, wow, this is now going to be my primary operating system - and it has been, for the past few months - no Windows at all.
To me, that is reason enough for it to be called Mandrake 10.
Cheers,
David.
Well, I suppose that would make sense, since a new kernel is a major enough change for a version number change to 10, not 9.2
But in my opinion, Mandrake 9.1 was such a dramatic change from 9.0 that it should have been called Mandrake 10.. RedHat seemed to have got away with it.
Cheers,
David
It's pretty simple actually.
Windows DOES have a very large userbase, and a lot of people are used to the layout and design of it.
With that in mind, people who are going to want to switch to Linux will want something to be familiar, because let's face it - the GUI isn't the hardest and most challenging part of learning how to use Linux.
I think that once Linux has a higher number of users than Microsoft products do, then a GUI change can happen, much like Windows 3.11 -> Windows 95 was for the end user.
Cheers,
David
I'm in the same situation myself, I am finding that Mandrake 9.1 is far more mature than any of the other distros I have tested before, it's now my primary OS :)
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft are behind this, it's the sort of privacy invasion scheme that Microsoft are well known for.
:)
Or maybe I hate Microsoft too much