
I have been using Linux since 1993. I installed the first version of Slackware on a 16MB 386sx-25. Since then I have been using it almost exclusively on one or more of my PCs. So I consider myself as a bit of an expert. I have been using computers since 1982 mostly PCs, but also VAX mainframes and SPARC systems. Operating systems (and GUIs) I have been using include CP/M, DOS, Windows from Version 2 to XP, Geos, Beos, SCO Unix, Solaris, OS/2 and quite a few Linux Distros.
I have been running Mandrake since the 6.0 powerpack version... As a Mandrakefan, I love the article. I must admit that it has a bit of a fanboy air about it though...
Page three talks about FLPhoto as frontend for the Gphoto DB. While this is indeed the 'standard' Mandrake camera tool, I think the Digicam frontend at http://digikam.sourceforge.net/
is lightyears ahead. You might want to look at that one....