Linked by David Donley on Wed 9th Jun 2004 18:53 UTC
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.
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... polish. I have been using Mandrake ever since from the second release and here are the things I think Mandrake lacks behind SUSE and Fedora and annoy me the most.
- As someone else pointed out, non AA fonts are ugly since 9.2 and so far I could not fix it myself.
- Mandrake sometimes don't plan their releases to fit the KDE's or GNOME's which results in completly outdated release of either.
- Again, font problems with GTK 1 apps
- Better boot splash sequence (SUSE rulez here) and graphics are needed
- Shipping vanilla OO when others ship "nativified"
- Remove software and Add software should come back to ONE interface.
See, that many of these are cosmetical changes and I am quite satisfied with the current state. Urpmi is a godsend and they pay the same attention to both Gnome and KDE at the same time. MDK just needs some more polish and professionalism I think.
For example lately, a local comp. magazine gave out 4 CDs with MDK community edition (their fault!!!)and the forum was full of flames like this does not work, Linux sucks and I want my money back. People did not know how to set up their winmodem and flash, java etc. I think all these should be integrated in download edition too (see winmodems and graphic drivers). You cannot tell the user that they are not GPL so we cannot ship them in download edition. People just don't care.