Linked by Iain Alexander on Thu 17th Apr 2003 07:28 UTC
Several days ago I wrote a rather scathing article about my utter dismay and disappoint with Mandrake 9.1 and by association, Linux as a whole. Since then I have had many many flames and equally as many agreeing emails (is there a simple opposite word for flame?) Since then I have been trying, really really trying to get my system working fully. But time and again I'm coming up against the same brick wall of (un)usability, computer esotericism and down right idiocy. 
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flame <> deflame
I have read the article and looked at some screenshots. I find the article good on it self but the whole problem with the author is that his background is not Unix and he is trying to find to much "windowz". Linux/Unix is not Windows and you should not expect eveything to work or be configured just like in Windows. Try reading a book and/or Internet pages there are a lot of howto pages on the net (google it if you want..). Almost all the problems he encounterd are fixed very easy...
Mandrake 9.1 is a great desktop distro it is aiming at the new linux user but i think its not quite ready for that.
Xandros Lindows and Shaolin Linux are better for new Linux users.
The future is bright the future is Linux!