[CS-FSLUG] Why I'm going back to Windoze and Mandrake Linux

[Eduardo Sanchez]

Perhaps it is the right decision, Nathan. I see, however, that some of 
the problems you mentioned were:

> there are software packages, libraries and KDE 
> themes that I can neither get for Xandros Linux nor compile them from 
source 
> because I keep getting errors due to the lack of libraries or some 
other 
> incompatibility. 

I am afraid Mandrake has some of these same problems, and my experience 
confirms it. I would suggest you to try a Linux as standard as 
possible, i.e., something like Debian, or Slackware. Perhaps you could 
also try Gentoo or LFS.

Blessings,

Eduardo


On Friday 26 March 2004 14:50, N. Thompson wrote:
> http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=6344
> My posts are the ones from NTWS01.
> 
> I knew beforehand that I might not like Xandros Linux and that 
spending the 
> money was a bit of a risk. Don't get me wrong its not a bad 
distribution if 
> anything its really good but there are software packages, libraries 
and KDE 
> themes that I can neither get for Xandros Linux nor compile them from 
source 
> because I keep getting errors due to the lack of libraries or some 
other 
> incompatibility. 
> 
> I constantly told Xandros that I wanted them to add at the very least 
some KDE 
> themes aside from plastik and that I wanted them to add some software 
and 
> update the games, what I could compile from source I did (Current 
stable 
> version of bzFlag and GNU nano) but I felt like my requests were 
falling on 
> deaf ears, even when I told them my serial key as was suggested by 
someone in 
> the forums to prove that I was a paying customer.
> 
> Basically what I'm saying is that Xandros is not a bad distro, but 
imho its 
> not worth the $59 USD either so I don't plan on getting any more 
versions. 
> Its also lacking a lot of software and stuff that I would have liked 
to have 
> and that I could easily get in Mandrake Linux so I am likely going to 
switch 
> to Mandrake 10.0 if I get a chance to try some sort of stable release 
before 
> purchasing a copy.
> 
> I'm wondering what the rest of you might have to say about this, maybe 
you 
> agree or dissagree with my reasoning?
> 
> 
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Prof. Eduardo Sanchez
Asuncion, Paraguay, South America
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 And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel,
 And robb'd me of my Robe of Honour--well,
   I often wonder what the Vintners buy
 One half so precious as the Goods they sell.

	-- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
	   

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