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Re: [school-discuss] Mandrake and Conectiva (was: Linux Desktop Reviews II)
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- Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Mandrake and Conectiva (was: Linux Desktop Reviews II)
- From: Leon Brooks <leon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 07:48:14 +0800
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On Wednesday 23 March 2005 15:48, Leon Brooks wrote:
> Mandrake have done a fairly impressive job with URPMI, and are already
> changing a broad range of policies to take aboard Conectiva ideas, so
> I'd say that the future looks fairly bright there. Modulo a new
> cartooney boot screen currently being shouted down in the Cooker list.
Urgh. They shipped it. <thwack!> Even the favourable review that their own
email bulletin links to (http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/639) derides it.
I call it the Stoned Penguin Edition.
Cheers; Leon