Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-07-12 Thread Gnu-Raiz
> From: Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 1) to limit total control of a system to a subset of > applications for security reasons in large organizations and 2) to > enable > people who couldn't handle something say like console-based linux > well to > still use that computer; the operating

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-07-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
Another factor needing consideration is the quality of the manuals and associated documentation themselves. If an adverse review has no problem proving documentation short-comings that ranks higher over here. That having been said, systems like dapper drake based on intended audience do not a

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Gnu-Raiz
I wrote this on one of the forums I visit. I have been running breezy without any problem, and when I did a apt-get update dist-upgrade it borked my system. I have quake4 and utk4 installed, after the upgrade quake4 would not even run, xorg was broken. This is what I get from filling a bug re

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/14/06, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (...) Some DDs don't even acknowledge/close a fixed bug, 3-4 years after its been fixed. It's of course not in the Debian's best practices list and you're welcome to help us fixing the problem sending a summary to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you've s

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 15:16 +0200, Juergen Erhard wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:27:38AM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:04, Brent Clark wrote: > > > Sorry, couldnt resist > > > > > > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1026 > > > > After reading this sent

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Gustavo Franco
On 6/14/06, Brent Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry, couldnt resist http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1026 Hi Brent, Since the author made a lot of wrong points about the Debian project, release cycle and distribution i wrote this blog entry (as seen on planet.debian.org): http://st

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Bill Thompson
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:52:06 +0200 Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, everyone knows that they should read the manual first, but who > actually does? Especially, if one just wants to try a new release. And especially if the Distro you are using is meant to be "User Friendly".

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Juergen Erhard
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:27:38AM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:04, Brent Clark wrote: > > Sorry, couldnt resist > > > > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1026 > > After reading this sentence in the above article > > "Once again I should have probably read

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: On Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:04, Brent Clark wrote: Sorry, couldnt resist http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1026 After reading this sentence in the above article "Once again I should have probably read the manual, but I figured I've done this before." I th

Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:04, Brent Clark wrote: > Sorry, couldnt resist > > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1026 After reading this sentence in the above article "Once again I should have probably read the manual, but I figured I've done this before." I think there is no need to give

Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

2006-06-14 Thread Brent Clark
Sorry, couldnt resist http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1026 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]