Re: [Pan-users] Mandrake 9.0 RPM also works for Mandrake 8.2

[Duncan]

On Fri 22 Nov 2002 16:29, John LeMay posted as excerpted below:
> By the way Gollum, do you have a LM9.0 box up yet (or does anyone else
> that is interested in packaging)? I'm considering bailing
> on Mandrake in favor of another distro, but I want to make sure there
> would be donated Mandrake packages available for Pan before I do.
> Although, if cooker gets updated this quick the future it may not make a
> difference.

I don't know that it's always this way, but the RH packages I've tried seem to 
run perfectly well, here.  Mdk wasn't on the grid, yet, for .2.90 when I 
fetched, so I grabbed the latest version RH package, and installed it with no 
trouble at all.  I've done that b4, as well.  The only problems I've had are 
things like spell checking, which doesn't always work right on Mdk, either 
(as you and I both know <g>).  I particularly like the fact that in contrast 
to so many places, here, i386 isn't the only arch target available, 
RPM-packed for RH.  I'd be a bit more inclined to do RH, if it wasn't so i386 
centric.  Even Mdk's standard i586 arch target is a bit behind, although I 
understand the reasons for that.  i386 packages for modern X-mode 
environments like Gnome and KDE, in particular, don't really make a lot of 
sense to me, although I can understand why one might still be targeting a lot 
of console mode packages at the 386.

If I may ask, what are you thinking about bailing to, and why.  Mdk has been 
my first distrib, and I've thought about switching to Debian, in particular, 
due to its mantainability and the fact that so many Linux developers use it 
as their platform.  Thus, any thoughts on the subject, particularly from 
another Mdk user thinking about switching, would be useful.

... I'm still wondering if I'll be able to afford an Athlon-64, in the first 
generation.  It'd be nice, but I don't know what the price target is on it, 
and whether it matches MY reasonable price target. <g>  I suppose my future 
distrib plans could be affected by that.  I know Mdk has announced plans for 
it, but am not sure about details, or any other distribs.

-- 
Duncan
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." --
Benjamin Franklin