[huskerlug] Re: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.

  • From: GreyGeek <GreyGeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:43:22 -0500

**JMiahMan, admin of the PCLinuxOS hardware database and developer of 
EeePCLinuxOS, voiced his dismay at the announcement: "Not hearing from 
Texstar for more than a year, development [by the community] continued, 
then the moment before release passwords were changed on servers and 
suddenly Texstar is back and now not only halting the release, but 
saying all the hard work the community did for a year wasn't good 
enough. That's leadership suicide." **


I patiently waited for PCLOS 2009, but when the beta came out I was 
stunned.  It was NO WHERE near the quality that TexStar normally lets 
out the door.  I can understand his dismay.  I can only imagine how bad 
it was BEFORE that two week delay, considering how poor the release 
was.  To make matters worse, the "Ripper Gang" decided on their own that 
PCLOS wouldn't see KDE4 until Summer or fall of 2010, if then.  Now, 
THAT'S suicide!

Alas, poor PCLOS, I knew thee well.  RIP.
GG

P.S. -- all is not lost.  On a whim, while waiting for PCLOS 2009 to 
released so I could switch back from Mandriva 2009 PWP to it, I heard 
that Kubuntu was releasing an ALPH5 for 9.04, so I tried it.  Talk about 
being stunned!    I had been waiting for Mandriva to fix the Intel_x86 
driver for the GM45 chip.  Kubuntu had it fixed and they also had the 
1600X900 display resolution available.   I am now running the beta 
release, which has been rock stolid stable.  There were 88 updates 
today.  Progress is rapid and the quality gets better and better.   IMO, 
it is already better than many distros GOLD releases.
GG


James Worrest wrote:
> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090330#news
>
> Actually, there were several things of interest in this issue the 
> founder of that Linux Distro, that started with a 4-letter word,  has 
> come out with Tinycore distro, with a detailed write up about, of course 
> one of the biggest improvements is a different name!
>
> Also, an interesting about the split-up at PCLinuxOS.  It reminds one 
> what happen with Knoppix, but even with more rancor.  It is a shame what 
> happened with PCL.  I was looking forward to have it about as my only 
> Linux distro, instead I have left on only one computer, the one that it 
> still functioned somewhat.
>
> Anyway, this issue is interesting to read.  ---Jim
>
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