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curaga

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Posted: May 23 2008,19:10

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/26480

Warning: from the same guy of "Damn Small Improvement".
He still isn't very happy with DSL, and mistaked many of the apps..

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roberts

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Posted: May 24 2008,20:13

Curious that you would even post this.

But really apples to oranges to bananas, comparing 2.6 gtk2 to a 2.4 gtk1 - really. Based on his view I should abandon my efforts on trying to keep a 2.4/gtk1 system alive. Everyone, including myself, should have enough money to dump all of our machines and go buy something that can run small distros that have larger demands.

Yet, the reality is that, there are many machines not able to run without frambuffer, 2.4, and gtk1.

The reality is that I still have users trying to get me to update 3.x, a 2.4.26 based system.

Go figure.

I get complaints about offering scsi as loadable extensions instead of in core, yet do the other small distros offer all the modules that DSL has. Is that EVER mentioned in a review.

It seems that only DELIVERY/DOWNLOAD size matters and if it happens to work on the latest whiz bang reviewer's machine. Forget about system requirements or intended target machines.

Maybe, I should abandon DSL and become a reviewer. Now that would be something.

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Posted: May 24 2008,20:45

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Maybe, I should abandon DSL and become a reviewer. Now that would be something.

Most reviewers (and their reviews) are full of crap. I think it would be interesting, though, if all these Linux sites would get developers of different projects to test and review other projects. You could do a review of Slackware, Patrick could review of Ubuntu, and Shuttleworth could test DSL and write a review of it. At least there would be measures of familiarity with what putting a distro together actually entails.

Instead, we get reviews from people who are more fascinated with eye candy and application versions than explaining what makes any particular distro unique, how secure and stable it is, etc.

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Posted: May 24 2008,23:22

Quote (lucky13 @ May 24 2008,20:45)

Instead, we get reviews from people who are more fascinated with eye candy and application versions than explaining what makes any particular distro unique, how secure and stable it is, etc.

Highlights for high scoring Puppy:

1. It looks so tranquill
2. There are snowy mountains
3. Has a placid lake
4. There's lots of blue
5. Icons match with the blue
6. USB mouse didn't work
7. Kindof bigger than the others (88MB)

lucky13

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Posted: May 24 2008,23:38

He probably just forgot to add how much easier it is to run your computer as root only compared to messing with all this "permissions" stuff...

Edit: re DSL: "They started using DFM for the main file manager replacing iDesk icons which feels like a big step backwards and detracts from the overall appearance with the folders on the desktop instead of nice icons. All in all, I just don't love DSL much anymore."

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