Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 72.224.38.52]
on May 22, 2008 02:44 PM
-All Linux users know to be careful with the root account, and it's unlikely that a new user would go into root mode unless told to do so
Nice generalization there. I wish I could agree that "all" linux users would know better. In a distro geared towards newbies, most of them in fact will _not_ know better
-Since when did laptops have such high resolutions? The highest resolution I've seen on any laptop (including my mother's and grandmother's grand spankin' new laptops) is 1024x768
Tell your grandmother not to buy her brand spankin' new laptops in the bargin bin at wal-mart and you may see recent resolutions, 1024x768 is fairly unheard of these days
-Suspend and Hibernate only work in Mandriva, not in the many other distros I've tried (Ubuntu, Suse, Red Hat...the list goes on). You actually expect this to work in one mere distro?
No, these features do not "only" work in Mandriva, many distro's have had various amounts of success with suspend / hibernate lately, you really need to read up on some current-events
-It's rare to see an Ethernet card not working...how old is yours?
If anything, older should be even better supported, judging hardware by age in the linux world generally doesn't mean much, I have always had "odd" issues with hardware in Ark - and the main response I got when looking for help was "Sorry, we can't test everything". Even on some standard hardware. Ark may be wonderful for the few people who get features they want implemented in it, and Bero does work his @$$ off for the project, which is commendable, but I have to agree with the above posters / reviewer, there is nothing Ark really brings to the table that warrants the drawbacks that also come with it, not to mention some of the 'holier-than-thou' attitudes you receive in the support chat
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 72.224.38.52] on May 22, 2008 02:44 PMNice generalization there. I wish I could agree that "all" linux users would know better. In a distro geared towards newbies, most of them in fact will _not_ know better
-Since when did laptops have such high resolutions? The highest resolution I've seen on any laptop (including my mother's and grandmother's grand spankin' new laptops) is 1024x768
Tell your grandmother not to buy her brand spankin' new laptops in the bargin bin at wal-mart and you may see recent resolutions, 1024x768 is fairly unheard of these days
-Suspend and Hibernate only work in Mandriva, not in the many other distros I've tried (Ubuntu, Suse, Red Hat...the list goes on). You actually expect this to work in one mere distro?
No, these features do not "only" work in Mandriva, many distro's have had various amounts of success with suspend / hibernate lately, you really need to read up on some current-events
-It's rare to see an Ethernet card not working...how old is yours?
If anything, older should be even better supported, judging hardware by age in the linux world generally doesn't mean much, I have always had "odd" issues with hardware in Ark - and the main response I got when looking for help was "Sorry, we can't test everything". Even on some standard hardware. Ark may be wonderful for the few people who get features they want implemented in it, and Bero does work his @$$ off for the project, which is commendable, but I have to agree with the above posters / reviewer, there is nothing Ark really brings to the table that warrants the drawbacks that also come with it, not to mention some of the 'holier-than-thou' attitudes you receive in the support chat
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