Guest ndeb Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29881.html http://www.advogato.org/person/mharris/dia...ry.html?start=5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 These sorts of problems could be more troublesome than whether or not Mandrake listens to their users. The techie world lives without gui, but the majority of users like gui, which is why microbrains is still successful. If the gui world in linux does not advance past micromodules, then why would the average user consider linux? Not incorperating patches from a company willing to submit them is as thoughtless as Mandrake not listening or supporting their users. And "splintering" should be done cautiously. After all, this board was accused of "splintering" in the early days, although in our case, one can hardly "splinter" non-existant feed-back and support. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ndeb Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 In fact, if X is brushed up nicely, a lof of graphics on linux/unix will become really fast. Its surprising that XFree does not have any bugzilla, most of their lists (including) Xpert are closed now. These folks are going backwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 I find it disturbing that the development of such a crucial element of linux (and other OSes) is being held hostage by the XFree organization. I always wondered why ATI pulled out of supporting them directly but now I think I know. If the XFree organization is not willing to accept new programmers and show some focus then they shouldn't be surprised when the project splinters. Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ndeb Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 Well, seems like things are changing. They opened their bugzilla on March 18 ( http://www.xfree86.org/#bugzilla ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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