Le 26/09/2010 20:29, Dimitrios Glentadakis a écrit :

2010/9/26 P. Christeas <p_christ@hol.gr>

Lets see again what features had made us like linux in the first place:
- It used to be light and fast. (not like KDE4 or win Vista)

I also agree and left KDE for gnome when kde4 arrrised

- It used to be able to run for months, even years without a crash or need to
reboot.. (not like knotify4 and pulseaudio)
- It used to do all the things we wanted, with plethora of tools (not like
Gnome or Apple)

Why ? I can do whatever I want with Gnome, and customise it; it can be improved though.

- It used to allow us to configure either through gui tools, or through
cmdline and text files (not like the modern "desktop" trends).

Gnome does , LXDE does, xfce does, fvwm did not (through gui). And since you have access to command line you can do whatever you want.

- It could connect to the network without the need of a GUI server/client
(not like networkmanager)

It is still the case (for ethernet)

- It was free from closed-source applications (not like Android)

Mandriva free is so

- It had allowed us to have a continuous desktop (+home) for many years,
including all the software upgrades, without need to format our disks every 6
months (not like Ubuntu or some KDE4 apps).

I agree with this list and i'd like to add also:

- Dont hide the root (with sudo commands etc)

:)

I prefer su

But you are talking of LInux, and don't forget that Mageia is a fork of Mandriva, and don't forget the initial spirit of Mandriva: if Mageia has been choosen as a name, it means that il will keep Mandrake's spirit? no?

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Dimitrios Glentadakis