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<H1>[Mageia-dev] About Mandriva tools future : Host Mandriva tools on github</H1>
<B>Fabrice Facorat</B>
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<I>Sat Oct 2 15:49:01 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>2010/10/1 Sinner from the Prairy <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">sinnerbofh at gmail.com</A>>:
><i> Fabrice Facorat wrote:
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><i> But the ones they have: work great, are integrated with the rest of the
</I>><i> ecosystem, are user-friendly and they are aesthetically pleasant.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> By focusing on 90% of specs and getting them to be 95% perfect, instead of
</I>><i> having 100% of specs and getting them to be just 50% workable, regular
</I>><i> people (95% of the population) like their products.
</I>
you're 100% right
><i> Apple's approach mimics the Unix philosophy (every small tool covers a task
</I>><i> extremely well, and integrates with the rest of the Unix system): every
</I>><i> single technical bullet point included does a task extremely well with the
</I>><i> rest of the tools and look'n'feel.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Mandriva tries that, with look'n'feel consistent on MCC, KDE and Gnome.
</I>><i> draketools work on TUI or GUI. They work well.
</I>
some tools does not work correctly however and are buggy
><i> IMHO, Mageia should improve on Mandriva, not try to get just "bullet points"
</I>><i> on what our distro does.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Let's pick our battles, go the Unix way, make sure what Mageia does, it does
</I>><i> very well. And as Linux is Linux is Linux is Linux, it will do everything
</I>><i> else as well (and the kitchen sink).
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+1
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