[oclug] Mandrake 8.2 FYI

[Robert Charbonneau]

On March 18, 2002 07:04 pm, you wrote:
> Though this brings up an interesting question.
> What is the _best_ way to contribute?
> Surely Mandrake only receives a fraction of the boxed purchase price.
> But do stores and middle men carrying Linux software deserve some money
> too?
> Would a donation to Mandrake (or Mandrake club) be a better use of
> money? What about direct payment to a developer of some project you
> particularly like. Order them a pizza?
> Obviously something is better than nothing, but one might as well
> maximize its value.
>
> Comments?

I would have to agree.  Everyone should note that Mandrake specifically asked 
people to contribute to Mandrake Club and the like, and probably did so 
because they evaluated their situation and decided upon the best way for 
people to contribute.  Paying $5.00/mo. for three months keeps Mandrake 
around, keeps other distros like RedHat and SuSE honest, and ensures many 
Mandrake users the ability to continue.  It also ensures that several KDE 
developers keep getting paid for the great work they are doing (I'm not just 
mentioning this bit because I openly advocate KDE, I mention it because KDE 
is a great open source project that deserves, no wait, needs to continue).

I would also like to mention that Mandrake is a kickass distro.  I used it 
the place where I'm currently doing my contract and I forced them to buy a 
copy.  One thing I really liked about Mandrake was the choice at install time 
to use CUPS over lpd (and I prefer CUPS thank you very much).

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Robert Charbonneau
etriaph at kdesktop.org
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