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Kernelslacker: Sucky Reviews
Nov 12, 2006, 01 :00 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (6865 reads)

(Other stories by Dave Jones)

"I have no problem with constructive criticism, but it seems rather than file bug reports, the standard procedure these days is to 'write a scathing review on the Internet.' It conveniently means you don't have to bother with those boring things like details, and nicely absolves the 'reviewer' of blame for doing something unsupported.

"The installation procedure is inferior to every other desktop GNU/Linux distribution I've used.
translation: 'I don't like/understand lvm, and I don't like the defaults so this sucks. Oh, and I can't resize partitions...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The first, just to get it out of the way ...   Several reasons for them   
GreyGeek
Nov 12, 2006, 02:55:12
 
I'm a writer, not a programmer. I wr ...   If you can't take the heat...   
Jem Matzan
Nov 12, 2006, 03:29:18
 
You're right.  Unfortunately, the ra ...   Re: Several reasons for them   
judecn
Nov 12, 2006, 04:31:12
 
 Third, there are a LARGE number of user ...   Re: Several Reasons   
Bernard Swiss
Nov 12, 2006, 08:41:24
 
> Second, there are a LARGE number of Li ...   Re: Several reasons for them   
Shoal Creek
Nov 12, 2006, 16:06:46
 
> The first, just to get it out of the w ...   Re: Several reasons for them   
JJS
Nov 12, 2006, 18:01:12
 
>> But the assumption that stupidity exp ...   Well...   
Jimmy the Geek
Nov 12, 2006, 18:14:56
 
>translation:  'I  don't  like/u ...   shed a tear....   
Byran Lee
Nov 12, 2006, 23:37:47
 
Well, just as "they" are too sensitive t ...   Re: If you can't take the heat...   
Adrian
Nov 13, 2006, 00:54:17
 
> I'm a writer, not a programmer.We  ...   Re: If you can't take the heat...   
Jimbo
Nov 13, 2006, 01:42:31
 
... I have to admit that I don't und ...   Re: Re: Several reasons for them   
GreyGeek
Nov 13, 2006, 02:03:07
 
 You're right.  Unfortunately, the r ...   Re: Re: Several reasons for them   
GreyGeek
Nov 13, 2006, 02:16:15
 
>It's [Kubuntu 6.10] so idiot proof, ...   Re: Re: Several reasons for them   
blackhole
Nov 13, 2006, 05:11:17
 
 Third, there are a LARGE number of user ...   Re: Several reasons for them   
jp
Nov 13, 2006, 06:05:25
 
 I would add a sub-category to the third ...   Re: Re: Several reasons for them   
jp
Nov 13, 2006, 06:16:58
 
Third, there are a LARGE number of users ...   Criticism of GreyGeek   
jp
Nov 13, 2006, 06:37:46
 
 A friend of mine, who was a "Risk Offic ...   Re: Re: Re: Several reasons for them   
JJS
Nov 13, 2006, 07:14:04
 
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