Distrowatch review grumbles

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BitJam
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#181 Post by BitJam »

This is the price of fame and success.
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#182 Post by Stevo »

As Elvis Costello sang,"I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused".
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#183 Post by sunrat »

DW needs a way to rate ratings. :p
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#184 Post by Gordon Cooper »

After nearly 200 posts in this thread, I had hoped that someone would correct the spelling of 'review'
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#185 Post by Stevo »

It makes it easy to find this thread by searching for "reveiw", though!
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#186 Post by duane »

I'm with Gordon. The spelling bugs the heck out of me.
It would be so easy to correct it.
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#187 Post by colin_b »

Version: 18
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-24
Votes: 0

After upgrading from version 17.1 to 18 I can definitely say MX is my favorite distro so far.

Pros: fast, stable, simple, solid and reliable. Boots on a 2007 Black Macbook 2,1 without need of rEFInd / OSX partition.

Cons: multimonitor support is not the best, automatic audio switching is not implemented, Mac foreign (ITA) keyboard not working correctly (3 things that were working for me in Mint 18.3)

Globally 9 out of 10.
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#188 Post by Stevo »

Here's the latest winner:
Version: 18
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-02-05
Votes: 0


After installing and running `apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade` system is going to be in a broken state.
Well, I don't know how anyone manages to use MX when it breaks with the first updates! 9_9
"We are amused."
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#189 Post by Adrian »

Stevo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:17 pm Here's the latest winner:
Version: 18
Rating: 1
Date: 2019-02-05
Votes: 0


After installing and running `apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade` system is going to be in a broken state.
Well, I don't know how anyone manages to use MX when it breaks with the first updates! 9_9
"We are amused."
That's strange, it's also demonstrable false.
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Re: Distrowatch reveiw grumbles

#190 Post by Stevo »

Next, I expect these clowns to report that MX contains viruses, spyware, and Bitcoin miners. Maybe they just haven't thought of that yet.
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