Distrowatch review grumbles

[JayM]

Looking back at that thread I don't see a problem with what I told the guy. It just wasn't what he wanted to hear, so for that he threw a tantrum and ran to Distrowatch to leave a bad review, falsely claiming that dual monitors won't work in MX. (He didn't bother to click on a link in the forum to read what the different ranks mean either.) That shows you the "quality" of the average negative review of any distro on Distrowatch: most are left by ignorant newbies, by the intellectually-challenged or by those too lazy to bother researching and learning: "It wouldn't work for me therefore it's rubbish." Some of the negative reviews actually contain good information though, such as what issues are experienced in certain circumstances or on certain hardware.

[SwampRabbit]

Just got a rating of 4 on MX-21 Beta 2, stating…

worse than beta 1
final version will be the absolute best

Good lord, if Beta 2 is worse than Beta 1…. We got a lot of work to do to make the Final the “absolute best”. Does that review make any darn sense and help in anyway?

Distrowatch should make people login to leave reviews or something.

[Huckleberry Finn]

Distrowatch should make people login to leave reviews or something.

Good idea. Or (if not) I wish they let "votes" show "sub-zero" rather than staying at 0 when clicked on "No" for "Was this review helpful?"

[Eadwine Rose]

It would be lovely to know WHY it is so bad.

[j2mcgreg]

Just got a rating of 4 on MX-21 Beta 2, stating…

worse than beta 1
final version will be the absolute best

Good lord, if Beta 2 is worse than Beta 1…. We got a lot of work to do to make the Final the “absolute best”. Does that review make any darn sense and help in anyway?

Distrowatch should make people login to leave reviews or something.

It could be an acknowledgement that when you are in the beta stages of developing anything, sometimes you do have to take two steps back in order to make the correct step forward.

[Eadwine Rose]

I have never seen MX need to take a step backward from a beta to get to a final.

[asqwerth]

I have never seen MX need to take a step backward from a beta to get to a final.

Between B1 and B2, there have been changes to installer, default theme, and (I think) some default settings and preinstalled applications/packages.

Any of these changes could elicit at least some feedback, whether good or bad:

1. Installer - does it work? Are there new bugs after the changes? Is the interface more confusing or less? WHat can be further improved?
2. Default theme (and its dark variant) - any bugs or issues with it? likes or dislikes compared to the previous matcha-azul light and dark themes? Does it get applied properly using the MX Tweak "theme set" settings?
3. gtk3-noscd is now removed due to the discovery in beta 1 that it causes various problems in other applications (like Firefox) - what do you think of its removal? would installing it be one of the first things you do after you install the final MX21?

[Mauser]

Distrowatch distro review comments are FAKE! I have posted reviews on distros and I don't see the review being shown on Distrowatch. The only thing Distrowatch is useful for is to see what distros there are, packages, and links to download the ISO's.

[Eadwine Rose]

To be honest, I do trust those reviews as far as I can throw them, so.. :)


I'd rather rely on proper feedback instead of WAAA IT NO WORKEEEE, IT SUUUUCKS, or stuff like that.

[jmyersWVa]

To be honest, I do trust those reviews as far as I can throw them, so.. :)


I'd rather rely on proper feedback instead of WAAA IT NO WORKEEEE, IT SUUUUCKS, or stuff like that.

Yep. I Have seen a lot of that over the years. Some reviews look ok,Some just don't Jive . Sometime I go clear back to the Wizard of OZ.
" If they only had a Brain"

Jerry