Mandrake 8.2beta4 and XFce

[Mark Welker]

Hi,

You could switch to Slackware and do like I do.
I get the source code and make my own slackware package.
Once I have the package made it works on all of my boxes.


On Sat, 9 Mar 2002, William Bouterse wrote:

> Okay this is ridiculous......
>
> Mandrake beta4 still has the same permission problem
> with the default xfce install..."cannot create file"
>
> I understand one of the main kde packagers for mandrakesoft also packages
> XFce unless this has changed recently...Obviously if this is true then the
> poor fellow must rarely have any time to do anything with xfce due to the
> massive flux and size of kde...
>
> Is their anyone on this list with the competence to package for mandrakesoft and get this litany of screwups taken care of or has this
> already been tried and their implementation is just plain faulty and
> cannot be changed due to their way of doing things !!??
> I have used Mandrake for several years and XFce for longer so I must
> admit if they continue to refuse to recognize the qualtiy of the WM they
> keep "jerking around" with their rpm implementation I may be led to
> other distos again !!?
>
> Its a good thing I am not a conspiracy theorist or one might wonder if
> they are casually sabatoging XFce's use by new users through neglect...
>
> Thanks for listening to my rant if you have gotten this far !!
>
> Mandrake 8.2rc1 has just been released..I wonder if this has been fixed.?
>
>
> William Bouterse
> Talkeetna, Ak
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Mark Welker
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