Comments on: Thinkpad R400

By: gmc

gmc — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:54:08 +0000

Had to edit the script a bit when i reinstalled debian after a hd crash:

#!/bin/sh
# Enable backlight after suspend

. “${PM_FUNCTIONS}”

if [ "$1" = "resume" ]; then
/usr/bin/chvt 1
/usr/sbin/vbetool post
/usr/bin/chvt 7
fi

By: ReinoutS

ReinoutS — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:57:24 +0000

Hmm, I still have access to PWP torrents on http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/Downloads/MyTorrents – but I don’t know if you automatically get an account upon buying at the store. In any case, I have the iso for you if you’re still interested.

By: gmc

gmc — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:17:16 +0000

Reinout, no it doesn’t reflect on the quality of the product, that’s true. It’s just that when you financially support a project by buying their distro, you’d expect some kind of ‘thanks’, instead of just being ignored when you ask a reasonable question. In the past, when you paid for the pwp, you’d get access to the different torrents (32-bit, 64-bit, …). Now, you get 9 days of access to an FTP server, which is so slow that in those 9 days you can download exactly one DVD iso. I guess you have to pay twice if you want both the 32-bit and 64-bit version. I say ‘i guess’, because after 5 mails over 2 months, i still dont have a reply as to what is going one. I just don’t quite like that kind of business model.

Then again, maybe by buying the pwp, i’m not supporting the project at all but merely some CEO that’s getting big bonuses out of it. I must admit, I didn’t research the funding structure thoroughly.

Anyway, debian runs like a charm. True, it lacks some of the nicer user-friendliness features mandriva has, but I get by.

By: ReinoutS

ReinoutS — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:56:25 +0000

I don’t know how Mandriva sales department pissed you off, but it doesn’t reflect on the quality of the product does it?
Debian doesn’t have a sales department; you could simply download the Mandriva Free edition as well.