[Sussex] An interesting article (well I thought so!)

[Desmond Armstrong]

> Just spotted this on slashdot.
>
> http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20070913/linuxs-free-system-is-now-easier-to-use-but-not-for-everyone/
>
> I thought it was quite interesting, given the apparent quest for factory 
> installation from Dell (after reading various articles recently).
>
> What I was suprised with, was the negative side of the article.
>   
Some interesting comments which we should all take on board.
My preferred distro, which I keep coming back to, is Mandriva and the 
several negative comments are not negative with this.

Specifically:-

Touch Pad adjustment.
Certainly there are adjustments for mouse sensitivities and the touchpad 
works very well for me.

Volume control crashing.
I have never had such problem.

mp3 playing.
They play very well in Mandriva.

DVD playing.
No problems here and I normally install VLC together with it's multi 
region capabilities.