An Open Letter To Foresight Linux
I have decided - after running Foresight for two months - to no longer use Foresight Linux on my systems. Let me say however that I found the experience interesting and dare I say - challenging. Everyone in the IRC channel was great - very friendly - and most tried to be helpful.
I thought it might be helpful and instructive to provide an explanation as to why I am not going to use Foresight any longer, rather than just disappear. Hopefully, in doing so I may contribute to Foresight becoming a better distro that I might want to run in the future. So, here goes ….
Concerns With Foresight Linux
Conary: When you read about conary it all sounds very exciting and innovative with many really good features. However - when you install Foresight and actually use conary - it doesn’t take too long to realize that unless you are a developer or very involved packager - very little of conary’s goodies really touch you or help you (with the exception of rollback).
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