Where are urpmi and Mandriva control centre (mcc)?

I agree with you that FluxBox is not complete Desktop environment like GNOME or KDE or CDE, but you can use FluxBox or BlackBox and ... as your primary Desktop!

Magma is a general purpose programming language! It is interpreted as opposed to compiled. It is dynamically typed as opposed to statically typed, but definitely strongly typed. ...and back in the early 90s it may have been seen as a scripting language, but that moniker is no longer accurate. It is a general purpose language from which the full range of applications can be built, and has been for quite some time now.

If you must differentiate, please do so on the basis of compiled vs interpreted, but today Python is no longer your father's scripting language.

Fluxbox is not a Desktop Environment. It's a Window Manager ;)

where I had nothing I liked I checked Other : "none"

Thanks you.

My goodness, who is the know-it-all that designed this questionnaire? Among other thigh-slappers:

22. What is your favorite Linux software development tool?
What about the GNU Compiler Collection? The essential development tool without no Linux kernel and no GNU/Linux distribution would be available at all? Well, perhaps there is a Intel C/C++ compiler based GNU/Linux distribution around I do not know about.

24. What is your favorite system administration tool?
Never stroke me that OpenSSH was a system administration tool although I am using it everyday in non-sysadmin-mode.

I can't really participate in this survey; it has far too many flaws.

Programing language vs scripting language. Desktop environment vs window manager. "Communication tools", "security tools", "software development tools" and "package managers" all have massive confusion as to what type or level of tool they are talking about (netbeans, autoconf, emacs (no vi!) -- iptables, nmap, Coverity Scan -- dpkg *and* apt, but no aptitude). Email needs to be added to communication tools or comm. tools needs to be split up (at least irc, IM, voice). Audio tool is a title that does not sound like music players, it sounds like editing tools (audacity, jokosher).

I don't expect amateur polls to be perfect, but I expect *some* thought and effort.

I agree that Python should not be reduced to a "simple" scripting language. Anything that can be done in C/C++/Java/... can be done in Python.

Python is a general purpose programming language!   It is interpreted as opposed to compiled.   It is dynamically typed as opposed to statically typed, but definitely strongly typed.   ...and back in the early 90s it may have been seen as a scripting language, but that moniker is no longer accurate.   It is a general purpose language from which the full range of applications can be built, and has been for quite some time now.

If you must differentiate, please do so on the basis of compiled vs interpreted, but today Python is no longer your father's scripting language.

The survey has two categories of favorite languages. Not only is this a totally arbitrary distinction among languages, but the pre-populated choices aren't even consistent in honoring the distinction. For example, BASIC and Scheme are both interpreted (or at least can be). Other languages, including at least LISP, ADA, Python, and Haskell are languages which are defined by their grammar and syntax, and not by their implementations. In each, there are implementations which take a scripted/interpreted/bytecode approach, and other implementations which can compile down to native-processor machine code.

Also, asking 'what is your favorite security tool' and 'favorite sysadmin' tool is WAY too big of a category. Security and Systems Administration aren't a particular functions (as opposed to, say photo management, editor, or database). They are entire fields of endevour. Comparing how I like a tool such as Nessus to how I like a tool like IPTables in the security category is apples and oranges to the extreme. And how can you compare whether you prefer rsync over LDAP directories for sysadmin tools?

Finally, when the result of this survey actually gets written up, I would highly recommend an article that actually describes *each and every* option and write in suggestion. So often, I've read the 'Reader's choice awards' and read the description of the winning tool for the bazillionith time and I am constantly thinking to myself, the winning tool isn't the one that needs to get explained, it's the really valuable tool that got 1% of the votes because people don't know why it is so cool.

All languages in the scripting category should be added to the programming language category if you must make the distinction, as this correctly highlights the lack of ability of the PL's in your current PL section 18.

- Paddy.

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