MozillaQuest has posted an interview with Holger Dryoff, head of SuSE Inc

"While Holger Dryoff noted that he could not comment on any future products, he did mention that SuSE usually releases a new version about every six months. If you care to read between the lines there and do the math folks, you likely can look for SuSE Linux 8.1 sometime in October 2002.

Also, the SuSE Linux immediately previous to the current SuSE Linux, 8.0, was SuSE Linux 7.3. It shipped in October 2001. That's another good clue that SuSE Linux 8.1 will hit the streets in October 2002."

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MozillaQuest has posted an interview with Gael Duval, founder of Mandrake Linux and co-founder of MandrakeSoft SA and MandrakeSoft, Inc.

"We also discussed Mandrake's involvement with the Linux Standard Base (LSB) project, non-involvement with United Linux, and Mandrake dropping Netscape from its Linux distribution and replacing it with Mozilla 1.0. Although Mandrake 9.0 will not be fully LSB compliant, Mandrake is moving in the direction of full compliance with the LSB. Mandrake will not participate in United Linux. And MandrakeSoft has dropped Netscape from its Mandrake Linux distribution."

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tinyminds.org has posted an interview with Daniel Robbins, founder and Chief Architect of the Gentoo Linux project:

TM: One common complaint from users who are considering using Gentoo is that the install seems too difficult. Are there any plans to create a more streamlined version of the install, or do you plan on staying with the "shell and 14 pages of instructions" approach?

DR: Yes; we have a beta Anaconda installer and a beta live CD installer that uses Debian's "discover" hardware detection code. We also have a developer working on an in-house installer. So expect some nice things in the future

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