Verily I say unto thee, that BearItAll spake thusly:
> Really? You try and find the free one on mandriva's web site.
>From the front page:
Top line, second link from the right - "downloads".
First heading - "One 2007 Spring", link - "Download Mandriva One".
Whole page of mirrors, I chose:
http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/mandrake/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/2007.1/
Various choices available between i586, x86_64, DVD, Gnome or KDE CD.
> But the news on the main site I use is that Mandriva has come good again,
> great things are expected of the 2008 version apparently because the free
> download version is so good. It will be nice to see Mandriva heading for
> the top 5 again.
I've been a loyal Red Hatter for years, but if I had to switch, I'd
choose Mandriva. Many people swear by their Powerpacks, although as you
say, sometimes their service can be a bit patchy. Their current
"Mandriva One" offering is very, very slick indeed, although I still
have some reservations about their repo management, which I found quite
confusing (ref: trying to get the right kernel source to build VMWare
modules).
Then again, I've been itching to go the Debian route for a long time
too, for both technical and political reasons. The two things which have
held me back are inertia and my unfamiliarity with Deb package building,
which I would want to switch to from RPM maintenance.
What I might do is buy a Dell Ubuntu box (if and when they ever start
selling them in the UK), then pick up my dpkg skills on that first, then
move over to Debian main. I'd prefer a "real" Debian box to a
virtualised client - purely for logistical reasons (I'm rapidly running
out of drive space).
One thing you can absolutely guarantee about Debian, is that they'll
never make a pact with the Beast like Novell, Xandros or Linspire. That
fact alone is enough to make me want to switch to Debian - I'd like that
long-term security. With the Ubuntu's, Mandriva's, and Red Hat's of this
world, you can never be 100% sure, due to their financial dependence
(those who need money, can be corrupted with money).
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K.
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