Mandriva Tailors Linux For Budget PC Market
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| Mandriva says Linux 2008 Spring works out of the box on the Eee PC.
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| Low-cost PCs from Asus, Everex, and other manufacturers are becoming
| increasingly popular as some computers user conclude that mainstream systems
| running the Windows or Macintosh operating systems are overpowered for their
| needs.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207200374
With GBP 100 PCs that are sufficiently strong, who needs anything else?
"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system. And there is a
lot of work being done to improve it in and of itself, particularly to make it
easier to use and easier for people to set up on their personal computers."
--Paul Maritz, senior vice-president, Microsoft
Related:
Mandriva Linux 2008.1 - The Blooming Spring.
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| Mandriva Linux is a predominantly KDE-centric Linux distribution originating
| from France. This desktop-oriented Linux distribution which began its
| production in 1998 owes its popularity to its ease of installation and
| graphical productive draktools. I decided to review Mandriva 2008 Spring (aka
| Mandriva Linux 2008.1) when I got to know that, this new Spring edition has a
| full support for the Asus Eee PC and also improved support for mobile device
| synchronization.
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| [...]
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| In conclusion, there is no doubt that Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is a great
| release. Great artwork! The hardware support for this release has been
| excellent with exception of the support for the two my USB-based TV tuners. I
| hope that Acer notebook users will be very happy with this release as
| Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring also comes with third-party acer_acpi and wmi-acer
| modules. With a very active forum and vast amount of documentation available,
| help is abundant for the users. One of the things which really made a good
| impression on me is the mouse pointer integration support by Mandriva 2008
| Spring, when it is run as a guest operating system on the Virtualbox 1.5.6
| OSE. With such a support, all of the mouse's actions will be directly sent to
| the guest operating system when I hover the mouse over the virtual machine's
| display. Delaying the Mandriva Online applet from checking for updates by a
| few minutes is also a very good move.
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http://linuxseekers.com/index.php/component/content/article/38-mandriva-reviews/58-mandriva-linux-20081
Mandriva Flash 2008 USB Key Review
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| One of the great things about Linux is the ability to not only install it on
| your home desktop computer, but the ability to install it on a USB Key.
| Installing Linux on a USB Key makes it very mobile and today I am pleased to
| review a commercial version of Linux on USB key called Mandriva Flash 2008.
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| [...]
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| Mandriva Flash 2008 Mobile USB Key is a great extra tool to have in your
| Linux toolbox. Fun to use and easy to manage this key is a cut above the
| more open source versions of Linux on USB Key. Support from Mandriva is
| proven and available for all who purchase the key.
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http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10037
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