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[News] Tour of the Mandrakes: PCLinuxOS 2008, Mandriva, Ulteo

  • Subject: [News] Tour of the Mandrakes: PCLinuxOS 2008, Mandriva, Ulteo
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:33:15 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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First Look at PCLinuxOS 2008 ‘MiniMe’ Edition

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| Overall, this distro really deserves two thumbs way up. It’s well put 
| together, it’s easy to use and ready out-of-the box and I think can pleasure 
| both beginner and experienced users. I recommend to everyone that values high 
| comfort and simplicity in a distribution to give PCLinuxOS a try.   
`----

http://www.linuxlove.org/2008/01/08/first-look-at-pclinuxos-2008-minime-edition/

A glimpse at 43 rue d'Aboukir (the headquarters of Mandriva S.A.)

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| The Ulteo concept certainly looks like an interesting idea, but will it 
| succeed? If it weren't dreamt out by Gaël Duval, I would have my doubts. But 
| this man has a reputation of creating successful solutions; those of you who 
| have been around for a while will remember that in the first few years of the 
| 21st century Mandrake Linux was to other distributions what Ubuntu is to them 
| today - by far the most popular desktop Linux product. Being innovative often 
| means that one has to entered uncharted territories, but this is exactly what 
| Gaël did with Mandrake Linux back in 1998. Ulteo is also a new concept and a 
| new product, but if it's executed as well as Mandrake Linux was a decade ago, 
| it will certainly succeed. Good luck, Gaël!         
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080107#report

Ulteo is actually based on Ubuntu (no RPMs like his older Red Hat derivative).


Related:

PCLinuxOS 2008 MiniME

http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php?linux_distribution_sm=PCLinuxOS%202008%20MiniME


Mandriva 2008.1 Alpha 1 Screenshots

http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php?linux_distribution_sm=Mandriva%202008.1%20Alpha%201


Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Alpha 1 Barlia released

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| Kicking off the 2008 Spring development cycle in earnest, the first alpha is 
| here. This alpha features X.org 7.3, KDE 3.5.8, KDE 4.0 RC2 (in /contrib), 
| GNOME 2.21, kernel 2.6.24, OpenOffice.org 2.3, new NVIDIA and ATI proprietary 
| drivers, PulseAudio by default and more.   
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http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/20081Alpha1


Mandriva Flash 2008: Bigger and better

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| While several other distros are designed specifically to run off external USB 
| drives, Mandriva Flash still offers a good alternative worth paying for. 
| First of all, you don't have to get your hands dirty installing a Linux 
| distro on a USB stick and spend time configuring it. Unlike other distros, 
| Mandriva Flash offers a full-featured desktop with all the frills and fancy  
| trimmings, including 3-D desktop effects.    
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http://www.linux.com/feature/122980


New 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB Released today

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| Mandriva today introduced the 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB, the newest member of 
| the Mandriva Flash family that lets you take your entire desktop with you 
| wherever you go. 2008 Mandriva Flash includes a new functionnality: ezBoot 
| which reboots under Linux without going through BIOS settings, and the double 
| utilization of Windows and Linux system.    
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http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/new-2008-mandriva-flash-4gb-released-today


A Taste Of Mandriva

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| Mandriva is truly an elite Linux distribution and this 2008 version further 
| strengthened its excellent status. To those who haven’t tried Mandriva, I 
| encourage you to have a taste.  
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http://junauza.blogspot.com/2007/12/taste-of-mandriva.html


[Mandriva CEO:] An open letter to Steve Ballmer

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| Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their
| mind like this? It’s pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone.
| How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my
| place, they give it various names, I’m sure you know them.  
|
| Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning?
|
| Of course, I will keep fighting this one and the next one, and the next one.
| You have the money, the power, and maybe we have a different sense of ethics
| you and I, but I believe that hard work, good technology and ethics can win
| too.  
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http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/


Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD

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| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they 
| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was 
| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with “marketing help” 
| to get them to choose Windows.   
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS


Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft

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| "We are sticking with that platform," said the official, who would not give
| his name.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124
http://tinyurl.com/27ycq9

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