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Mandriva Linux - Wonderful and Maddening
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| Mandriva seemed to do an excellent job of identifying and loading drivers for
| the hardware in my Lifebook S2110 (AMD Turion 64) laptop. It got the ATI
| Radeon 200M video and the Atheros Wireless right (although I haven't had a
| chance to test the wireless setup yet), it handled the Logitech Alto USB hub
| with no problem, and it even recognized and configured the Logitech V-20
| speakers that are connected to the Alto. Of course it got the Alto cordless
| keyboard right, and the Logitech VX Nano mouse, also connected to the Alto.
| In fact, I only saw two odd things with the hardware. First, I can't for the
| life of me figure out how to disable "tapping" on the built-in Alps Touchpad,
| and I need to do that because it drives me crazy. Second, it listed the
| integrated AC'97 modem under "Unknown" devices, but it seems to have loaded a
| driver for it. I haven't tested it yet to make sure that it is actually
| working.
|
| Overall, my first impression of Mandriva Linux is very positive. It looks
| good, installs easily, and seems to work quite well. I will continue testing
| it, and eventually I will try installing it on my main laptop (Lifebook
| S6510) to see how it comes up there.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008593o-2000498448b,00.htm
Downloading it at the moment... for the new PC that I got this afternoon. Plan
is to dual/triple-boot some Linuxes. Some 64-bit and some 32-bit because it's
an Athlon...
Recent:
Looking for a nice KDE distribution? Try Mandriva 2008 Spring
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| I remembered I had used Mandriva years ago. I downloaded the free edition of
| Mandriva 2008 Spring and burnt it to a DVD.
|
| I ran the LiveCD and I must say I was impressed.
|
| Mandriva 2008 Spring is:
|
| * fast
| * very aethetically pleasant
| * fonts are rendered correctly
| * Compiz Fusion works at once (with NVidia card detected correctly)!
| * software choice is great
| * all hardware detected properly
| * Mandriva definitely feels fast
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http://www.siberian.ws/linux/looking-for-a-nice-kde-distribution-try-mandriva-2008-spring/
Mandriva's Linux on a stick will wow all the ladies this Summer
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| Mandriva also includes its Control Center app which makes fiddling with
| settings and administering you machine much easier than the default KDE
| panels. Another nice touch is that the default Firefox page leads to a
| collection of resources and links for optimizing Mandriva.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/20/mandriva_spring_flash/
Related:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
|
| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
[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
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