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I'm using Linux on my home PC right now
Talkback I can install anything in Mandriva's repository without having to touch the command line. Mandriva is constantly monitoring my installed software against the repositories for available updates, as do Ubuntu, or Red Hat, SuSE and so on.
[November 30, 2009, 17:26]
Two New Linux Beta Distributions
Blog Although this distribution is derived from Mandriva, they don't attempt to track Mandriva's 6-month release schedule. They have made a few improvements in the installer, the result of which is that installation is even easier and faster than it is...
[December 12, 2008, 9:37]
Linux and Laptop Screen Resolutions
Blog Comment I followed the instructions in the article you referenced, and I now have the same side-by-side display setup on Mandriva. I will say again, Mandriva 2009 is a very impressive release.jw 14/10/2008 Hi Adam, and thanks for reading and commenting, as...
[October 14, 2008, 10:38]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix "Acid Test" - Wrap-Up
Blog Comment I'm not surprised that Mandriva worked, it is a very good distribution in its own right. I think a Mandriva Netbook Remix would be a great idea! Hmmm. That's odd, Ator. Any indication of why the wireless network didn't come up?
[July 10, 2009, 20:38]
Two New Linux Beta Distributions
Blog Comment Seriously, the problem has S2110 (ATI) problem has appeared with the Mandriva 2009.0 distribution, the 2008 distributions installed just fine - and I suspect that is why PCLinuxOS still installs smoothly on it, because it doesn't look to me as if...
[December 18, 2008, 7:15]
Karmic Koala Krashes
Blog Comment As I mentioned to Ator yesterday, based on my experiences so far installing Ubuntu 9.10 and Mandriva 2010.0, if I had to choose only one I would almost certainly choose Mandriva. I think you may be exactly right about what has been damaged the...
[November 16, 2009, 7:39]
Traveling Success with Linux
Blog During this trip I have tried Ubuntu, Kubuntu (Ubuntu with the KDE desktop), and Mandriva, and all three have performed extremely well. That much I was able to test before leaving, and confirmed that both Ubuntu and Mandriva suspend/resume just fine.
[July 28, 2008, 9:38]
The Range of Linux Distributions
Blog Comment I have found at least the last two releases of Ubuntu to be significantly easier to install than either Mandriva or openSuSE. One time I made a mistake, and started installing Mandriva Free rather than Mandriva One.
[December 16, 2008, 7:37]
Ubuntu 8.10 and OpenOffice.org 3.0
Blog This is a sort of interesting role-reversal with Mandriva, who have typically been the more conservative about including new software in their releases, but they have OpenOffice 3.0.0 in their Mandriva 2009.0 release.
[November 7, 2008, 8:07]
$100 laptop project is 'fundamentally flawed'
Talkback Since when is Linux not tested, the following provide fully tested Desktops: SUSE , Xandros, Redhat, Ubuntu, Linspire, Mandriva and Gentoo.in addition to the £39 per computer, you will be required to pay all of the related shipping and insurance...
[June 27, 2006, 16:34]
OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Candidate 4 (RC4) Available
Blog I have been using OOo 2.4.1 on my Linux systems, because that is what comes bundled with Ubuntu 8.04 and Mandriva 2008, and 3.0 on Vista because I had to install it myself anyway, and it has gotten to the point where I notice the difference right...
[October 12, 2008, 18:03]
PCLinuxOS 2009.1 Released
Blog It is derived from Mandriva Linux, so it has a good heritage, but it also has a lot of significant improvements. Although it uses the same installation process as Mandriva, for example, the number of questions has been reduced, and equally...
[March 13, 2009, 13:45]
A Week Working With Linux
Blog Comment The driver for various Sierra Wireless cards is included in Mandriva (and Ubuntu, and most other current Linux distributions, apparently). However, when I go to Mandriva Network & Internet Configuration, and choose "GPRS/EDGE/3G", it says "No...
[August 5, 2008, 17:39]
In Praise of Gparted
Blog Of course you can't alter the partition you are booted from (or any other mounted partition for that matter), so I booted my nice new Mandriva 2009.1 partition - it understands ext4 file systems, so I should be able to do what I want from there.
[May 1, 2009, 16:03]
Good Things on the Way
Blog Mandriva Linux 2010: Due on 3 November, one week after Ubuntu. Once again, I have had Mandriva One 2010 running on most of my systems at least since the Beta release, and it looks very good.openSuSE 11.2: Due just over a week after Mandriva 2010...
[October 22, 2009, 13:13]
Various Thoughts and Experiences with Linux
Blog Mandriva - Gnome. Since the new release of Mandriva (2009.0) and Ubuntu (8.10), and the upcoming releases of Debian (lenny), Fedora (10) and MEPIS (8.0), I've been loading (or trying to load) each of these on each of the laptops, with varying...
[November 13, 2008, 13:38]
French military opts for Linux cluster
News A number of other ministries have already implemented open source, including the Ministry of Equipment, which is replacing 1,500 Windows servers with Mandriva Linux and the French Agriculture and Fishing Ministry, which is migrating Windows...
[September 29, 2005, 16:20]
HP "Entertainment PC" Revisited
Blog All of them worked with one or more of Ubuntu, Mandriva, openSuSE, Fedora and other distributions - and most often with all of them. So don't expect to load Ubuntu 9.04 or Mandriva 2009.1, for example, and have everything "just work" as it usually...
[September 29, 2009, 14:27]
Another Look at openSolaris
Blog As with the previous release, openSolaris still demands its own Primary partition for installation, so I installed it in place of Mandriva, which I will later reinstall in the extended partition.openSolaris still doesn't seem to understand...
[August 7, 2009, 15:25]
A Minor Stumble with Ubuntu
Blog I searched for some info on the web, and the Ubuntu and Mandriva Wikis, but I haven't found anything that is reasonably current, and does not require kernel modifications and special driver hacks, which I am not willing to risk on a machine that I...
[October 2, 2008, 10:03]
