Mandriva Linux Gets Flashy
Blog I've been using Mandriva's new Linux-distribution-on-a-USB-stick, Mandriva Flash, and most impressive it is too. On a small 2GB USB key, you get a fully portable Linux desktop comprising the Linux Kernel 2.6.17 plus KDE 3.5.4, Mozilla Firefox...
[January 4, 2007, 11:13]
Mandriva Flash review
Reviews To use Mandriva Flash, you simply insert the 2GB Dane-Elec-designed USB stick in a suitable port and reboot the computer. Obviously, you'll get the best performance if you use a fast host PC and plug the Mandriva Flash key into a USB 2.0 port.
[January 5, 2007, 13:53]
More Success With Mandriva
Blog Comment You can get the USB ID by running 'lsusb' as root at a console, or from the Mandriva hardware management tool. It's certainly possible you could get it working with a single auxiliary package in Mandriva (and likely in the other distros too).
[July 12, 2008, 7:35]
A Minor Stumble With Ubuntu
Blog If anyone knows how to get such a USB network connection working, on Ubuntu or Mandriva, I would love to hear about it. I searched for some info on the web, and the Ubuntu and Mandriva Wikis, but I haven't found anything that is reasonably current...
[October 2, 2008, 10:03]
A Week Working With Linux
Blog Comment In Mandriva, I used the following files (Sprint was my service provider): etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 Ubuntu and Mandriva use different configuration files for dialup automation control. My card had a quirk in that I had to remove...
[August 5, 2008, 9:36]
DamnSmallLinux Was First !!!
Member Review Well done to Mandriva for also pushing this forward ! Check them out as they appear to have been first for USB installs. Just think - '3rd world' countries, few laptops/pc's, lots of students, $50 USB stick and available for a full free o/s and...
[January 8, 2007, 8:21]
More Success With Mandriva
Blog Comment I came up to get the USB info, and noticed (again) that Mandriva seems to at least recognize that the SPC900 is a webcam, because it adds an Ekiga icon to the desktop for it when it is plugged in. Hi Adam,
[July 12, 2008, 8:01]
Introducing Linux For Technophobes
News Other Linux distributions such as Mandriva are becoming available purely on USB, but Dawe suggested that BabelDisc's continued use of a CD was "a virus protection feature, in that malware cannot write to the CD by definition, so the user always...
[April 18, 2007, 15:25]
BeCrypt Releases Secure OS On USB Drive
News Mandriva also recently released its Linux distribution on a USB stick, bundled alongside open-source applications such as Firefox and OpenOffice. Boot-time authentication and encryption protect the information held on the USB stick.
[April 17, 2007, 14:52]
Mandriva 2009 Release Available
Blog They also have a very original product, Mandriva Flash, which is the Mandriva Linux system on an 8GB USB key. Mandriva released their 2009.0 version for download yesterday, and although I have had slightly mixed results with it, they continue to...
[October 10, 2008, 8:45]
A Week Working With Linux
Blog Comment Mandriva does actually support quite a few cellular data devices, did you try the simplest way of just running through the Mandriva network config tool and telling it you have a 3G data device (or something like that, I forget the exact wording)?
[August 5, 2008, 9:35]
More Success With Mandriva
Blog I had mixed success, but in the end Mandriva came out clearly on top. It was dead easy on Mandriva, and honestly it looked like what I had imagined it should look like after digging around in Ubuntu long enough to actually figure it out.
[July 11, 2008, 14:28]
Mandriva Linux - Wonderful And Maddening
Blog The next candidate is Mandriva Linux, currently on what they term their "Spring 2008" distribution. The first thing I noticed was an interesting variation in the installation procedure - Mandriva simply boots the Live CD, and once it is up and...
[July 1, 2008, 11:07]
Can Linux Replace Windows - Maybe!
Blog In fact as I said to my brother yesterday evening, a typical Windows XP user could probably switch to Ubuntu or Mandriva Linux more easily today than they can switch to Vista. USB storage devices: USB disks just work, they are recognized...
[July 18, 2008, 14:58]
