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How? - simply: it's people like myself, who have identified them as having a proper business model (Mandrake Club subscriptions + a well established support community + very good paid support + products which fit every requirement I had, in time, and within costs (e.g. latest being the 64-bit CPU support among the first distros), who have then - provided the finacial support they needed (as a result of their services, of course)
... and when the US economy got derailed but its leadership, a small migration of my money, from US stocks, into MDKFF stock, came to prove to me, in time, that they also knew and know HOW to make money ;)

one of the sales pitches for the powerpack version is:

"9. Compatibility: run Windows and Mandrake Linux on the same computer."

and a picture of vmware running is shown. i would buy it in a minute if it came with a copy of vmware.

but, *sigh*, it doesn't.

how can they plug this as a benefit if it can't do it, or in this case, for only a limited time?

"HTML encode EVERYTHING the user sends to you."

You can sometimes spot a website coded by somebody with this methodology...

For example mandrakeexpert, where the preview window will display 15 backslashes in front of every single-quote you put in your text.

• Pick an Editor
  My personal favourite is KATE (K Advanced Text Editor). It has PHP highlighting built in (Easier on the eyes), it can have multiple documents open at the same time, and has some advanced features in comparison to WordPad.
• Save it to server directory
  This is located at /var/www/html/
• Pick a browser
  Mandrake comes with several browsers (Start->Networking->WWW) but my personal favourite is Phoenix.
• Test it in the browser Say you saved you PHP script to
  /var/www/html/myscript.php
  then you would be able to access it by typing in the address
  http://localhost/myscript.php
  This should work fine.
• Configuration
  I found the default configuration fine, but I needed to set up users for mysql. To do this I used Webmin, it should be on your Install CD if it isn't installed already. Once you have Webmin installed, in your browser visit:
  https://localhost:10000/
  Log in using your root (Admin) name and password. Then click servers, then click mysql, and there you go. For a frontend to mysql, i would suggest using PHPMyAdmin
• Learning PHP
  For learning PHP, I would suggest buying a book (I used "PHP A Beginners's Guide", published by osborne see here If you just want to use online resources, I personally think PHP's online manual (Just search The PHP Website. I also find PHP Freaks a good site, with lots of tutorials, examples, free scripts and a friendly forum, if you get stuck
• Hopefully that's enough
  If you need more help, feel free to email me. People will also be happy to help you at MandrakeExpert.com and for specific PHP needs, go to the above mentioned PHP Freaks. Hope I was able to help!

Mandrake Expert comes to mind.

http://mandrakeforum.com

This is the general news forum and discussion board for Mandrake, it contains (or will contain, the format just changed) all the announcements and discussions for ALL the Mandrake sites. There are links on the left to the sites you want:

http://www.mandrakeuser.org

This is meant to have all the knowledge base articles for Mandrake. It seems to be down at the moment, but it does have a section on networking from what I remember.

http://mandrakecampus.com

This is the free Linux training site, and it provides instructions on setting up Mandrake for both desktop and server stuff. This does have a section on NFS setup and the like. If neither of these sites fix your specific problem there is:

http://mandrakeexpert.com

This is a combination knowledge base/expert question-answer site. You can post problems and other questions and find an expert to answer them.

If all else fails there are two Mandrake mailing lists available (newbie and expert) and you can try to post your problem as an article to MandrakeForum too.

G'D Luck!

"I'll take the red pill, no, blue. AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH........"

It's awfuly slow. Here's the feature list.

Linux-Mandrake 8.0 provides a completely graphical installation process including "point and click" disk partitioning. Define disk partitions, including Windows partitions, with just a few clicks of the mouse. And, depending on the power of your system, a typical Linux-Mandrake 8.0 installation can be performed in 30 minutes or less. View demo

Automated hardware configuration Linux-Mandrake is widely known as the Linux distribution with the best hardware detection and configuration abilities. Thanks to built-in hardware detection, Linux-Mandrake can detect and automatically configure many of the most recent hardware devices. Kernel 4.0.3 provides enhanced support for USB, Infrared and FireWire devices, as well as better performance with AMD and Cyrix CPUs, support for sound cards based on ESS Solo1, NeoMagic 256AV/256ZX and VIA 82Cxxx chipsets, improved SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) support, and much, much more. View demo

Simplified system maintenance The new user-friendly Mandrake Control Center makes it easy to manage and configure your Mandrake box. View a demo

Linux-Mandrake 8.0 main benefits

">Graphical environments
The famous Linux desktops GNOME 1.4 and KDE 2.1.1 are fully integrated with Linux-Mandrake 8.0. Discover these and many other graphical environment such as WindowMaker, Sawfish, Enlightenment, and six other favorites.

">Installation
DrakX is our famous Open Source graphical installer. DrakX provides built-in hardware detection and two installation modes for the various skill levels of users. Internet and network connections can be configured during installation with full support of ADSL and RNIS technologies. Additionally, nearly 50 different languages are available in DrakX.

">System maintenance
With the new Mandrake Control Center, all tools are now located in one centralized environment. From this one location you can easily perform most system tasks including customizing the video display, setting the system clock, configure network settings, install & remove software, take control of running services, and dozens of other crucial system tasks.

">Kernel
Linux-Mandrake provides the latest Linux kernel 2.4.3. You'll also find two customized kernels "kernel secure" (for servers that need added security) and "kernel enterprise" (for high workloads).

">Graphical interface
Xfree86 4.0.3 is the default graphical server which includes many new features and support for additional video hardware.

">MandrakeUpdate
Mandrake Update lets you easily update your system automatically through the Internet. You'll find MandrakeUpdate a great help for staying current with the latest security releases.

">MandrakeExpert
Direct access from the desktop to MandrakeExpert.com (MandrakeSoft's e-support website) allows you to obtain answers directly from registered "experts". With the purchase of Linux-Mandrake 8.0 you'll receive 30, 60, or 90 days (depending on the product) of MandrakeExpert installation support with 48 hour response time. With Linux-Mandrake 8.0, you benefit from the help of the best Open Source experts in just a few clicks.

">Development tools
Integrated Development environments: Linux-Mandrake includes the latest visual environments KDevelop, QtDesigner and Glade.
Programming languages: Choose from over 10 programming languages including C, C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Fortran, Pascal, etc.
All source code included: Open Source gives you the opportunity to view and modify, debug or add functionalities to software.

Use systems such as MandrakeExpert.com where you can give a note to provider of the service you have bought (here it is online services, but you can imagine all kind of services).

I agree that Mandrake is generally more innovative than Red Hat, and surprinsingly really not less stable, even for server use. I think the reason is that Mandrake, like Debian, has an extremely active and positive community of users and developers. Maybe the slight difference between the Debian community and the Linux-Mandrake is that while Debian relies on users and developpers, Mandrake pushes its community to get involved in various innovative open-source projects. And by the way, they have just released MandrakeExpert.com which is a wonderful way to value this community of users and of the other hand to give it back because each transaction, if not free, can have one part redirected to an open-source project (such as Apache). That's incredible.