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Mandrake 8.1 Beta1 (Raklet) Released

Posted by timothy on from the sitting-around-the-table-with-skewers dept.

keegnotrub writes: "Mandrake just dumped 8.1 Beta on their servers. Along with updated software (KDE 2.2, kernel 2.4.8, etc) they have reworked their control center to include many new features." Word to the wise: there are some reactions to this beta -- as well as a list of known bugs and fixes -- at mandrakeforum.com. What I'd like to know is if a Wacom Intuos USB tablet will work out-of-the-box on 8.1, since I just bought a refurbed one ;)

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  1. A Windows Desktop Replacement! (Really) by zulux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Once the few bugs get worked out - The whole Mandrake 8.1 sytem is really a Windows desktop replacement. I'm really excited to wipe out a secratary's Windows computer, replace it with Mandrake and watch what happens. My hunch is, after explaining to her that the Start button is now a "K" - and MS.Word is now called KWord, then she will turn to me and say "OK." And proceed to work as if nothing has happened. After a few hours , I bet she'll say :


    "Wow, this new version of Windows sure has a lot of cool card games, Thanks!"

    --

    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.

  2. Re:Buy American, not French by MrRudeDude · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'd like to warn everyone in this thread to watch their backs, there's an Aussie in our midst:

    http://rugby.about.com/library/weekly/aa033101.htm

  3. Re:Big problem: DevFS by BlowCat · · Score: 2, Funny
    I have yet to see a single device that doesn't work
    Three cases of "device that doesn't work":
    1. It works, but the entry in /dev is not created automatically. Example - USB scanner (fixed in -ac).
    2. The entry is created, but doesn't work. Example: MIDI on VIA boards.
    3. The entry is created, is works but then oopses/panics/crashes. Example: IrDA on VIA boards.

    4. But I agree that the initial post was lame and uninformed.

  4. Re:windows xp by reverius · · Score: 2, Funny

    eh, sonny?

    back in the day, Slackware 4.0 was a gateway drug.

    We all saw the brand-spankin' new shiny color install. We all used the spankin'-convenient "menu system".

    Yet somehow, it still trashed every "Gateway 2000" machine that we put it on...

    that's why it's called a gateway drug now.

    Of course them young whippersnappers like Mandrake think they can pull in new users with them shiny Gooeys and what they've them got now...

    [trails off mumbling to self...]