Mandrake Releases 8.2 Beta

joestar writes: "As seen at Mandrake's website, Mandrake Linux 8.2 Beta seems to be available for download at different places. The new features include the ability to install a Mandrake as small as 65Mb on the HD, and encrypted file-system support. I guess it's the good time to report all bugs we don't want to see in the final version. Very promising release, worth a look at!"

Comments

comments on what I saw.

[garcia]

* rfbdrake lets you easily perform a remote control of an X session. Helping your friends get started with linux has never been easier.

The fact that it really looks like XP frightens me. The fact that it notes that you can help your friends setup Linux from remotely also frightens me.

While this may not come as a default setting (as it best not) what happens if someone who is not all that saavy (isn't that what Mandrake is designed for?) turns it on and next thing you know we have some large security issues.

I like the fact that it has the option to install it minimally only taking up 65mb but you would lose all the fancy dancy shit wouldn't you? Isn't that what Mandrake is? All the bells and whistles?

It comes w/2.4.17, XFree 4.2 (which is very nice), and some other excellent utils.

Sounds nice.

65 megs

[Ed Avis]

Who would have thought that *Mandrake* would be the distribution to slim down to such an impressive size? Up to now I've run Slackware on small boxes because it was the only thing I could fit into 60 or 120 megabytes. But I'll consider switching to Mandrake - it should be possible to get a system with X and ssh in under a hundred megabytes.

All I need to do is recompile the whole distribution without Pentium opcodes :-(.

Re:KDE 3.0?

[FPhlyer]

I think when Mandrake includes KDE 3.0, they will jump the version number up to Mandrake 9.0, much the way the release of KDE 2.0 signified the jump from the MDK 7.0 series to the 8.0 series.

Remember, Mandrake was originally known as being "RedHat with KDE added." I think that Mandrake will continue the trend of linking it's release numbers to KDE releases.

I think that providing a Mandrake 8.2 without KDE 3.0 is a good move for Mandrake. This allows them to produce a fully mature 8.X release that will be (hopefully) free of the majority of the bugs found in 8.0 and 8.1

Once mandrake releases 9.0 with KDE 3.0, I'm sure the bug cycle will be back up.

Re:How do I respond to this?

[LinSux]

Oooh, Ahhh, Linux is that shiznitz.

NOT! It's a third-rate tinkertoy operating system. It may be good for that sever in your coat closet, but It's useless as a desktop OS. Windows already has a huge userbase and lots of well-written (not shoddy, half-completed open-source crapola that linux) useful and productive applications. But, the zealots are blind. They have closed minds and would never believe it, for MS is the Evil Empire (tm) Watch this post go down in flames HAH!