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Mandrake Linux... Not Dead Yet?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-download dept.

bloodeu writes "Mandrake Linux has been beaten down by linux experts alike, but this new release of Mandrake may hold many promising Linux users what they have been waiting for, like NTFS resizing(which is a first), Automatic Network config(zeroconf), Supermount, and many more. You can download the Mandrake 9.1 RC1 Here"

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  1. I'm not dead yet! by bryanp · · Score: 5, Funny

    The obligatory Monty Python reference. I'll go sit quietly now.

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  2. Their trying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Trying to out live apple

  3. Mandrake, OS, dead at 6 by stud9920 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Operating system distro Mandrake was found dead in it's Paris siege this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss it - even if you didn't enjoy their work, there's no denying their contributions to the free software movement. Truly a French icon.

    1. Re:Mandrake, OS, dead at 6 by iomud · · Score: 4, Funny

      You've got it all wrong, mandrake didn't die it surrendered to the axis of evil. So long Mandrake we barely gnu ye.

  4. I thought.... by A_Non_Moose · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mandrake was a French distro....so it will never die.

    Surrender, yes, but die? Never (pronounced: Nev'air!)

    {SEG}

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  5. Re:the french connection by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mandrake is the ONLY good thing ever to come from France.
    I assume from this statement that you don't drink wine, and don't eat at all.

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  6. Does it include... by rampant+mac · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...but this new release of Mandrake may hold many promising Linux users...

    Distributions keep getting larger and larger, but now they come with promising Linux users? Wow! What will they think of next?

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  7. Re:Good for Mandrake by 1nv4d3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    Be careful, 4.21, being an odd-numbered release, is primarily for developers and advanced users.

    Ballsy move by Mandrake, since they're known as a beginner's distro.

    I'm waiting for 4.22 before I use it in production.

  8. Can't wait by MicroBerto · · Score: 3, Funny
    I can't wait for 9.1 - The installation will really clean up my system. After each release, I start installing rebuilding development cooker rpms, and by this time, my system is in such a state of terror that I haven't been able to compile a program for like 4 months :)

    But with a new release, I'll get everything on the same page... and then repeat the process until 9.2!

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  9. Re:the french connection by HomerJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Colin Powell had a class for slow learners at the UN ... fast forward a couple of months, tune in CNN, and see what sort of threats were uncovered by advancing American Armed Forces as they look for weapons of mass destruction. Today's keyword: "Tip of the Iceberg".

    It's true. Powell's sattellite photos proved the Iraqis had a forklift AND two trucks. If they get a bulldozer they'll have Bob the Builder.

    Yes, but they can combine and form Devastator.

  10. Re:Mandrake rocks. by dolson · · Score: 3, Funny

    it's easy, just do blah, blah

  11. Happiness.. by _marshall · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is knowing you downloaded The 3 ISOs before it was posted on slashdot.

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