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Review Mandrake Linux 9.1 Power Pack Edition

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the insert-stupid-grunting-here dept.

An anonymous reader sent us linkage to an overview of the new Mandrake 9.1. Many screenshots, as well as compliments for the latest KDE revision. Worth a glance if you're not already running Debian.

19 of 334 comments (clear)

  1. But... by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not already running Debian, I'm running RedHat... is it still worth my time?!?

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    1. Re:But... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      CmdrTaco needs to be modded -1 flamebait for that one.

  2. hmmm by mschoolbus · · Score: 1, Funny

    Worth a glance if you're not already running Debian.

    What if your running Slack?

    /me ducks

  3. flame bait by j4ck50n · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...Worth a glance if you're not already running Debian"

  4. Typo by joyoflinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    Debian != Mandrake :)

  5. Re:The chilling conclusion (author's rant) by OpCode42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh, and this got a "Troll" moderation.

    This is actually the third page of the review! Goddammit, read the article if you're going to moderate comments on it!

  6. Re:The chilling conclusion (author's rant) by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    Haha, yes.. or even the subject line. Oh well.

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  7. Re:Maybe by principio · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes.
    My mother and father both think that it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. In fact, my father actually installed it on another computer, got it up and running and on the internet.

    If only I can get him to stop putting white-out on the screen...

  8. Mandrake says... by SuperBanana · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm not dead!"

    "Oh, yes you are."

    "I think I'll release another version..."

    "Come on now, you're not fooling anyone"

    "I feel...happy..."

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    1. Re:Mandrake says... by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mean while billy G is passing by .... "Who's he ?" " I dunno , must be a king " "Why do you say that ?" "Coz he aint got shit all over him"

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  9. Not an article by palad1 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Many screenshots, as well as compliments for the latest KDE revision.

    Far too many compliments, far too few explanations.

    So you like your music? As I discovered with 9.0, music sounds much better in Mandrake than in Windows. [bunch of xmms screenshots]
    Sounds like a CNet review to me.

    There's nothing there to see, move along citizen, get back to work, the computer is your friend.

  10. Mi revoow ov ManDrake by jocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello everybody, I don't understand what I am talking about. I bought Mandrake and the frontend was very shiny. The commands were hard to understand. I think Windows XP is better 'cos it is more secure and more reliable. It came in a box wiv a manual.

    Next week I will be revoowing different types of hot oats.

    How the hell did that review make slashdot?

  11. Maaann... by Frederique+Coq-Bloqu · · Score: 4, Funny

    I remember the good old days when Linux was difficult to set up. You've changed maaan!

  12. terrible music by zhrike · · Score: 5, Funny

    Screenshot.

    My god. That's some terrible shit right there.
    It's a snapshot of eighties cheesy metal.

    And what is that Metallica doing there?

    "Two of these things are not like the other...la la la la laaaa."

  13. Re:The chilling conclusion (author's rant) by baywulf · · Score: 5, Funny

    First, can software publishers PLEASE start naming things in a moderately descriptive way? Names like Acrobat, Flash, Quicktime, Excel. Huh? Great programs all, but do you have any idea what they do by their names? Does Acrobat have anything to do with the circus? Does Flash have anything to do with a camera?

  14. Only 2 distros by LittleLebowskiUrbanA · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are only 2 distros in Taco's eyes, I guess. Mandrake and Debian. Oh wait, he runs OSX...

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  15. Re:Mandrake is doing well nowadays... by hoop33 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm warmly recommending Mandrake 9.1 to all my friend . . .

    At first I assumed you'd made a typo and meant "friends," but then I realized this was Slashdot ;-)

  16. Re:The chilling conclusion (author's rant) by ElGuapoGolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    OH, sure, that's easy.

    But what about the less obvious windows programs?

    Like WinAMP? If you didn't know what it was beforehand, the name wouldn't tell you.

    Opera? It's multiplatform, and it's name has nothing to do with web browsing.

    NERO? What's that? A lot of CDRW drives include that as part of their bundle, and not Easy CD Creator. But what does Nero mean?

    I mean, does the name "Internet Explorer" convey a web browser to you?

    If you can honestly say that Windows apps are intuitively named, then you are obviously blinded by zealotry.

    Sad.

  17. Re:yeah, lay off windows by sstory · · Score: 2, Funny

    why would I apply XP patches to a W2K box?