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Mandrake 9.2 RC1
RabidChipmunk writes "Mandrake 9.2RC1 is out. Go get it with bit-torrent and speed up my download. I like the idea that posting to Slashdot could actually speed up a download. It seems so wrong." If you're on a slow pipe, don't underestimate the throughput of the postal system. Mark Walker writes "Mandrake Linux 9.2 RC1 is appearing on mirrors as I type this. We're currently downloading it from Mandrake, for http://www.budgetlinuxcds.com."
Try the Burst! client. It is great.
Changelog is here: http://www3.mandrakelinux.com/en/92beta.php3
Corrections from beta1 include:
- Rpmdrake now functional
- Upgrade from former versions now fully handled
- New windows are now conveniently centered
Urpmi and rpmdrake still complain about missing key. This issue should be fixed in the next beta.
Improvements:
- First version of Netprofile, the new network profiles manager designed for users who connect to multiple networks. Feedback is highly requested for this newly introduced feature.
- Complete rewrite of userdrake (user management) in Gtk2
- New bootsplash (graphical boot) with graphical design not completed
- Improved localization
- New font support for Indian
- Enhanced drakTermServ (terminal server configurator).
New software versions:
- KDE 3.1.3
- GNOME 2.3.5
- Evolution 1.4.4
- Openldap 2.1.22
- kerberos5 1.3
"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with back-up tapes." -Linus
I know he's your Personal Deity, but this is hardly original with him.
I thought that was tannenbaum?
When installing Mandrake, you can carve off a piece of an existing NTFS partition to use.
Link
I guess the "hurtling down the highway" part is where you get the bandwidth. A station wagon full of tapes sitting in the driveway is just storage space.
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The last time I tried linux mandrake was the 8.0 series back when I just got linux. I guess I can't really be off topic since there is _no_ topic. ... It took me a little over 3 days and I got my system back to normal operation. :)
The one thing I did like about mandrake is the usablity. I found it easy and "fun" if you would call it to use. Now I ran it on a 166MMX with 128mb of RAM. Memory wise mandrake wasn't too bad, but CPU wise the system would just sit there almost "frozen" at 100% CPU forever. Then when I installed 9.0 it was so bad I gave up and tried Debian. When I did this I was lost as a motherfuck since Mandrake babyed me so much. I actually had to edit confs and shit
oh , I guess there was no topic and I thought I would put my 2cents in about drake
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The ability to do that is all built-in to the BitTorrent protocol. You just need a client which doesn't suck.
On Windows, I use this. I'm sure you can find equivalent clients for other operating systems with a quick Google search.
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Mandrake develops many GUI administration tools under the DrakXtools. I personally haven't seen anything that matches them in any other distribution except SuSe, but Yast2 isn't free software like all the tools Mandrake has developed (they are under the GNU GPL).
All their documentation is also under the GNU FDL.
And lastly, distributions often contribute directly to projects so when you're paying to Mandrake, you're also paying the salaries of some developers working on the various major free software projects. I don't think Mandrake has any "big" names like Red Hat (Alan Cox) or Conectiva (Marcelo Tosati) for example but they do some important work just like all the other popular distributions.
have you tried any of the live cd distros(most notably knoppix)?
knoppix can work quite well as a 'will linux work on it it' test(though, i could guess there would be situations where it fails while it is still possible to get linux running on it easily, and some features might need some tinkering like tv-out..) but it's so easy to test it doesn't matter all that much, just burn and boot.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
As a casual linux user I like Mandrake. It supports everything on my laptop (including my Sony R505 - IEEE1394 DVD-ROM drive) right out of the box. It is great for anyone who is thinking of moving to Linux but does not know where to start (or have time dealing with compatibility issues that can pop-up). We all know it is bloated, but I don't have the time to work some of the other compatibility challenged distros.
For now I cannot go to linux all the way because of what I do for a living (anyone want to talk to Avid about porting XpressDV to linux), but I love it for all of my "office work" and emailing. I will give RC2 a try, and I support Mandrake as a company. To me they are they closest to "Linux on the Desktop". They support the latest packages and builds along with good hardware support. Last Friday I had over 300 SoBig.F viruses in my inbox before I got a chance to filter it out with my host's email server configurator (hosting service thing). I did not fear downloading them at all. I pop-ed them, then trashed them, while my co-worked was freaking out trying not to get infected... can't beat that with a stick, thanks Linux... Mandrake made this possible for me.
personally, I almost never burn a CD anymore for linux installers.....too much hassle. its much easier to me to create the network install floppy and pick a mirror(now a torrent-based install floppy would be uber-cool) the most complicated thing about this is writing down the server host name and the URL that contains the RPMs. once that's done, you begin the normal install process and you're only downloading exactly what you need in order to get a proper installation. creating the floppy is easy, just download the images/network.img (pcmcia.img for laptops) and use dd (winrawrite for windows) to create the boot floppy this is a very old practice, I know. but I'm mostly writing for those who don't. so conserve plastic/aluminum, bandwidth, and time and use the network install instead
Please keep in my that my ADHD keeps me a little scatter brained and I sometimes can't focus long enough to
Mandrake added native support for dual monitors in their 9.0 series distro. (9.1 if memory serves). Even if you don't use Mandrake Linux, that's a selling point to encourage that 5% of MS Windows home users that have multiple monitors to try Linux. Since these are some of the most techno-literate of MS users, a higher than avarage percent will probably listen - this is a place where Linux can win market share.
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Myth #243
AFAIK you don't end up with a million and one useless daemons starting a la RedHat or Mandrake (yes, they are bad for this.)
Reality
They don't make that much a difference and there aren't that many of them. Of the ones there are you can disable whatever you want simply from the commandline or from a nice gui. What makes distros "slow" is when you try to run Gnome or KDE on a older machine. These daemons only take a few megs and most of the time simply idle.
Red Hat running Blackbox or XFCE is a fast as Gentoo running Blackbox or XFCE. Carve that into your chest with a knife and then show every Gentoo you can find. We need to get the word out...
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Try;
urpmi.update -a
urpmi --auto-select
less is more
It exists out of the box, unlike certain others. Plus they do have nice resizing tools that can do NTFS partitions.
It also makes a decent server and the GUI tools are otpional. I think a minimal install weighs in about 60mb.
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