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Mandrake 9.2 ISOs Available
joestar writes "Since LG has released updated firmwares and a recovery procedure for all so-called ATAPI LG cd-rom drives that were "destroyed" by a feature of Mandrake 9.2, MandrakeSoft has publicly released the set of Mandrake 9.2 ISO images which are now available on a number of FTP mirrors. Mandrake 9.2 is one of the few remaining 100%-OSS major Linux distributions, so considering a MandrakeClub membership or joining Cooker - Mandrake's open development version - is certainly an excellent idea."
Here's the feature list.
Redhat doesn't want my busness anymore, so it looks like a perfect time to try mandrake.
Well.. maybe. Or Maybe not. But Definitely not sort of.
Mandrake 9.2 is one of the few remaining 100%-OSS major Linux distributions.
Whatever happened to Gentoo, Debian, and Fedora? The only major distribution that isn't completely open source is SuSe.
Is there a standard for being a 100% OSS distribution? Who decides that? What other distros are 100% OSS.
I think other distros need to look to Mandrake as the leader it is in making free software easy-to-use. Mandrake's distro isn't perfect, but it has come a long way in helping me to enjoy my Linux use.
:)
Off to join MandrakeClub...
I am concerned about any program, any piece of hardware, any treaty, any law that treats me as a consumer, not a citizen
As a "power-user" I really don't like how Mandrake hides so many settings from me. Like I installed Mandrake on a laptop with a USB Network dongle and I needed for Mandrake to wait until the laptop had loaded the drivers for USB before doing the network settings. I could not figure it out though! No where in the settings could I tell it to wait and tell it when to set up the network. Each bootup I had to go back into the CLI and type in ifdown eth0, ifup eth0 in order to get my network up.
:-)
Its just little things like that, that need to be ironed out of Mandrake and I think it'll be a great OS. As a Windows user, I sort of expect stupid crap like that to work correctly. I love the power *nix OS's give me, but I'd rather not have to deal with these silly configuration issues. I think thats the biggest drawback with Mandrake and all other Desktop *NIX's. When dealing with server software like Apache, PHP, MySQL, Perl, etc... everything seems to work together seamlessly, but in the Desktop... it feels like each piece of software is in a different universe.
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1/2 ping times ????
no more pointer errors ????
Dude, don't hog the bong. Pass it on.
"My plea to anyone who has never tried Linux but is curious is to try Mandrake. It's the most noob friendly distro around."
The funniest thing about this is that so many Linux advocates are too arrogant to admit this, as if Mandrake doesn't heighten their nerd level enough. Mandrake is a great thing. It really is Linux....made..easy! And after you install it and get things running, feel free to rip it apart to suit your needs if you are a 1007 H@X0r.
I agree with you 100%, there is no shame in running Mandrake. First off, it's Linux with no hassle (and I know many of us actually enjoy this hassle, but some of us don't...anymore at least), secondly if you pay for it you are supporting a Linux based company, something most of us don't do enough (not everything can be free nor should it) and lastly, everyone talks about how we need to make Linux more desktop friendly, etc.....hello!!, it's here!
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Gentoo may be great (I actually think saying otherwise is a federal offence), but you can't evade the fact that it pretty much doesn't care about software freedom. It's so easy to install unfree nvidia or ATI drivers (the ebuilds are all integrated), and I think even the install docs hint at how to install them. This complete lack of division between free and unfree is one of the things that seriously drove me to Fedora. I sleep better at nights now. (So what, laugh at me, go on)
"Oppression and harassment is a small price to pay to live in the land of the free." -- Montgomery Burns.
but since we can't see the code, who knows?
And that's the key point. Since we can see mandrakes code, we know for certain that it's not doing anything unreasonable. And so mandrake carries greater credibility than microsoft.
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Well since Fedora Core 1 failed to load, I will happily dump it in favor of Mandrake.
As far as why Fed would not load, it failed to regonize my Kyro video card & onboard Ethernet.
This system was running Mandrake 9.0
Viva Le Mandrake
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Hmmm, where is the Dell, Compaq or HP 64 bit desktop? Oh, that's right, M$ won't be shipping a 64 bit OS until next year. Some call that "freedom to innovate". :D
Where do I want to go today? 64 bit desktop is where I want to go TODAY. SuSe and Mandrake will let me use my Opteron desktop machine now. I can choose from several open source, new technology solutions now, or wait for "innovation" to catch up when it gets around to it. If that's innovation, guess I'll have to settle for freedom and choice.
Okay!
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