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MandrakeMove Bootable Linux CD Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the penguin-and-waddle dept.

joestar writes "MandrakeSoft just announced the release of the MandrakeMove release candidate, a special desktop version of the Mandrake Linux distribution that boots live from the CD and uses a USB key (included in the retail version) to automatically store personal data. It looks a bit like Knoppix, but comes with more features, such as the capability to eject the MandrakeMove CD-ROM during its use, in order to read audio or video files from another CD! The download release candidate is available here."

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  1. Great! by Rudy+Rodarte · · Score: 0, Troll

    At last! Mandrake is my fav. Easy to use and easy to set up. I'll give this one a try for sure.

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  2. Membership and Mandrake? by nolife · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm not a Mandrake users, a quick look of the linked article did not appear to have a torrent and the download links seem to be all be membership based only?

    Is there a licensing issue with "redistribution" of Mandrake ISO's or just a way to encourage support for Mandrake products? I'm not flaming here, just asking what the philosophy behind this is as torrents would seem to be a more logical method of distribution and could reduce a percentage of those costs that require membership fees in the first place.

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  3. Problem with providing USB key capabilities to... by ihummel · · Score: 0, Troll

    retail purchasers exclusively:

    Knoppix lets you store your personal info on a usb key device and it's free. But with MDK, you have not only to pay them money, but buy the retail pack to get this capability. Giving away a feature-crippled version and them selling a non-crippled version is a disturbing step Mandrake is taking, but it is not surprising considering some of the things that they've done recently.