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Interview with Mandrake Linux Founder Gael Duval

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the a-bit-of-the-biz dept.

mcleodnine writes "In this interview Gael Duval comments on MandrakeSoft's just released financials. He also comments on his decision to base Mandrake on Red Hat (over Slackware), the timeline for getting out of Chapter 11, the recent UserLinux manifesto and barriers to acceptance for Linux on the desktop."

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  1. Re:Why do you say that. by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I second the grandparent's question. urpmi is an excellent packaging tool, up there with apt-get. It actually resolves conflicts and dependancies. You must be thinking of rpm around 97/98. Things have moved on, you know.

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