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MandrakeMove 2 And Mandrakesoft Profit Reports
Mad_Rain writes "Two new developments in the Mandrake Linux camp: For the beta-testers and live-cd crowd, MandrakeMove 2 (which is based on Mandrake 10) is undergoing beta testing. 2.6 Kernel anyone? Financially, Mandrake seems to be improving, as they cite a report from EuroLand Finance about how they compete with Red Hat or SUSE, at least in the marketplace (as opposed to on the desktop)."
I've been waiting for a new Mandrake Move to show off to those who haven't converted to Linux yet. I've found that a lot of people have been amazed by demonstrations of Mandrake Move. (particularly Tux racer - but thats another story!)
Actually, Knoppix will. I don't remember the exact details, but you need to do it from the command line. If that scares you, use linux a little more and it won't. Personally, I had trouble getting Mandrake Move 1 to work, but I'll try out two. Knoppix does do a good job with the USB drives if you look it up though. Give it a try some time.
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Just curious, but what website do you use that Konqueror doesn't work at all with that would require you downloading firefox in knoppix every time? I have been using Konqueror for my main browser for quite a long time without any problems. It certainly handles things just fine especially for instances when you are doing quick knoppix booting...
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P.S. Oh and it can save to a USB keychain.
Do you changes clothes while making the "chee-chee-cha-cha-choh" transformation sound?
I was wondering, I've used Azureus on a HD with ReiserFS, and ANY files I download with it can only be read at 3-4megs/second max, other files on that same HD can be read at 30-40megs/sec... I stopped using Azureus for this reason, and I only use BitTornado. I thought Azureus was a nice app, but I just couldn't stand this issue. I didn't even know that ReiserFS could be fragmented. What could Azureus be doing, and also, does anyone else experience this?
Let me see...
.xls files, NO! MDK 10 will.. Will XP Pro block popups out of the box... NO! How about photoshop files? Not without help...
I D/Led Mandrake 10 the DAY it came out, yes I spent $60 for a year of MDKClub...
For my $60 I got a copy for me, which is running now (a bit buggy imo), a copy for my son, 2 friends, and about 15 copies for other people...
And I BET that my free copy will do much more than XP Pro will do (out of the box).... Will XP Pro open
Why doesn't M$ supply such software for free?
Greed...
MarkP
I am very impressed with Mandrake 10 Official. I will not engage in the my distro is better than yours game. Use whatever you want. No distribution is perfect. Do realize that your judgment might be clouded by which distribution you learned linux on.
:)
All I have to say is that Mandrake makes a very secure server and a very easy to use desktop and they do so with a GNU smile on their face.
I will make however a few historical comments:
*Have you tried rpmdrake and used it to create Raid Arrays or LVM volumes? Look up how many years they have had such a tool and compare it to other distributions.
*Research which distro first used CUPs and made it easy to use multi-function devices in Linux?
*Research which distribution has a zeroconf/Rendevous in it for a while
*Have you tried their server wizards, which they have had for years?
*Research urpmi when you get a chance. It is a good as Debian's apt, which is the installer by which all other ought to be measured. And even though apt-for-rpm is now available, it isn't as good as either of the above, not to mention that these have yet to be formally embraced in an officially shipping product by either Novell or Red Hat.
If you can afford to send Mandrake a few bucks, do so.We need more companies like Mandrake around. If anything, it will keep both Red Hat and Suse honest.
Ps: Oh.oh.. That Stallmanite reference will drive all of the anti-RMS cloud out of the closet
Pragmatism as an ideology is not particularly pragmatic in the long term. Keep it in mind when you dismiss Free Software