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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!)
I've never used MandrakeMove so I don't know how it's done but I know that you can store your /home partition(which is where your setting are kept well most of them anyway) on a USB keychain with Knoppix.
The link in the parent wasn't too clear on what MandrakeMove actually was, so here is a different link about it that describes what it is a little better (the original link is to the download page).
I was in the park the other day wondering why frisbees get bigger and bigger the closer they get - and then it hit me.
Knoppix will store your config info on a USB drive, a hard drive, a zip drive, etc... and all from a GUI.
It's nice that Mandrake will as well, but Knoppix has been doing this for a while.
Agile Artisans
I have been trying to download Mandrake 10.0 for everyone, and it keeps dying at 98%.
Well you dont need to download a copy for me, I already have one so that should get you to about 98.00000000000001%
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
wheres condescending +1 when you need it?
Don't worry - its just stigmata. Pass me a napkin and don't you dare tell my mother.
If you buy it from Mandrake it's something like $55 and thats the power pack which has some propietary software. My best advice would be to but from almostfreelinux.com, It's $8.95 for 4 CDs with free shipping. I think it's a good way of getting it because it's a reasonable price and it dosen't take too long. I',m not sure about the Live Cd though..
NOT Spam just information
about MandrakeMove is the fact that it can automatically store your personal data on a USB keychain. Not that SuSE Live, Knoppix, etc. cannot, but MdkMove makes it so damned easy to make a *truly* portable personal desktop system.
Kudos, Mandrake, for another great product.
bash: rtfm: command not found
Read more at the press release here.
Mandrake Move creates 2 things on the USB Key. A folder named after the user you created on first boot (AKA: home directory) and a "dotfolder" hidden directory which contains your each computers individual setup. The latter of the two I find quite interesting. It appears that MandrakeMove has some sort of hardware hashing algorithm that allows it to come up with a unique ID for each computer that it is used in. When I use it on my laptop all of the hardware configurations for my laptop are used (resolution, printer, etc...) When I use it at work all of the configurations form my work computer are used. (NVidia drivers and all) I found that to be an outstanding feature that goes above and beyond most bootable distro's use of USB keys. As for the Home directory, it works as one might expect. All desktop and program configurations as well as personal files are stored there. When I play Chromium at work (...shhhh) the last level completed is stored, so when I go home I can start at my last completed level. Mail settings are saved, desktop preferences.... the whole works. It really feels like a full blown desktop moving with you.
Maybe if they improved their website they could actually make some money?
/.ed) but you have to click the button that
I could not find answers to simple questions with a reasonable amount of effort.
Q) What is Mandrake move vs. mandrake 10? I actually had to come back to slashdot to find a link with the answer to this one. It is a
standalone live CD-ROM version of linux.
Q) How much does it cost? I actually had to click on the order link, fill in my state and country,
and sort through a bunch of irrelevent products and I still didn't get an answer. I know how much it costs with a keychain USB flash memory ($70-$330) but I don't know how much it is by itself. Price needs to be listed before you hit the shopping cart.
Q) Free downloads? Well, if you click on downloads it looks like you could probably
download it for free (if the ftp server wasn't
says something to the effect of "I am already a member of the mandrake club or I plan to join real soon now". So you either need to join the club (about $70/year) or promise to join the club before you can download. I don't have the slightest intention of joining their club unless I find the software useful and shouldn't be required to state otherwise. Plus it reminds me of those sleazy subscription cards for magazines: "Yes! I want to subscibe to the worlds greatest basketweaving magazine! Send me one year (12 exciting issues) of basketweaving today for just $17.97. I'll save 62% plus I'll receive the basketweaving 101 book FREE!"