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Mandrakesoft Releases 10.1 Beta1
Theanswriz42 writes "MandrakeSoft has announced the release of Mandrake Linux 10.1 Beta1 which is available from one of the many mirrors or from bittorrent. xorg is now the standard and there are many other changes from the previous version of Mandrake Linux. Screenshots are available here."
Yay Linux, boo Microsoft.
There, I got half of the comments out of the way.
...even though I prefer SUSE over Mandrake by far.
I always get excited about new releases. Linux's constantly increasing numbers make me feel like things are always getting better, which is usually the case.
By contrast, every new MS release makes me scared about what they're sneaking in this time - activation, DRM, Trusted Computing...
As a user of MS products all the way from MS-DOS to Windows XP, I must say that Mandrake (10.0) greatly impressed me when I loaded it, and it continues to do so. Kudos to MandrakeSoft for making such a great product, and I'm glad that they're making it better all the time. :-)
I look forward to trying out 10.1 beta....
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Ipod mini and 4g ipods, the cool ones with no buttons, dont mount under the new mdk kernel. :-) ive got to boot into knoppix to update songs.
Other than that, mandrake rocks. viva la mandrake.
(its bug 10619 if anyone cares..)
Official GOD FAQ.
Something nice to do over weekend, trying out the new beta on test machine.
The nicest thing about all that? well when it becomes Release 10.1 you just update sources and wait for urpmi to end rpming...
Done this since MDK 8.2, no new CD installs just update. Now MS beat that
To hell with Karma spoilers...
Things in a rear mirror might be behind you
1.urpmi.removemedia -a
2.go to http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and set up sources for the release you want to upgrade to
3.urpmi --auto-select --force
done, but if you want a new kernel
4.urpmi kernel (pick the one you want)
5.reboot
mdk doesnt use Yum, but urpmi.
Just associate 'gurpmi' with the mime type for RPM in your favorite web browser.
still reading?
go URPMI. This is the one reason that I still stick with mandrake over suse. URPMI is great. Add a little plf to the mix, and your all set. I get 95% of what I need via urpmi. # urpmi mplayer # urpmi freevo DONE!!!! updates # urpmi.update -a # urpmi --auto-select Other then the x.org thing, doesn't look any different then my 10 distro. Never been a big fan of apt-get for rpm based disto's. I've had a couple of bad sources that have really screwed up my system. To configure urpmi, I go to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org, select my distro, choose my source/updates and I don't touch my cd's for software again. From what I've heard, SUSE may be going the way of urpmi soon. They've got beta's out there and source directories.
Don't do this!
/usr/lib/foo-bar-0.1.2.so.3", remove the package with offending file. Which package contains offending file? Type "rpm -qf /usr/lib/foo-bar-0.1.2.so.3" and remove the package with "urpme offendingpackage". After completing the upgrade, install new version of package with "urpmi offendingpackage" if needed/
A safer way [Note 1]:
1. Exit graphical environment and go to console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
2. login as root and switch to runlevel 3 (telinit 3)
3. urpmi.removemedia -a
4. go to http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php and set up sources for the release you want to upgrade to
5. urpmi --test urpmi (test if urpmi's upgrade works) [Note 2]
6. urpmi urpmi (if you get no errors in previous step)
7. urpmi --auto --auto-select --test (we want to make sure upgrade will work. If you have non-official rpms, this could cause trouble. Write down offending rpms/files, remove them and try again) [Note 3]
8. urpmi --auto --auto-select
9. urpmi kernel
10. reboot
[Note 1] This could not work if:
* you have used "--force" before to install packages
* you install rpms from untrusted origin
* you install rpms not specific for Mandrake
* you install with "./configure && make && make install" instead of using "./configure && make && checkinstall"
[Note 2]: the --test option is great because:
i. it downloads all needed rpm-packages
ii. it tests the installation and provide quite clear error messages
iii. it does *not* delete downloaded rpm-packages
iv. it does *not* change your current programs.
v. when happy and you do not use "--test", as all the packages are already downloaded, your upgrade takes less time.
[Note 3]: If you get a message like "Packge foobar cannot be installed because it conflicts with file
Peace!
(upgrading Mandrake with urpmi since 8.1)