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Mandrake Linux 10.1 for PPC Released

Posted by pudge on from the ppcpenguin dept.

OctaneZ writes "DistroWatch is reporting the first release of Mandrake 10.1 for PPC, this is the first PPC upgrade from the Mandrake camp since April of 2003. Release 10.1 includes stepping up to kernel 2.6.8, Gnome 2.6, and KDE 3.2.3. Release Notes and Torrent are available."

6 of 23 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Here we go again, by justMichael · · Score: 4, Informative

    Gentoo has a LiveCD or pick a closer mirror.

    I can't vouch for it though, I had their 1.4 LiveCD, but one of the Apple updates broke it and I haven't bothered to try again.

    -- Sex Toys...

  2. Re:Here we go again, by funkdid · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think the issue lies in the way that Macs use a bootstrap, rom etc. Installing Linux on x86 architecture is very different from doing it on a mac.

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    I boycott signatures

  3. Re:DIsappointing... by Stevyn · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mandrake always was a little out of date with desktop environments. Version 10 shipped with KDE 3.2 and it took forever to get an update to even KDE 3.2.1. But I've run KDE 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, and now 3.3. There isn't much different between each of them so I couldn't say it's much of a big deal.

  4. Re:DIsappointing... by arose · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's because the releases are so close together. Gnome 2.8 was released just before Mandrake 10.1 community, there is no way it could be included.

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    Analogies don't equal equalities, they are merely somewhat analogous.
  5. Re:No Mandrake For Me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually that was a kernel 2.6 problem and along with Mandrake, SUSE and FC (and likely quite a few other distributions) suffered that issue.

    It has now been resolved, and there is no need to make the link with Mandrake alone.

    Do a simple websearch and you will find lots of info on how to circumvent this issue and also fix resulting problems.

    BTW I have installed Mdk10.1CE on an XP laptop with 1 large ntfs partition - no problem in resizing (after defragging the drive so that there would be enough space) installing and then dualbooting.

    -- aRTee

  6. Obligatory "no Airport Extreme" post by AvantLegion · · Score: 2, Informative
    Let's get it out of the way now:

    "No Airport Extreme drivers! Waaah!"

    It does suck, though. :(