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Mandriva Linux 2009 Alpha 2 Released
AdamWill writes "The Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 2, marking the first public pre-release of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2009. This alpha introduces several significant changes, most obviously the inclusion of KDE 4 — 4.1 beta 2, specifically — as the default version of KDE, and the latest development version of GNOME, 2.23.4. The kernel has also been updated to release 2.6.26rc7. Another feature of interest to many users will be the addition of orphan package tracking (and optional automatic removal) to the urpmi package manager. Of course, many applications have been updated (although the default version of Mozilla Firefox is still currently 2.0.x), and most of the distribution has been rebuilt with a new GCC version, 4.3. Mandriva warns that this is a true alpha, likely to contain many bugs related to the new version of KDE. Please install it only in a test environment, and especially do not use it as an upgrade from any earlier Mandriva Linux release."
Would you be dicking around in a windows or mac alpha?
No, you wouldn't.
Instead of just releasing another hosed major version?
Anyone remember back when it was Mandrake and it actually worked?
Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.
How is all of what you hear about Windows 7 news? The fact is that progress of any new version of any OS is news. Do you complain when there is news about an upcoming yet unreaeased Mac OS?
If you made the same comment about a Windows 7 news item you would have been modded flamebait (not by me, mind you; I'd mod it as "overrated").
I'm excited about the progress; I use Mandriva dual boot; of the distros I've tried, it's my favorite. I haven't tried Ubantu yet, but that's only because I've been happy with Mandriva.
Oddly, I'm posting this comment on IE in Windows =(
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
I've been able to put together a better gaming Linux setup on Mandriva than Ubuntu. Mandriva has alot of things Ubuntu doesn't.
A beta version of KDE4? A development version of Gnome, and a RC of the kernel?
At least this is only an alpha.
Which makes me wonder how this got to the front page of /..
Help! I'm a slashdot refugee.
I LOVE PCLinuxOS, but am seriously checking out MDV2008.1 Spring FREE (and, that could be where my problems lie...). However, NONE of the current kernels intercepts the shutdown/suspend buttons on my laptop to do proper/graceful shutdowns. PCLOS (from 2007) does, and my VirtualBox install runs just fine...
I am having a HELLUVA time getting MDV 2008.1 to run my .mdi files as my own user account. I can open another user account, open konsole, su to myself, and THEN run my VirtualBox instance of vista, so, after a few days of head-banging, i've decided i must create a new instance of my user account, copy the .vdi in, and re- chown -R (just in case) my VirtualBox files, and then try again. Failing that, reinstall Vista and all my apps and re-register them. Presumably that is all unnecessary.
Likely, my problems also lie in minor changes tween VirtualBox 1.5.4 and 1.5.6, like in Free there is no set of extensions readily apparent. I had to copy them from my other drive.
But, I am reallllly tempted to plunk down for the Powerpack. In my past experiences with MDK/MDV, the Powerpack tended to resolve in one go all my issues with Free.
Another potential area of my problems is that the install disk that came with Linux Magazine might be damage, or it could be my wonky DVD burner, since the install aborts EVERY SINGLE TIME at the same place, forcing me to copy the entire DVD with auto-skip-on-error of a file copy. After that, I managed to create a local repository from which to install and upgrade in place the Mdv 2008.0 Spring I installed back around February.
Not knocking Mandriva. But one of the best personal reasons for me to avoid Free is I am sick of the crippling of the rotating background, and when I show off Mandriva, I hate having the Free background overriding the settings i made.
Nicely, the 3D Compiz works, tho, humoursly, Metisse DOES NOT, on my laptop. I ran a DVI (Azumi 2 for those interested) in LinDVD (which, now makes me care less and less whether it's Xine or VLC or Kaffeine as long as I can damned watch damned legally-paid for DVDs, and as long as having LinDVD mitigates or obviates the fracking risk of the federales confiscating my laptop for having dvdccs on my machine JUST to watch DVDs I legally paid for.)
Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
Ubuntu lacks good OS and System configuration tools.
All tools what Ubuntu offeres, are mostly from GNOME. Mandriva has own great tools what are used on other distributions too, example a PCLinuxOS. Other great distribution offering good tools is OpenSuse (Suse).
That's why I dont recomend ubuntu for novice user because almost all littlebit advanced configuration needs commandline, sudo this and sudo that and sudo gedit this and that.
If Ubuntu would get MCC/Yast, it would be good distribution for novice, not it's just for those who are happy what ever they get or real experts who knows how to "code" what is needed.
I've been running Mandriva since MDK 7.2, I had a few issues with 8.2 but everything "just works".
Yes I've tried Ubuntu, it's very shiny but I can't get into the guts of the beast; besides I'm better at using Mandriva.
What I really like best is I can use my Power pack (yes I'm a silver member) or I can use Mandriva-mini and, once I"ve set up the repositories, I can type "sudo urpmi mythtv-backend" and it all goes and works.
To me, that's a pretty damn neat trick. That's a lot neater than going down to Best Buy and buying whatever TV tuner they've got and trying to make it work on Vista.