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Mandriva Linux 2010 Is Finally Out
ennael writes "We finally did it. Mandriva Linux 2010 is out and comes with many improvements and innovations. We still go on supporting in the same level of integration GNOME 2.28 and KDE 4.3.2. Support for netbooks is improved as users can now easily test Moblin 2.0 environment. 'Smart desktop' coming from European research is now fully integrated and is the first real working semantic desktop. Mandriva Control Center also brings improvements in tools: a new netprofile management tool, a GUI for Tomoyo security framework, and parental control. A big thanks to our community, who worked hard and made this release possible."
Well somebody told me You had a boyfriend Who looks like a girlfriend That I had in February of last year It's not confidential I've got potential
I used Mandrake for a couple of years before Mandriva lobotomized it.
Mandriva doesn't cost 60 Euro, so please stop the FUD. You can get Mandriva running perfectly fine by using "Mandriva Free 2010", and they have community repos for mp3 etc just like Debian has "debian-multimedia" and Opensuse has packman.
"Ubuntu is an modern day white trash word that means 'I can't fucking read'".
\suseuser
Mandriva is quality free distribution.
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you / Now we are one in everlasting peace
> Am I the only one who cares?
There may be one or two others.
I learned long ago arguing over what Linux disto is best is like arguing about the best beer. Each one is unique and appeals to certain people. You have popular distos like Ubuntu and Red Hat/Fedora. Just like you have your popular beers like Budwiser and Coors. The users of the less popular distros usually look down on the users of the more popular distros. In the same way the drinkers of less popular beers look down on the drinkers of the more popular beers.
As for me, I'm typing this response into Chromium using Gnome that is running on Gentoo with special combination of USE flags that is optimized for my unique usage pattern of pr0n, Slashdot, EVE Online, TV/VCR repair, and database administration.
Also, thinking of beer made me get a Guinness out of the fridge before finishing this post.
I guess I am asking, why is it that such a good, arguably superior, distro seems to have to pull teeth just to get a few scraps of publicity, while some others seem to be living in some sort of reality distortion field?
Maybe it has something to do with the fact it's French.
Mandriva and automakers run on Yearbuzz Saving Time.
It's the OS development way: Linux is one year in front on releases, MS is one year behind.
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"Ubuntu is an modern day white trash word that means 'I can't fucking read'".
That's not what I've heard.
p.s. No, I didn't change my sig to fit the comment.
Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
I'm fed up with Ubuntu users. If it was just your obscenity of a distribution that was a problem, I could cope with simply not using it. That isn't my biggest issue, however. You insist on lying and engaging in denial about everything that is wrong with it, and suppressing complaint about said problems in any way you can. I know how this post is immediately headed for -1, and the reason given doesn't matter at all, does it?
Well fucking said! *applauds* Ubuntu users are the Scientologists of the OSS world.
Mandriva sounds like a terminal skin condition...
"Hey, did you hear about Elaine? She has a bad case of Mandriva. Dr. Kubuntu prescribed her 500 milligrams of Debian, but he is not very optimistic about it"
Difficulty getting new releases out? You mean that the 2010.0 release was two whole days behind schedule? Yeah, that casts a doubt over the entire distro.