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Mandriva Linux 2010 Is Finally Out

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-it-while-it's-hot dept.

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."

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  1. I think Mandriva is getting a raw deal from us. by TihSon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have been using Mandriva since the days of Mandrake ... 8.1 specifically ... and frankly each time I have tried switching to any other distro I always find myself coming back. Not that the other distros are bad, but I honestly think Mandriva has the hardware detection down cold, and has been routinely better than any others. When the 'buntu showed up I tried switching, and every iteration had a deal breaker. I stopped trying at the LTS edition. Today the only other distro I use is Zenwalk, not some mainstream hotshot like Suse, fedora or Ubuntu.

    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?

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    1. Re:I think Mandriva is getting a raw deal from us. by onefriedrice · · Score: 5, Insightful

      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?

      It's the name. Ubuntu is fun to say. Gentoo is fun to say. Suse and Fedora are fun to say.

      Mandriva is painful to say.

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      This author takes full ownership and responsibility for the unpopular opinions outlined above.
    2. Re:I think Mandriva is getting a raw deal from us. by greatica · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I've used Mandrake/Mandriva a couple of times too. Ironically enough a number of computer science peers jeered at it, calling it "n00b Linux".

      You know, because we should all embrace distributions that are a pain to get working properly.

  2. -Finally- out? by atheistmonk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It isn't even 2010 yet!