On Saturday 07 Jan 2006 18:32, Bill Crompton wrote: > I got Mandriva 2006 from our city lug.is this version of mandriva > free to copy and use even if we dont purchase it through net? > and can i access mandriva online too?
If it is the PowerPack, no, it's not free. I believe the first two disks are the same as in the free, downloadable version, but the other disks contain non-free applications. Having said that, you can use a free version and, with the help of easyurpmi.zarb.org, you can then get just about everything from on-line sources. The only things that are not available one way or another are a few commercial packages - most of which can be got by downloading from the software house sites - and some club packages that are not either on the disks or on the open mirrors. They mostly consist of updates to packages not yet available publicly. Read more about the various versions of Mandriva at http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/en/community/ where you will also find a download link to the free versions. Anne
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