-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:13 PM, David Kaplan <dave...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems that nobody here uses Mandriva. The new version 2010 is quite > nice. > It's equal to Ubuntu, which I use as well. > > Give it a try... http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05749 > > The KDE version is the best I've seen. And I'm a Gnome user overall. > > Dave I've used Mandriva almost exclusively for years, after trying an early Red Hat, with occasional trials of SuSE, Ubuntu, even Gentoo (briefly). The Free version is complete, including even non-free graphics drivers. It's gotten steadily, incrementally better over the years. I am running 2009.1 on this desktop but have 2010.0 on two small backup hard drives, both the Gnome and KDE versions. I'm still testing but will choose one. Mandriva has a more sophisticated installation procedure than Ubuntu, I believe, and the system administration functions are more comprehensive as well. It's always been user friendly, but this release is very solid. The software package manager is as good or better than Ubuntu's Synaptic in my opinion. There is a full set of good hardware configuration tools, network tools, system administration tools, local disk partitioning and sharing, firewall and security administration, monitoring and auditing, and boot management. Mandriva keeps adding, refining these capabilities. Robert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkr5HRoACgkQ+qYMIUkNJCxFEwCdHdq4Wa1fxMhPfMTJI4ix9f9V 7sMAn1OqvVT4AWFeKW5LFhZ0kWe1QoG+ =9sQ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
