Re: Favorite distros
Bill Mullen wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:59:32 -0400, > David Hardy wrote: > >> Serious question: favorite new Linux distro? Which will do media >> and amaze and stun the otherwise Winders crowd at various sites of >> various sizes? Anything from desktop to enterprise level. > > Mandriva 2008.1 Spring PowerPack. I'll stand up and second this. I use it extensively at Just Works. (Shameless plug: http://www.justworksnh.com - come visit and say hi!) > The various Mandriva One 2008.1 live CDs I have a few that I got for an install fest that never got off the ground. I can NOT recommend the Mandriva ONE 2008.1 for the general public. It has too many bugs and I have seen a different one crop up on every system I've installed it on. Most were minor, but big enough that a clueless noob will be frustrated and give up. My recommendation for the Powerpack stands though. It is amazing, robust, slick, and has some outstanding hardware compatibilities built in. I have licenses for sale for 2008.0 if anyone wants. Mention GNHLUG to me (2pm-close) and get a discount. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Favorite distros (was: Re: HP releases AdvFS under GPL-2)
Very interesting; thanks much for the info. I would not have figured this distro, but that's mea culpa because I know zip about it and have no experience with it. (experience has been exclusively Red Hat EL, Fedora and Ubuntu, thus fah, as we say up here.) Also Gnome exclusively, but more than willing to try out KDE. Interesting also about the graphics drivers included, although games are not a priority, either for me personally or some of the organizations thinking about going open sauce here. (the more the merrier!) Thanks also for that link, Bill. Will do due diligence and all that happy hoss pucky ASAP. Old Farmer Dave On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Bill Mullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:59:32 -0400, > David Hardy wrote: > > > Serious question: favorite new Linux distro? Which will do media > > and amaze and stun the otherwise Winders crowd at various sites of > > various sizes? Anything from desktop to enterprise level. > > Mandriva 2008.1 Spring PowerPack. Includes non-free (AIS & AIB) bits > such as ATI & NVidia drivers, Cedega, and Fluendo multimedia codecs. > Provides KDE *and* Gnome *and* XFCE (as well as IceWM, Fluxbox and > several other WMs), so if you prefer one DE over the others, chances > are that it's in there. While Mandr{ake,iva}'s default orientation has > always been KDE, unlike some other distros I've seen they do not IMHO > give short shrift to the other DEs in their implementations of them. > > The 2008.1 Free edition contains only free (AIS&B) packages on the > install media, so no proprietary drivers "out of the box", but the > non-free (AIS, not AIB) bits can be easily added post-install from the > distro's official "non-free" repositories. A good single-page rundown > on all of the 2008.1 versions, the repos, and on what distinguishes > Mandriva from most other distros is the 2008.1 Reviewers Guide: > > http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Reviewers_Guide > > The various Mandriva One 2008.1 live CDs - of which there are several, > because each contains one DE and a subset of the supported languages > available - also provide the ATI & NVidia proprietary drivers, as well > as OOo, Firefox, the GIMP, Java and Flash plugins, and a selection of > apps that is appropriate for that DE (i.e. Kontact on the KDE ones, but > Evolution & Pidgin on the Gnome ones). The main shortcoming of the One > CDs, IMHO, is an almost complete lack of games in the live environment; > this may or may not matter to you, depending on your audience(s). > > Just my $0.02USD ... > > -- > Bill Mullen > RLU #270075 > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Favorite distros (was: Re: HP releases AdvFS under GPL-2)
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:59:32 -0400, David Hardy wrote: > Serious question: favorite new Linux distro? Which will do media > and amaze and stun the otherwise Winders crowd at various sites of > various sizes? Anything from desktop to enterprise level. Mandriva 2008.1 Spring PowerPack. Includes non-free (AIS & AIB) bits such as ATI & NVidia drivers, Cedega, and Fluendo multimedia codecs. Provides KDE *and* Gnome *and* XFCE (as well as IceWM, Fluxbox and several other WMs), so if you prefer one DE over the others, chances are that it's in there. While Mandr{ake,iva}'s default orientation has always been KDE, unlike some other distros I've seen they do not IMHO give short shrift to the other DEs in their implementations of them. The 2008.1 Free edition contains only free (AIS&B) packages on the install media, so no proprietary drivers "out of the box", but the non-free (AIS, not AIB) bits can be easily added post-install from the distro's official "non-free" repositories. A good single-page rundown on all of the 2008.1 versions, the repos, and on what distinguishes Mandriva from most other distros is the 2008.1 Reviewers Guide: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Reviewers_Guide The various Mandriva One 2008.1 live CDs - of which there are several, because each contains one DE and a subset of the supported languages available - also provide the ATI & NVidia proprietary drivers, as well as OOo, Firefox, the GIMP, Java and Flash plugins, and a selection of apps that is appropriate for that DE (i.e. Kontact on the KDE ones, but Evolution & Pidgin on the Gnome ones). The main shortcoming of the One CDs, IMHO, is an almost complete lack of games in the live environment; this may or may not matter to you, depending on your audience(s). Just my $0.02USD ... -- Bill Mullen RLU #270075 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/