qa.mandriva.com — Main changes since Beta 1: Kernel 2.6.17 (based on 2.6.17.8, with ALSA 1.0.12 rc2, i965 support, and new kernel factorization: normal, enterprise and legacy), KDE 3.5.4, GNOME 2.16 beta 2, New 'Ia Ora' Mandriva Theme (for now only included in GNOME), New VPN configuration tool (drakvpn), More applications migrated to XDG menus
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jslenoAug 17, 2006
Mandrake 10 was the first Linux distro I used that made me go "Wow, Linux can really do THAT?"What they need is something, like Ubuntu has with EasyUbuntu or Automatix, that configures online repositories automatically for you. I remember the easyurpmi website, but I don't know if anything has changed with it.I've moved on to the 'Buntus, but Mandrake still has a place in my heart
dragonmantankAug 17, 2006
Same here for me. From there I tried Redhat, because it wasn't much different and seemed cooler. I tried out other distros but never found one that I really liked. It turned out all that it was was a gateway to harder things like Debian. Now I'm addicted to Ubuntu, and the withdrawal symptoms are too bad if I try to stick with anything else, or try to go sober.
mikeroysoftAug 17, 2006
Mandrake was great, and I'm sure alot of us chipped our teeth on it, (I even was a community member, read: I paid for the distro) but when the switchover to Mandriva happened I sopped using it.For the fledgling Linux user nowadays, there's a much simper ride with Ubuntu. Long live the .deb
euanAug 17, 2006
Can it play WOW out of the box?
jrepinAug 17, 2006Submitter
And here are a couple of screenshots of the new theme:<a class="user" href="http://www.linux-wizard.net/index.php?id_blog=82">http://www.linux-wizard.net/index.php?id_blog=82</a>Looks great, can't wait until it also comes into KDE.
fatsobobAug 17, 2006
You ignorant moror, Suse is linux.
glyjAug 22, 2006
there are some features you don't find in every distro:- mandi (interactive firewall)- plug'nplay printer configuration and installation ("on the fly") (only suse do that too)- mandrivaonline (like microsoft update... ) - good hardware detection on laptops (centrino duo - wifi)
glyjAug 22, 2006
and for the packages, they still have <a class="user" href="http://easyurpmi.zarb.org">http://easyurpmi.zarb.org</a>and a new one : smart-urpmi (with the update date of each mirror)<a class="user" href="http://wwwmandrivauser.de/smarturpmi">http://wwwmandrivauser.de/smarturpmi</a>