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____/ Richard Rasker on Tuesday 23 September 2008 09:31 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>> I'm in the "big city" until tomorrow, but live far away so want to
>>> make my decision quickly while CD's and handholding are available.
>>
>> Give Mandriva 2008.1 a try. I'm very pleased with it and, based on my own
>> experience, it's better than Ubuntu (of which I've used many versions of
^^
over
>> the years, including the first).
>>
>> Mandriva is RPM-based, just like Red Hat that you've already used. The
>> repository is similar to that of Debian/Ubuntu, so there's nothing but
>> messing about with tickboxes to manage software. There's so sudo and the
^^no
>> command line is obsolete.
>
> I second that. I've been using Mandriva for several years now; it's a
> pleasure to work with, and offers great hardware support. And indeed none
> of my ordinary users have ever had to use the command line (although I use
> it on a daily basis myself).
Same here. What's interesting is that Mandriva hides it. To get a root shell,
you must go through "configure your computer" (I just escape to tty1 because
it's quicker).
> Make sure of the following things though:
>
> - Get the full DVD version if possible; the Live CD version (Mandriva One)
> appears to have a few rough edges.
Anything specific? I used the Live CD. It also detected and enabled my graphics
card out of the box (same with the rest of the hardware). Flash was included
out of the box, which made me wonder about GPL compliance... :-S
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