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Mandriva Linux: The next generation Distro?

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Linux is becoming more of a frequent word when it comes to choosing an Operating System. Gone are the days when Windows was THE operating system for the average home user. Linux was then considered to be only for technical ppl or for those that could spend hours on end configuring their system. However the waters are shifting. Linux distributions have become better and more user friendly over the years while retaining their characterising stability. To prove this I have just run a completely new installation of Mandriva Linux 2005 limited edition. Mandriva Linux ( formerley known as Mandrake linux) has always been renowed as one of the most user friendly distributions available. Mandriva Linux is available for several architectures (types) of the cpu family. Mainly it is available for PPC (power PC ) which are machines running Motorola based Processors ( these are mainly Mac computers), i586 is for 32-bit processors both from Intel and AMD. These include the Intel Pentium 4 and The AMD athlon. (this is probably the distribution you need to get ) x86-64 is for processors which are 64-bit compatible such as the AMD64 processor.

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Comments (5)

mjjohansen ·
"As all other linux distributions, Mandriva LE2005 is distributed under the GPL" I assume this is not correct? As the distributions sometimes come bundled with proprietary software, it seems strange to put a GPL tag on the entire distro?
tuxchick ·
You are correct. What makes Mandriva (gaaaa hate the name kill it die die die) so desktop-user friendly is it comes with proprietary video and sound drivers, and browser plugins, so everything "just works." And not all F/OSS software is GPL, there are lots of different licenses.
Libervis ·
Actually guys, you're wrong here. I'm not that much of a Mandriva fan, but i know for a fact that Limited Edition (former community edition) is exclusively free software with no proprietary components thrown in at all. I just happen to run that thing on my comp right now (were trying it out and screwed something up with my resident Slackware install:) and on installation it says it's only free software even mentioning that for drivers such as for NVIDIA and ATI graphic cards you'll need the full edition you have to pay for.

But, LE in itself is clean cut Free Software distro.

Thanks Daniel
mjjohansen ·
While this is true of the download version, quote from http://www.mandriva.com/products/limited-edition :

* * * Mandriva Club members' benefits Mandriva Club is the users' club that entitles subscribers to privileged as well as discounted access to Mandriva's products. Limited Edition 2005, including proprietary drivers and commercial applications, is available right now to Mandriva Club menbers through Bittorent and HTTP download. * * *

As for the name, I agree. Create a perfectly good name, market it, get everyone to know it... and make a strange hybrid from a corporate merger.
dinotrac ·
Does that mean that Mandriva's download edition does not come with apache, postgresql, mysql, or firefox?

Not one of them is GPL'd.

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