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Another Day Another Distro – Part 3 – Mandriva One 2008

After a slight delay here is the third instalment of my Linux tour. On Wednesday of this week I wiped openSUSE off my machine and decided to try Mand read more »
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Upgrading to Mandriva Linux 2008.0 is a pain!

So I finally decided to upgrade my Mandriva Linux 2007.1 installation to the new 2008.0 release. I expected the upgrade to be quick and painless, but it was the opposite.

So I decided to do a fresh install instead of a 7 hours-long non-working up read more »
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Running FreeNX using a Mandriva 2008 Server

NoMachine NX is a Terminal Server and remote access solution based on a comprising set of enterprise class open source technologies. NX makes it possible to run any graphical application on any operating system across any network connection at incre read more »
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Interview with Mandriva CEO, François Bancilhon

I had the opportunity to speak Monday afternoon with the CEO of Mandriva, François Bancilhon. Recently, a deal with the Nigerian government to use and install Mandriva Linux on 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs was derailed when the government decided to o read more »
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An ultralight Mandriva: Concept screenshots

Extreme Coder has offered up a couple of concept screenshots of the ultralight Mandriva. It looks clean and sharp, although I believe the default theme and appearance will probably change before it hits the streets.

I know PCManFM and Kazehakase read more »
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Mandriva 2008 VS Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

For those of you that follow my blog, you must have noticed that I’m a Mandriva user. Recently though, I took an interest in Ubuntu: I installed version 7.04 on a laptop, and it did look interesting, enough to make me doubt my commitment to Mandriva read more »
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Mandriva 2008 Powerpack

Mandriva 2008 Powerpack is the commercial Linux offering from Mandriva.Com. They also provide a free version of their software called Mandriva 2008 Free. Today I am going to look at their commercial product that can be purchased here. Mandriva 2008 read more »
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Mandriva Linux 2008 - the worst/best release

Mandriva is well known for its simplicity, ease of use, responsiveness and stability. The 2008 edition was adverized as having all those features and more. A little delay with the release was explained by the need to “polish” the system and correct read more »
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Minor grumbles with Mandriva 2008 and its GNOME 2.20

I reinstalled Mandriva 2008 on my Acer TravelMate 5310 to check a few issues in comparison with a RHEL5 clone (X/OS 5.0) and with Fedora 8.

To my surprise, I discovered that under no distro can the correct writing speed of my LG DVD burner GSA-T2 read more »
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Mandriva will not pay Microsoft

Mandriva recently refused to pay Microsoft money in exchange for patent protection. Microsoft claims they own patents that Linux infringes on and is trying to get many Linux companies to pay them for protection. They have succeeded in some cases, bu read more »
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