I am in the process of switching from Mandrake (been using for 3 or 4 years) to Suse. Ironically I can get the 64 bit Suse for free via ftp while the Mandrake 64 bit you have to buy or become a Silver member of the club at something like 120 Euros/year.
I am fed up with Mandrake club. I could only ever afford the basic membership which did not give me 3d drivers for my video card yet cost 66 Euros/year. Why the hell should I pay more for the OS than Windows XP would cost? I can buy XP once and Mandrake wants a yearly subscription. I am willing to contribute money toward open software but I don't want to pay more than I would running MSWindows.
I have not completely given up on Mandrake but I am sick of paying for the ability to down load the Community Edition to beta test for the later release of Official. All this has led me to feel that Mandrake is buggy and unstable. Perhaps if I had not been using the early editions of the OS I would not feel that way.
I sure miss urpmi on Suse but there is apt-get that I can bunge in later. There is a shortage of apps for 64 bit and I am waiting for them to be included before fully committing to a switch. Suse does feel stable as a rock and it looks nice too.
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Posted by: WarPengi on February 12, 2005 02:14 AMI am fed up with Mandrake club. I could only ever afford the basic membership which did not give me 3d drivers for my video card yet cost 66 Euros/year. Why the hell should I pay more for the OS than Windows XP would cost? I can buy XP once and Mandrake wants a yearly subscription. I am willing to contribute money toward open software but I don't want to pay more than I would running MSWindows.
I have not completely given up on Mandrake but I am sick of paying for the ability to down load the Community Edition to beta test for the later release of Official. All this has led me to feel that Mandrake is buggy and unstable. Perhaps if I had not been using the early editions of the OS I would not feel that way.
I sure miss urpmi on Suse but there is apt-get that I can bunge in later. There is a shortage of apps for 64 bit and I am waiting for them to be included before fully committing to a switch. Suse does feel stable as a rock and it looks nice too.
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