Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 07, 2005 03:23 AM
True, though you can download and install that stuff yourself in the download edition. The difference in the boxed set is that all those things are nicely packaged and integrated whereas they are not for the free download. This is no different for any other distro. Proprietary binaries like Java and Flash cannot be distributed freely. For newbies, a boxed distro with manuals is the way to go for any distro, not just Mandriva.
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Re:Good for newbies and sysadmins
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 07, 2005 03:23 AM#