Posted by: Administrator
on November 07, 2005 08:21 AM
I've used Mandrake/Mandriva ever since version 7.2. I've been through some pain with some of the releases (and extremely irritated with Mandrake/Mandriva at various times). Some releases incorporated so much new cutting edge software, that they were just simply not tested sufficiently before release. Others versions were as smooth as silk. I've used Mandriva as a Desktop OS, and as a Server (at the high school where I teach).
Suffice to say that the Mandriva user community has always been a major factor in my staying with Mandriva, and the poster of "Good for newbies and sysadmins" is right about the Mandriva User Community.
It is a versatile Distro, with a large number of custom Kernels that suit a vast number of architectures.
It is easy to plumb the depths of Linux with Mandriva--if you dig into the manuals that come with a boxed set, you will find a great deal of information about running and using Linux.
Insofar as fine-grained security goes, Bruce should go into MCC (the Mandrake Control Center), and set the "Expert Mode" through the "Options Menu". Then he should select "Security". He'll find some very fine-grained setting options in expert mode.
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Re:Good for newbies and sysadmins
Posted by: Administrator on November 07, 2005 08:21 AMSuffice to say that the Mandriva user community has always been a major factor in my staying with Mandriva, and the poster of "Good for newbies and sysadmins" is right about the Mandriva User Community.
It is a versatile Distro, with a large number of custom Kernels that suit a vast number of architectures.
It is easy to plumb the depths of Linux with Mandriva--if you dig into the manuals that come with a boxed set, you will find a great deal of information about running and using Linux.
Insofar as fine-grained security goes, Bruce should go into MCC (the Mandrake Control Center), and set the "Expert Mode" through the "Options Menu". Then he should select "Security". He'll find some very fine-grained setting options in expert mode.
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