Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 98.197.157.93]
on October 17, 2008 03:02 AM
With all the hate and discontent starting up there, I wanted to praise Mandriva One! I started using Mandrake at version 7 as a download, then purchased the version 8.0 distro. When they later changed their name I strayed away from Mandrake... thinking it could be a sinking ship. Since then I've educated myself as to why the name was changed and can easily understand.
I've used many other distros (Knoppix, Ubuntu, Mepis) and looked at many others, I really enjoyed using Ubuntu for about 2 weeks solid, when suddenly I realized that it was cumbersome and a chore to be productive. I looked for another distro and SimplyMepis32 caught my eye, I tried it and quickly saw that Ubuntu would never become 'easy' or user friendly to me. I continue to look at the Ubuntu forums from time to time, but usually I close the browser with a chuckle after reading that someone is furious because something else is not working in Ubuntu.
I don't hate any distro, nor do I hate any interface, desktop or WindowManager... that is what Linux is all about isn't it ? Diversity to use whatever you wish ? I loved seeing the pretty gadets or widgets on the KDE4 desktop, I booted the One CD, and within 10 minutes knew it was something I could enjoy using and started the install right away. (Well I was setting up a new system anyways - hurricane Ike survivor - my computers (4) at home all went under several feet of salt water) After making a few changes to the system with the beautiful new Mandriva Control Center, and then installing my favorite WM (Blackbox) I rebooted, went to blackbox and am simply amazed at the stability and awesome performance.
Way to go Mandriva! this One is a keeper!
Adam *grins* take a break I've been seeing your name in all of the forums about M2K9.... good work :D
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 98.197.157.93] on October 17, 2008 03:02 AMI've used many other distros (Knoppix, Ubuntu, Mepis) and looked at many others, I really enjoyed using Ubuntu for about 2 weeks solid, when suddenly I realized that it was cumbersome and a chore to be productive. I looked for another distro and SimplyMepis32 caught my eye, I tried it and quickly saw that Ubuntu would never become 'easy' or user friendly to me. I continue to look at the Ubuntu forums from time to time, but usually I close the browser with a chuckle after reading that someone is furious because something else is not working in Ubuntu.
I don't hate any distro, nor do I hate any interface, desktop or WindowManager... that is what Linux is all about isn't it ? Diversity to use whatever you wish ? I loved seeing the pretty gadets or widgets on the KDE4 desktop, I booted the One CD, and within 10 minutes knew it was something I could enjoy using and started the install right away. (Well I was setting up a new system anyways - hurricane Ike survivor - my computers (4) at home all went under several feet of salt water) After making a few changes to the system with the beautiful new Mandriva Control Center, and then installing my favorite WM (Blackbox) I rebooted, went to blackbox and am simply amazed at the stability and awesome performance.
Way to go Mandriva! this One is a keeper!
Adam *grins* take a break I've been seeing your name in all of the forums about M2K9.... good work :D
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