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Brand: Mandriva EAN: 9782847981520 Format: DVD-ROM Label: Mandriva Manufacturer: Mandriva Publisher: Mandriva Studio: Mandriva Features:
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 Rating:  - One of the Best Alternative OSRecently I had the opportunity to try the Mandriva 2008. Just to make sure I wasn't missing out on anything, I went ahead and installed it to the hard drive of a Lenovo Y410 where the Windows OS had gone south. As to the good points: *Installation was a breeze. Put the disk in and tell it to install. Took about 20 minutes total, give or take. *Slick interface. Really nice main page with bright colors and a minimum of fussiness. Very close to a Windows interface. ... Read More Rating:  - Former fanWhen I began using Linux, I was a huge Mandriva fan. Not so, anymore. Since the issues of Mandriva 2007, 2007.1 and 2008, Mandriva has included an increasing number of bugs---lately more than you can shake a stick at. Meanwhile, the company has provided fewer and fewer functionality updates, and has demonstrated less and less concern for individual end users, while soliciting and more and more corporate sales. My latest bugs include a funky Java environment operation, and ... Read More Rating: - Execellent OS, especially for folks new to Linux!I purchased the Mandriva Powerpack 2008 as a birthday gift for my son after trying the Mandriva One 2008 version on my own laptop. The Powerpack comes on a single DVD with about 8,000 applications on it. During installation it automatically detects and installs most hardware that it encounters. Sometimes one has to wrap Windows drivers for certain wireless chips, but most of the time internet access is immediate after you enter your WEP or WAP ESSID and password. This OS has power and ... Read More |
