Mandriva 2009
Last week, Mandriva released the 2009 version, because I'm a mandriva fan, immediately I downloaded the One- KDE ISO, burn it and installed in my old HP laptop ( PIII 1 Ghz , 256 Mb RAM, 20 Gb HD , Wi - fi card). The LiveCD run perfectly, show me the new KDE 4 desktop and made a clean install without problems (many others Linux LiveCD have problems just to boot in old hardware like this). I like to use a different partition for the /home, so my partition table looks like: / 5GB swap - 512 MB / geexbox - 100MB /home - rest Yes, I want to install the GeeXBoX , it's great for watch movies. Some good points are the new design, fast boot, the best hardware detection and many friendly menus to configure all. Remarkable is the improved URPMI , it is fast, now support simultaneous package download and the best part is the --auto-orphans option, this check for unused or broken packages and suggest uninstall , cleaning the systems even the kernel, removing unused drivers or m...
And Mandriva?
ReplyDeleteI don't know, I did not draw the posters. But I imagine a poster with a sexy girl :P
ReplyDeleteI don't think so... :P If is there a OpenSuse poster, the Mandrivas should be under it :P
ReplyDeleteOk, linxe, that's funny but.... I feel this like "shoot-stone-adrazo"...
ReplyDeleteCeyusa: Sure, OpenSuse is sexy too, but better than Mandriva? who knows ...
ReplyDeleteXbit: Do you have any suggestion for Ubuntu?
sexy girl mmm.... with ubuntu guess that is not that easy or I am really dumb :P
ReplyDeleteLD: Don't feel bad, Ceyusa said me time ago: "your first Linux is like your first love, you are in-love until it is not enough."
ReplyDeleteif somebody is going to install linux for the first time, which is the most recommendable? it will be used in bioinformatics issues, (because my brother, I used Mandriva and I loved it, but I know that many people enjoy
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Cesar: every linux has a shell, that's the real important part for bioinformatics.
ReplyDeleteInteresting pictures! I like GNU/Linux Ubuntu.
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