[PLUG] Mandriva 2010 One

[Fred James]

wes wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net>wrote:
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>> wes wrote:
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>>> I thought they went commercial? Did that change or did I imagine it?
>>>
>>> -wes
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:13 PM, David Kaplan <davek52 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> It seems that nobody here uses Mandriva. The new version 2010 is quite
>>>> nice.
>>>> It's equal to Ubuntu, which I use as well.
>>>>
>>>> Give it a try... http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05749
>>>>
>>>> The KDE version is the best I've seen. And I'm a Gnome user overall.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
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>> Wes
>> They went commercial, but I think you can still get the basic distro as
>> a free download (maybe someone else knows for sure?) - at any rate,
>> their (commercial) download version isn't priced outrageously high and
>> one can then load it on as many boxes as one likes.
>> Regards
>> Fred James
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> So, is there anything their paid version provides that I can't get in Ubuntu
> or elsewise?
>
> -wes
>   
Wes
Pretty splash, nifty startup sound?  No, not really - your mileage may 
vary, but it has been pretty much hassle free for me.  I have tried some 
others including an earlier version of Ubuntu, and I have never found 
one that was as hassle free - but then that really is personal opinion, 
as I said.  Another respondent mentioned a money issue with Mandriva - I 
have never heard of the "$50/month" thing mentioned, but I will say that 
Mandriva's selling site is sometimes a bit difficult to understand and I 
would stay away from subscription schemes (theirs or anyone else's for 
that matter).  But I have never had a problem when just paying the one 
time price (box or download).

Off the subject, but I got into a nasty with O'Reilly Books over an 
online subscription deal - as I said, I would stay away from 
subscription schemes.
Regards
Fred James

PS:  I only replied in the first place because it was suggested that no 
one was using Mandriva - it seems cost may be a major factor in that (as 
in commercial), and I cannot say as I should hold that against anyone in 
opting for something else.  I just meant I use it and like it.  But as 
with any product (commercial or not), there are pluses and minuses, and 
my feel for it is just that, and only that.