Talk:Mandriva

I didn't want to do pro-Debian FUD...I'm a Mandrake user and a Debian user, and I'm not a Linux expert. It's probably easier to see me make pro-Mandrake FUD! :) I just wanted to report there's debate about using Mandrake for a server, for example (there's debate about using Linux or *BSD,for example,about this). Therefore, don' crucifix me. Thanks. Cyclop.

I think Mandrake's okay but somebody needs to mention the 'Community'/Business split, the advertisements in the installation and in the browsers, and the LG CDROM incident (which was the hardware maker's fault, but still Mandrake users got to discover it due to the conjunction with Mandrake patching). I'm not saying Mandrake's bad - I'm just saying that article sounds like Mandrake paid to have it written. But I'm not the one to make those changes. I just tried to make it more readable and less redundant.

Digiot 19:50, Mar 18, 2004 (EST)

Someone must explain me why almost all distro entries *look like plain advertisement*. This is ridicolous at best. I had fun in rewriting the VectorLinux page, for example, that was just (masked) website blurb. I remember the Mandrake page was among the first I browsed and modified in this wiki. And now, almost a year later, is exactly the same advertisement it is. I love mdk, but this is *not* information.

Cyclop Sep 14, 2004

Sheer laziness. There isn't a whole lot to say about individual distros, most of the stuff we contribs know is distro-generic. Thanks for the rewrite Cyclop! Crazyeddie 19:13, Sep 14, 2004 (EDT)

After further thought (mopping floors is good for something!): Also it's too low level. Most linux users beyond the complete noob stage know what the pros and cons of Fedora, Mandrake, Suse, Slackware, and Debian are, so they don't bother reading those articles because they don't need that information. And they don't bother going there and edit because they figure someone has already done it. On the other hand, the articles on other distros than the big 5 aren't maintained too well because hardly anybody uses them. So it's not just laziness. Crazyeddie 01:26, Sep 15, 2004 (EDT)

Yes, most people run Gentoo/Mandrake/Debian/SuSE/Red Hat/Slackware/Knoppix. But I also know of friends that are "distribution-addicts"-they just try any available distribution in this world. If this is statistically relevant, the distribution-addict guys could make a better work here than copying-and-pasting promotional websites. Copying and pasting *reviews* would be much better, for example.

The non-noob of us of course know about Mandrake/Fedora/Debian etc...That's exactly why they should write about them. Like anyone,I was a complete n00b once. And there are a LOT of noobs out there. I would have felt much better with a site like this with *serious* info in it. Cyclop Sep 15, 2004

I'm not saying that those articles don't need more information, I'm just trying to explain why that isn't being done automatically. If an article doesn't get read, it doesn't get edited. I think our contributor community is currently too small to have a good representation of distro-addicts - maybe you could invite some to come help out? Also, without explicit permission from the owners of a website, any copying and pasting is a no-no, regardless of whether it's a review or project website. We need to either ask for permission, and give attribution with a link to the original, or roll our own. Maybe we need some people to go out of their way to flesh out the distro articles? And the Linus article while their at it? Any volunteers? Crazyeddie 13:33, Sep 15, 2004 (EDT)

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Before jumping into linux did lots of reading to acquire knowledge of i would need to know what to expect amd do at time of installing any linux. reading cleared the confusion of which distro to choose; hence mdk # 1 reason RH geared for corp. business, debian academic & development, the rest fall some where in between. apology not acceptable being that was spoiled and dependant on BG w. my regret that was not exposed to linux at inception time i may have different outlook now which is still better now that am exposed to mdk, life is challenging now that mdk is making a impact on this retch life better! LINUX FOR EVER!

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I was surprised to find that the info posted in this post were very brief and more than a year old, so I spent a generous part of the day researching and modifying it appropriately. In some areas i have referred to the product and the company as Mandrake and Mandrakesoft respectively. This is because it sounds awkward to rename everything from version 1 as mandriva, even though it was called mandrake then.

The history section is more company-oriented than distro-oriented as i could not find info regarding the distro history.(It'd be nice if someone who knows added it).

Most of the quotes in italic are from Mr. Duval's LQ interviews. All the factual info posted here are easily available online(a google search should get you there). The table regarding the product history has been extracted from wikipedia. that's all!!!

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I was not paid by Mandriva to write this wiki :( . But i definitely wouldn't mind if they did ;) :D.

The Abattoir ->28th July 2005.