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Thread: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    PCLinuxOS: I'd wait until the 2009 version comes out
    Mandriva: It does GNOME well, and KDE4 isn't all that bad either. It has a nice computer control center.
    Fedora: When I was able to install it (bad burns on my part) it was very nice
    openSUSE: It's alright. YaST is getting better.
    Debian: Nice and stable because it's conservative.

    Of course at the end of the day it's up to you to decide what you want to do. Try them all out if you really want to using Virtualbox. It scratches my itch.

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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    Quote Originally Posted by rakris View Post
    But last time i checked, mandriva's package manager was bad.
    Errm, no its not! The package manager works very well and IMHO is slightly better than synaptic. But again it is down to personal choice.

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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    cazmatazz: that's certainly unusual. is it only network-related operations that seem slow? do non-network related apps (gedit, for instance) open fast, or slow?
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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    Quote Originally Posted by athaki View Post
    PCLinuxOS: I'd wait until the 2009 version comes out
    Mandriva: It does GNOME well, and KDE4 isn't all that bad either. It has a nice computer control center.
    Fedora: When I was able to install it (bad burns on my part) it was very nice
    openSUSE: It's alright. YaST is getting better.
    Debian: Nice and stable because it's conservative.

    Of course at the end of the day it's up to you to decide what you want to do. Try them all out if you really want to using Virtualbox. It scratches my itch.
    Doesn't new Debian releases come very slowly? Like slower then Microsoft releases new OS Clones?
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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    Quote Originally Posted by MasterNetra View Post
    Doesn't new Debian releases come very slowly?
    That actually is their main 'selling point'. Their releases are always super stable and they seldom, if ever, include bleeding edge software. Take a look here:
    http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?is...081027#feature

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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    Main selling point or biggest weakness, depends entirely on what you want. A lot of people run Debian sid and use it as a rolling distro; you do need a bit of flexibility to do that, though. Even though it's probably not as hairy as Mandriva Cooker or Fedora Rawhide, it's still a development branch.
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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    Check out the independence list at Distrowatch. If you want to pick something similar to Ubuntu, you can look in the based on Debian section. Or if you want something different, check out the other sections. My favorite is the independently developed section

    Bob

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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    That list is in severe need of an update, methinks
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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    Quote Originally Posted by AdamWill View Post
    That list is in severe need of an update, methinks
    There are many things on DistroWatch in need of an update. They finally got around to updating their "Major Distributions" list recently.
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    Re: Switching from Ubuntu to..... Mandriva?

    mandriva has a fairly nice sized repository though its no where near as big as the one in Ubuntu.
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