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  1. So if Mandriva doesn't work, wouldn't that make it "Mix of Linux/Mac/other systems, but no Mandriva" ?

     

    The only thing that isn't working is a USB support, the rest is fine, so it is quiet capable system, updated also. I just don't use. but i might some day.

  2. So you gave up? Why?

    Why do you care so much about what people say? If you want to create that forum than go for it. If someone doesn't want to use it he won't. From my experience only 5 or 6 people on MUB actually do help others, the rest, including me, come here to chat or don't have enough knowledge to help. Most don't even use Mandriva and have forgotten all they knew about it, like myself. I think that your idea for forum that isn't distro specific is a great one and i don't see how it will harm MUB.

     

    Sorry for a harsh tone...

  3. I don't know if you remember what a hard time we had getting this board started Steve. There was so much controversy and people were angry and thought we were being disloyal to Tom. It was only after the old board went away that some people came over but some people left for other places. It's always difficult getting something off the ground. All we can do is do our best and hope for the best. :)

     

    You can give away free staff to attract visitors, like free beers.. :lol2:

     

    Now seriously: you can have a student portal. There is a lot of software available that students can use (i mean school and higher) but people just don't know about it. Example: free C/C++ compilers, K3dsurf, Kplot, octave, gnuplot and other. I'm still learning how to use all this stuff for my needs, and it would be great if i had someone to chat about this.

  4. Given it will be a companion site to this one, what would you think of a site about everything Linux except things not working, I mean not:

    - This or that peripheral does't work; how do I configure it?

    - Upgrade broke my system!

    but rather:

    - How do I obtain this or that effect in Gimp?

    - What software exists for cloning a system?

     

    Yves.

     

    You can also add a new software review section, software news or something of a similar kind.

  5. AFAIK PCLOS have "semi-official", but pretty good Gnome and E17 packages- and even live CD's loading+installing the aforementioned desktops. Why "stay away Gnomers"?

     

    I have Gnome installed and it is very buggy, yet working. It stalled my PC several times so i didn't persist and switched back to KDE. Maybe it misbehaves only on my comp, but still based on my experience i wouldn't recommend it.

  6. I'm going to stick my oar in here and say PClinuxOS (a fork of Mandriva) is also a very good distro.

     

    +1 for that :thumbs:

     

    In general i find Mandriva far better than Ubuntu in terms of speed and hardware support. It is a very good distro, despite some annoying bugs in KDE (which i had used the most).

    PCLinuxOS is what i have now. It is a rolling distro, very well polished, pretty stable and it is a mandriva fork, so it has its mcc and hardware support capabilities. But if you are a gnommer - stay away from PCLinuxOS, go for Mandy instead.

  7. I frequently have to type in Russian having no suitable keyboard. Gnome apps allow me to use transliteration, while i can't find the same feature in KDE's apps. Does KDE support some sort of transliteration or i have to use Gnome apps for that?

     

    Here how i do this in Pidgin for example:

    post-10930-1206200882_thumb.jpg

  8. Sorry, seems I didn't see your post (not that it was easy to overlook ).

     

    Just out of couriosity, have you tried the gnome version, sounds very interesting

     

    old myths die slowly, Mandriva is still considered a KDE-Distro, which is not really true anymore, seems to be the same here.

     

    The gnome is a community release (as a quote says) and i have it installed on my pc. I didn't try a gnome ISO though but i think that it is the same gnome as you can get from PCLos' repository (which i have). I usually use KDE but i gave gnome a try for a week or so and haven't noticed any glitches, i think it is ok.

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    http://blog.netscape.com/

  10. Back to the topic :)

     

    Community Remaster - PCLOS Gnome 2.12.2 Released

    Written by Administrator

    Friday, 28 December 2007

     

    Ken Dotson (Gnome Edition Release Manager) has announced the release of PCLOS Gnome Edition 2.21.2. Featuring kernel 2.6.22.15, Gnome 2.21.2, Gnome office apps, Firefox 2.0.0.11, Frostwire, Azureus, Xmms, Flash, JRE, a ton of multimedia apps, and much more. Complete package list here. Almost 2 gigs of software compressed on a single self bootable livecd that can be installed to your hard drive provided it is compatible with your system and you like the distribution. Over 7000+ additional packages available after hard drive install through our Synaptic Software Manager.

     

    All new bootsplash, backgrounds, and really nice features, upgraded to a great looking operating system and the best out-of-the-box look, and user experience possible! I hope that you will be completely satisfied with this new PCLinuxOS gnome!

     

    http://www.pclinuxos.com/

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