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And when i downloaded live i didnt get a option to choose btwn kde or gnome.
If you downloaded from www.mandriva.com/en/download/free, there are only KDE versions on offer, so there was no choice. :P
I'll unpin this topic as the information is no longer valid for 2008. I'll post something similar in its place.
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Mandriva Linux has a history of inconsistency; one release will be superb, and the next one will be so bug-ridden and feature-weak that it's unusable. The only commonality among all releases are the excellent system configuration tools, which have continued to evolve over the years to match an increasing level of complexity in the desktop software stack. True to form, Mandriva 2008.0 is an excellent release, following the terrible 2007.1, and the just as excellent 2007.0. Some of the important things that were dropped from the previous release (Cedega, LinDVD) are back, and some of the problems (huge K menu button, cluttered menus) have been mitigated.
Full review at Software in Review.
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The Open Source Initiative has announced that the OSI Board has approved the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL) and the Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL) as satisfying the criteria of the Open Source Definition, following their submission in August.
The approval means that Microsoft can now rightly claim to offer open source software - at least when it’s using these licenses.
More at 451 CAOS Theory.
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In a briefing to selected press yesterday, BBC technology executives said the controversial project won't surface until Christmas.
The BBC's new media top brass were out to trumpet a non-exclusive deal with Adobe to offer a Flash-based catch-up and live streaming, separate from the iPlayer proper. It'll be branded iPlayer, however, and run inside Safari and Firefox.
The second-string service is aimed at pacifying frustrated Mac and Linux users who are unable to watch downloaded shows because of the Windows DRM that the BBC says it is forced to use by programme makers. Open source advocates are working on an EU complaint against the iPlayer's lack of interoperability on anti-competitive grounds.
More at The Register, although The Reg wasn't allowed to attend the briefing because they're "always horrible" to the Beeb, the spokeswoman said.
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10 Software Issues
10.1 System hangs when the default screen saver is active and Compiz Fusion is in use
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Sorry but I wouldn't know how to get download URL stats., please give me an idea of where to start and I will try to get it for you if it is possible.
John - I think Adam would like the webpage where the stats are found - if this info is publicly available... :)
Edit: I see the stats can be obtained by clicking 'more info' against the appropriate product here.
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Falko Timme's tutorial for setting up the Perfect Desktop is available at HowtoForge.
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Welcome to the board. :)
Drag and drop the Trash icon onto the panel; then click once on the icon on the desktop, press the Delete key, and click the Move to Trash button.
I don't know if the Desktop icon will reappear when you login again - you'll have to try it and see.
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In System are enlisted: Manage system services, Localisation, Administration tools.
That must be the new slimline 2008 menu. :)
Is there no Control Centre or KDE option under Tools? :unsure:
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8 Kernel
8.1 2008 One detects only up to 880MB of RAM
10 Software issues
10.1 Cannot mount NFS shared drives using the Mandriva "Use NFS shares" tool
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In MCC no trace of remote controls.
Try the KDE Control Centre:
System - Configuration - Control Centre - Peripherals - Remote Controls; or System - Configuration - KDE - Peripherals - Remote Controls... :)
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The cli almost works, except that when I play the file, only the first of e.g. three parts works. After the first, there is an error on the format reported (I tried the command on three wmv files)
I've found that the cat command works with mpgs but not wmvs...
I came across these commands to merge wmvs into an avi, if that helps:
# first solution concat *.wmf to a avi-file: cat *.wmv | mencoder - -oac copy -ovc copy -ofps 25 -o blub.avi # second solution mencoder file1.wmv -ovc lavc -oac lavc -ofps 25 -srate 48000 -o file1.avi mencoder file2.wmv -ovc lavc -oac lavc -ofps 25 -srate 48000 -o file2.avi avimerge -i file1.avi file2.avi -o blub.avi
Haven't actually tried them yet. :)
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IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9 in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state. The patent relates to a User interface with multiple workspaces for sharing display system objects.
And now let's play, where's Microsoft? You know, like where's Waldo? Betcha he's in the tree's leaves somewhere if we look close enough. We had our first hint when Steve Ballmer said in his speech the other day that he figured other folks besides Microsoft would want Red Hat and FOSS to pay them for their patents. Remember? Is he a prophet or merely well informed? Or is there more to this? When I lay out all the research, you can decide...
Details at Groklaw.
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Read the Mandriva 2008 Errata for information on known problems with Mandriva 2008 and, where available, how to fix, avoid or work around them.
5 Resolved issues5.1 HTML files incorrectly recognized by MIME system (not indexed by Beagle and Kerry)
5.2 SSL support missing from irssi
5.3 csh / tcsh unusable due to error in OpenOffice.org csh profile script
5.4 Firefox crashes when opening Print Preview window
5.5 Evince does not display some PDF files correctly (white text)
5.6 Autofs does not work reliably when used in conjunction with ypbind
5.7 KWeather does not work
5.8 KWeather available for addition to KDE panel even if not installed
5.9 beagle-info crashes
5.10 python-reportlab causes Xen and other applications to crash
5.11 mkdosfs cannot check bad blocks when creating filesystems larger than 2GB in size
5.12 Eclipse fails to run
5.13 Sound Juicer locks the disc drive when an audio disc is inserted
5.14 Xman does not find man pages and cannot handle LZMA compressed pages
5.15 Photo software (F-Spot, DigiKam) not working correctly with some Canon cameras
5.16 mount cannot mount Samba mount points that exist on the local filesystem
5.17 Some printers requiring external firmware downloads cannot be configured
5.18 Cannot build applications against the kernel source (e.g. VMware)
5.19 ENE CB712/4 SD card readers not supported
5.20 ipset, psd and ifwlog support missing from kernel
5.21 No sound on internal speakers for Fujitsu-Siemens 1410 model laptop
5.22 OXCB950 Cardbus 16950 UART not supported
5.23 Attansic L2 gigabit ethernet chip not supported
5.24 No 3D acceleration support for ATI Mach64 (Rage3D)-based cards
5.25 --install-src parameter for urpmi does not work, --src does not work as expected
5.26 Cannot access files on AFS servers
5.27 OpenAFS fails to work on x86-64 architecture as kernel module fails to load
5.28 GIMP crashes when using Ia Ora GTK+ theme and GIMP Small theme
5.29 F-Spot cannot import pictures on systems upgraded from a previous Mandriva release
5.30 Some GNOME applications do not start due to evolution-data-server not exiting at session end
5.31 Run-time configuration changes for top not correctly stored
5.32 Totem volume control does not display correctly in full screen mode
5.33 Characters not correctly displayed on virtual terminals with non-Unicode locale
5.34 ez-ipupdate crashes on x86-64 systems
5.35 drakvpn crashes when attempting to enter a username and password
5.36 Modems supported by hsfmodem and hcfpcimodem drivers do not work when configured via Mandriva tools
5.37 gparted does not appear in system menu
5.38 No sound in Hydrogen
5.39 Various crasher bugs in Flamerobin
5.40 Slune fails to launch
5.41 No drivers provided for select in knoda
5.42 Katalog does not launch
5.43 No Avahi (zeroconf) support in Vinagre
5.44 virt-manager fails to run if gnome-python is not installed
5.45 KBFX does not work
5.46 Hotwayd does not work correctly
5.47 Dosemu package cannot be installed
5.48 Cannot install Mandriva as a Xen guest with drakvirt
5.49 mrtg does not work correctly due to missing /var/cache/mrtg directory
5.50 xsupplicant cannot be installed due to missing library
5.51 gphpedit cannot be installed due to missing library
5.52 gxmms does not work
6 Installation
6.1 Installation fails on Dell Precision T3400
7 Upgrading
7.1 RPM database errors after upgrading
8 Kernel
8.1 System crashes when netrom module is unloaded
8.2 System freezes when cm4000 / cm4040 PCMCIA card is ejected
8.3 2008 One detects only up to 880MB of RAM
8.4 Mandriva often dies when running as a VirtualBox guest
9 Hardware issues
9.1 Slow internet response (particularly web browsing)
9.2 Mouse thumb buttons (back and forward buttons) not working
9.3 Firewire devices not detected
9.4 DVD drive not working on Zepto Znote 6625WD
9.5 No sound with Zepto Znote 6625WD
9.6 Cannot use ndiswrapper for devices that are supported by native drivers
9.7 Blank display on laptop screen with Intel 810, 830 or 845 graphics adapter
9.8 SD cards inserted into certain TI readers not recognized
9.9 Wacom tablets do not work if usbmouse module is loaded
9.10 System freeze with NVidia GForce 6200/7200/7300 and multiple processors
10 Software issues
10.1 System hangs when the default screen saver is active and Compiz Fusion is in use
10.2 MandrivaUpdate installs packages from non-update repositories
10.3 Some applications do not play sound when run in the KDE desktop
10.4 Cannot mount NFS shared drives using the Mandriva "Use NFS shares" tool
10.5 Mozilla Thunderbird missing GNOME-VFS support, cannot load related applications for some file types
10.6 CUPS fails to install when /usr/local is not writeable
10.7 Graphical environment fails to start or fails to work properly after updating, with NVIDIA or ATI graphics card
10.8 nedit fails to launch
10.9 VMware Player configuration script fails during module compilation
10.10 Bridged networking via a wireless interface does not work with VMware
10.11 Skype on x86-64 systems
10.12 Skype with PulseAudio
10.13 rpmbuild does not use the BuildRoot tag of a .spec file
11 3D-accelerated desktop
11.1 3D-accelerated desktop not starting under GNOME
11.2 3D-accelerated desktop and video playback
11.3 3D-accelerated desktop and some Java/Swing applications
12 Server issues
12.1 php_admin_value suhosin.* do not work within Apache virtual hosts
[updated 10 March 2008]
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The Release Notes contain important information about the Mandriva 2008 release.
The following topics are covered:
General information about new features and major changes;
Changes to the Mandriva installer and upgrade instructions for Mandriva 2007 Spring users;
Changes to supported hardware and drivers;
Changes regarding software packages;
Other technical information for experienced users.
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10.3 Cannot install certain packages (those listed in /etc/urpmi/skip.list) with rpmdrake
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I don't know if it's technically possible, but where would you get the updates from? Presumably you would need to purchase a corporate package to access them. :unsure:
Wouldn't be easier to upgrade to 2007.1?
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Should this be moved to the networking section?
Done. :)
Choosing the right Mandriva edition
in Installing Mandriva
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Mandriva Linux One
The One edition of Mandriva Linux is a single LiveCD that can be installed on hard disk.
A Live CD is an operating system that can boot and run directly from an optical disc without installing any software or touching the hard disks of the system it's booted on. You can use the Live system to give the distribution a test run; you can also install Mandriva Linux from the Live CD to your hard disk.
You can boot Mandriva One in "Live" mode to try it, just load the CD into your optical drive and boot the machine (you may need to change the boot sequence in your MOBO's BIOS to make the CD/DVD drive the first boot device). After you use Mandriva One, if you want to return to your system (which is kept intact as the Live system doesn't change anything in it), simply restart the system from the desktop environment that's running and remove the CD from the drive when prompted to do so: you will see that nothing has been changed!
If you like Mandriva, you can install it on your hard disk and you will benefit from enhanced performance (the system will be considerably faster running after installing it to the hard disk than it was when running from the Live CD) and an impressive amount of Mandriva software after adding the official repositories (this is done automatically when you boot the system for the the first time after installing if there's an active internet connection available).
Moreover, the small size of Mandriva One (~700 MB i.e. 1 CD) makes it ideal for users with low-bandwidth Internet connections: it is the only CD you need. You do not have all of the Mandriva applications, but you will have enough software for routine office tasks, internet browsing, and email.
There's a wide range of Mandriva One ISO's, basically there are two essential elements that distinguish each of them: the desktop environment used and the localization packages available on the each iso (localization packages determine which languages are supported out-of-the-box). Some One ISO's use the KDE desktop environment (KDE4 starting from 2009.1) while the others use GNOME. Due to space constraints not all localization packages can be included on a single One ISO, consequently the localization packages are spread over the various ISO's.
Mandriva Linux Free
The Free edition of Mandriva Linux is so called because it contains only free and Open Source software as defined by the Free Software Foundation and the Open Source Initiative (Free has a double meaning in English). For this reason, Mandriva Free may be slightly more difficult for the novice to install especially given the lack of proprietary drivers. These proprietary drivers can be installed by configuring official repositories and by activating the "non-free" sources. Mandriva Free is a fully functional edition and comes with a wide variety of applications in many areas (office, internet, multimedia, etc.). It is ideal if you want to use only free software on your computer.
This edition is also derived from the Cooker project which allows Mandriva developers and contributors to be directly involved with each other. Cooker is the basis of other editions described in this page.
This edition, on CDs or DVDs, is available for download (only) for 32-bit processors (i586) and 64-bit (x86_64) architectures.
It is also available in "Mini CD" for both architectures (dual-arch). This compact media, includes very few applications (certainly not enough for daily use) but has the ability to install a Mandriva base on which one may add software from the official repositories. This be interesting to users who want a minimal installation, or have a high speed network connection which would allow them to escalate to a more complete installation.
Mandriva Linux Powerpack
The Powerpack edition is the commercial edition of Mandriva Linux. It is available with complete documentation and support in a "box" from the Mandriva Store and certain retailers. It is also available for download (without physical support, documentation, or technical support) with an annual subscription.
It is intended for users who want to fully enjoy what Mandriva does best. It may also be useful to people with limited or no Internet access. Everything needed is included in the box. It contains a large number of applications (more than those included in the Free or One editions). As published, the Powerpack contains proprietary software including proprietary drivers and firmware support for improved hardware compatibility, applications and plugins for browsers, codecs, etc.
This edition is available for each version of Mandriva Linux with i586 and x86_64 architectures, as a single DVD.
Mandriva Flash
This distribution is fully installed on an 8 GB USB stick and offers you the ability to boot any computer without a hard disc installation to achieve an operating system as as configurable as a normally installed distribution. One can add and delete packages, user accounts, etc. In addition, data can be used on other operating systems. For example, you can retrieve documents and run Firefox from Windows and use the same bookmarks, passwords, and access all your files from Windows.
It is similar to Mandriva One for ease of use, but the writable USB key allows you to use a roaming profile and take your office everywhere you want with the accompanying documents. Wherever you are with your flash key you can feel right at home!
wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Choosing_the_right_edition
[text updated 04 November 2009]