opvask

I believe that Mandriva 2007.1 is a great choice when moving from Windows to Linux. Personally I would recommend using KDE although some do find Gnome more simple.

Mandriva 2007.1 is very user friendly and also very stable on my system. Most things can be solved from the GUI if that is what is preferred. My experiences with the 2007 versions are really positive. I recommend it.

BTW: You can easíly start out with the FREE Mandriva or the ONE version without being a paying member. I get everything I need and lots more with the free version. Club membership is optional but a good way to support Mandriva and receive some extra benefits.

cheers

Thats cause Xandros sucks :P

It does? I've been thinking of trying it out just of curiosity. A 30 day trial does not appeal to me that much though.

Yeah, I agree. Adept is definitely one of the soft spots in Kubuntu. I also prefer Synaptic when using Kubuntu but I'd much prefer if the KDE version "Adept" would improve instead. As far as I know, Kubuntu is a younger project than Ubuntu so it's a bit behind on some points. Adept being the most prominent one.

I have been using Kubuntu Feisty since herd 3 and Mandriva "2007.1" since RC1.

From my experiences with both systems I am also slightly disappointed with Feisty. I mean, the thing has been praised again and again in the Ubuntu forum. Feisty is definitely not bad at all, but on my system Mandriva 2007.1 performs better in every single way.

2007.1 installed with no problems at all on my system. Everything worked out of the box. In Ubuntu releases I always have network and screen resolution issues (wtih prop. drivers installed) after the install. Feisty like Edgy will not save and remember DNS nameservers from the GUI and the max screen resolution is 1024x768 unless I edit xorg.conf. I would have thought these issues would have been fixed in Feisty when thinking of the numerous amount of posts regarding these issues on the Ubuntu forum. Well on my system it has not changed. Also Mandriva 2007.1 is more stable on my system. I still have issues with having to open some programs (especially Adept) in Kubuntu several times for them to actually load.

2007.1 is a real pleasant experience and like 2007.0 it simply works out of the box for me. If you prefer the possibility of an GUI approach of solving things then 2007.1 is also superior to Feisty. Especially for Linux newbies this must be a big plus.

IMHO 2007.1 is ahead of Feisty. I must admit that I have not really spent much time with trying the Gnome "versions" though as I really prefer KDE . I guess Feisty should mainly be judged from the Gnome version (the main release, right?) but when using KDE, Mandriva is definitely ahead.

I have not tried Fedora (perhaps I should) but from my impressions with Opensuse it has a looooong way to go, to even come close to Mandriva Spring.

The bad signatures thing is also being discussed on the Club forum and I do believe Adam W is helping people with this issue. I've also had quite many errors myself. Everything does work though.

http://forum.club.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=64369

Personally, I think 2007.1 is great. In Kubuntu Feisty (my second OS) I always have network issues and screen resolution issues I need to solve after the install (it was the same in Edgy). Mandriva 2007.1 installs with no problem whatsoever. Nice job Mandriva

Thanks guys. Both suggestions are great. I'll try it the next time I'm downloading a big file

Are these the official 2007.1 isos?

ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/...ial/iso/2007.1/

They probably are. The ONE version can be downloaded from the official page. I can't find Free DVD yet though but I guess it will be there very very soon. I'm off to bed now. .

Happy downloading people :D

Thanks for Your replies guys. I will give a try to both, Avidemux and Spumux.

If you want an easy GUI solution for converting avi's (single or multiple) and subs to (S)VCD or DVD I recommend DeVeDe. Personally I use Avidemux for some things and DeVeDe for others.

I'm having problems with my beloved KGet recently. I'm not sure if this is related to Mandriva but I never had problems with KGet in my previous OS, Kubuntu.

When downloading a file it will suddenly stop and I cannot resume the download. I then get an error message saying: "a file named x already exists". If I choose to pause a file during download the problem is the same. It cannot resume. This does not happen always when downloading but quite often it does.

I've seen some bug reports online with similar issues but no suggestions on how to solve this. Anyone else with this problem? How to solve? It just broke a 2 GB download at 40%. I'd hate to start over.

If I use "Downloader 4 X" then there is no problem, but I really prefer my good old friend KGet.

I noticed that after a clean install, you can just open the mcc, then media manager, then choose 'add' and you just have to pick a server.

 

It added main-update, main and contrib - without me needing any kind of easyurpmi.

We still need it for plffree and nonfree.

I did not need easyurpmi to add PLF media. I added all media from the "add" button in MCC and just picked a server, voilá. A bit like in Ubuntu. Sweeeet :D

Oops... Answered a post from 2006 there.

changes:

Mandriva 2007.1 included

unselect the selections

Hmm... Is this possible in 2007.1? Have I simply just missed this feature?

I'm a club Silver member, and that is essentially just to support the distribution. However, as such I can post messages on the Mandriva forum and I do get excellent responses from A. Williamson.

 

Also, it does let me get the new versions a bit earlier as an early seeder (and then brag to everyone else that I already have the new thingie. )

 

I actually get most of my "support" from this forum.

Like IMR mentions this is avaiable to all users. I don't need a membership for this. When I become a member then it will also mainly be to support the distribution.

I do agree with dexter11 and Gowator though. Mandriva needs to make things a bit more obvious and understandable. It's not a good thing when people do not even know that they can use the club forum, even if they are not a paying member. On the Mandriva site it's also a bit confusing to see the possibilities of starting out with a free version without being a member. I think they need to improve the information on the site to attract new users. Many of those "freerollers" are likely to become paying members once they get a good experience with the product itself. When starting out with Mandriva I was very insecure about what I was getting when downloading the "ONE" version. I found the whole free versus non-free deal very confusing, but I was patient and basically I now get access to the same as with non-free versions, except bundled software like Cedega, which I do not need.

In my opinion Mandriva should make information like this more clear (the information is somewhat there, but way to "blurry" and confusing):

1. The OS itself is basically free and so is the use of the club forum. More focus on the free versions.

2. You can buy "bigger versions" with bundled "non open source" "non-free" software. Buying them for other reasons seem irrelevant to me (Only 1 mounth of membership included). Being a club member is a far better deal.

3. There are advantages of being a club member. Mainly, earlier access to "new OS versions" and free downloads of "bundled versions"

Mandriva could and should be inspired by the succes of Ubuntu and it's community. In my opinion Mandriva is a far better product (remember this is MY opinion not a fact) but Ubuntu has better info and a brilliant forum! Clear lines, everyone basically gets the same. Informing, guiding and supporting the user must be the very reason for Ubuntu's success.

A big step in the right direction would be to improve the club forum (mainly the "search" function) which would make the work of the likes of AW easier and more efficient. It would prevent people from posting new threads about issues already covered in other threads and help users in supporting each other. As of now it is almost impossible to do a efficient search, which is a big problem. A specific "HowTo section" could also be useful. The club forum seems to be a forum where Adam and Admins help people solve things. Compare this with the Ubuntu forum. It has way more "users helping other users" which is a BIG support resource. Just like this forum.

In the end these are just suggestions. I do NOT mean to criticize the effort of the Mandriva staff (imr, adam etc.) and neither do I want to criticize Mandriva or the product itself. On the contrary, I really like the Mandriva OS and I just want to "help" it improve and gain users.

EDIT: I have to "eat" some of my words. The Spring download page is very intuitive and easy to use. Especially if you compare it to many other Linux distributions. Nice job.

You can install the newest version right away any way, just install the final release candidate (or was it cooker), and then, after the newest "gold version" is released, just configure your urpmi to think that the new main is the source for updates,

run update, and voila - you have the new Mandriva on the release day!

This is the exact way I do things and it works great.

Works fine here. I guess you know "smart urpmi" but in case you don't and you need "media" now then visit:

http://www.mandrivauser.de/smarturpmi/

They also have the 2007.1 repos. I'm not sure if "easy urpmi" does.

And you just have to put into this picture the influence Adam has had on those last 2 releases to understand all this is connected to the user base through the club forum.

From using the club forum I have really enjoyed the help from Adam several times. He's doing a great job. It's hard for me to compare 2006 with the 2007 versions because I have never used the 2006 version but judging from his effort in the forum I believe that his influence on the 2007 versions is a very positive thing. I can only judge from the experiences I have with both 2007 versions and actually I can't praise those enough. 2007.0 and especially 2007.1 (in my opinion) are the very best Linux distro's I've used so far. 2007.1 is a great product. I use it every day and I really enjoy it.

I will let you judge what is good and bad management from that, I don't have the personal knowledge nor the whole picture nor the numbers to really do it. It seems to me it is going in the direction you're talking about.

It's hard for me to judge this. I just get the feeling that things are improving but things need to improve further e.g. what I first disvored when coming to Mandriva: the "search" function in the club forum REALLY needs to improve a lot. Your involvement in answering the posts in this forum (and the thread about this forum and Mandriva working together) does show me that Mandriva is focusing on the importance of great customer care + a real good forum and that they DO listen to the users.

If Mandriva can reach the same level for support as people are getting with the product itself, then I believe it will become the obvious no. 1 choice for a lot of users. Especially newbies and Windows converts.

Anyway. Congrats on the Spring version. Great product.

even though it does seem to me that the club membership after buying Mandriva is fairly short?

 

You may find it better to just join the club, then there is no need to actually buy the physical Mandriva media(Boxed Product), as a club membership gives you access to the .iso's which are exactly the same as what you would get with a Boxed version, and you will have 12 months club membership to boot. You do of course have to download the .iso's, If you actually wanted/needed the physical Media, this way may not suit you of course.

 

Of course you can also just continue using the 'free' version.

 

[Edit] You should check the Club site first though, to see what the different levels of membership, Standard, Silver, and Gold (I think), offer you, I am Silver, and with that you have access to everything up to and including the PowerPack DVD versions.

Yes this offer is indeed more attractive and I am considering this. Like IMR is mentioning in the post below a lot of effort is put in making things work. e.g the expert function and once it does I'll probably sign up. but until everything works (and people start telling stories of success with the support) I'll wait it out.

Basically I get everything I need in the free version so I don't really need the pay versions that much BUT I really agree with Ixthusdan. Mandriva is a damn fine product and I'd like to support it (also money wise) to help it improve even further.

As a newer user it's hard for me to compare the present with the past but it seems to me that things are going in the right direction and that Mandriva is putting more focus on the support thing and better management?

I sure hope so because I really think Mandriva is a fine product. I absolutely enjoy using it every single day though I must admit that I'm not a paying customer yet. I'll wait this out a bit and see if the benefits from paying will improve. If they do I'll be glad to support Mandriva by paying even though it does seem to me that the club membership after buying Mandriva is fairly short?

I would also suggest more/better information on the Mandriva site regarding the different download versions. Especially being more careful with separating the terms "free as in open source" and "free - money wise". Personally I found myself very confused about this when downloading my very first Mandriva ONE install.

As I see it Mandriva really can be top of the pop, if the non-product areas improve. So I hope they will.

I didn't even notice that both posts were from the same person. Damn, I wasted time answering twice

I used Ubuntu/Kubuntu before Mandriva and with my soundcard (SB LIVE) there's absolutely no difference.

Sound works great in Mandriva for me.

Like mentioned above you need to give a little more detail about the problem for people to help you.

I need to know how to make an Avi to Mpeg file do i can burn it on an vcd. anyone got any ideas or answer?

Check out DeVeDe here:

http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html

It's an all in one "convert to VCD, SVCD, DVD" solution and it's real easy to use. The dependencies are listed at the site.

Alternatively you can use Avidemux which is in the repos. I'm not sure if DeVeDe is, but it's an easy install anyway.

Good luck

Problem solved.

I updated media and added "main testing" and "contrib testing". I then installed kmediafactory without problems.

Has anyone successfully installed Kmediafactory on Mandriva 2007.1 Spring?

I've been trying for some weeks now but I still get an error about missing dependencies "libwand-10.4.0.so.0"

If I search Google I find some old bug reports about this issue from last year, but no solutions. Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

I got alot movies i wanna but to VCD. My dvd bruner went to shit and all i got is a cd burnner so i need a program to be able to make a vcd out of avi files. If anyone can help in anyway it will be greeted with open arms.

 

thanks,

check out "DeVeDe" if you need an all in one "GUI" solution.

http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html

In the future, you might prefer to use checkinstall, which basically transforms a non-RPM install into an RPM one.

 

Yves.

Yeah, good point. I haven't had the time to examine how "checkinstall" works yet, but I've been thinking of doing it.

I'll have a look at it when I get myself to close that damn "Ladbrokes". :D Thanks for the tip.

Regards opvask

Well if I could I would have removed the program from the MCC but this was not possible with "savage". It was not installed from the MCC either. Normally I uninstall by using "urpme" or from the MCC but this program was installed from a .run file. So I do use MCC when possible but mostly I use the konsole with "urpmi".

Saying I do not know my OS is not quite true but I'm still not an experienced Linux user with years of use behind me. So I learn from my mistakes and thanks to the answers in this post I now know more. the "kdesu konqueror" was something I used occasionally when I used Kubuntu, to remove files (not installed packages, I used aptitude or adept for that) where I needed root access, but I did not run into this growing root partition problem there. I actually thought that deleting files from konqueror with root access would "wipe" the files away completely. I now know this is not the case. Live and learn.

I just wanted to make sure that it's safe to delete the files. They are gone now.

Thanks people... Problem solved :D

Okay. I found out how to delete folders from the /root/.local/share/trash/files folder by using "files]#rm -rf dirname"

I have deleted the "savage" folders but before I continue I'd like to know if it's safe to delete ALL other files in that folder.

Thanks in advance and btw... great forum. :D

How did you delete the files? Did you use e.g. KDE and move the files to the trashcan or did you remove the files using the command line?

I removed the files from "konqueror" by using "kdesu konqueror" and deleting them from /usr/local/games.

What I don't understand is that the big folder in /root/.local is called "trash". So are all files in that folder really trash? It's like 10 GB.

Like mentioned I tried to delete files in the /root/.local/share/trash folder but the system immediately recreates them. I also did this with kdesu konqueror.

How did you uninstall the program?

 

When the files is in that folder it seems that you somehow have moved them thrash (as root).

I may have done this. Like mentioned I deleted things with "kdesu konqueror". The files did not go to the recycle bin and the recycle bin is empty.

I'm not sure what the folder /root/.local/share/trash is for. But being a trash folder I should be able to empty it right?

It seems I can delete files from "root konsole" but can I safely delete ALL files in that folder?