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Lol. I've been running WinXP primarily on my laptop for years despite being a linux fanboy due to problems getting stuff working

Ditto

why is acrobat reader a requirement? get some other program that can read PDF files

KPDF handles everything you can throw at it in my experience.

And it's a Hell of a lot faster

You can use KPDF etc., but if you're a PowerPack user Acrobat comes with it. Package name is acroread. Also comes with RealPlayer, Java, etc. for your convenience. This is also another reason I missed LinDVD for out of the box dvd playing.

Nope - he had a working system with the standard drivers.

BTW - why bother with proprietary DVD players when there is vlc?

Not so much as persistence as stubborn

The nVidia thing is not specific to Mandriva so I can't knock it there. Beryl, grub and hibernate are issues but can be fixed and are mostly pretty minor.

The LinDVD is important for ease (& legal) use of DVD especially for newcomers. vlc and libdvdcss are great otherwise if you're a bit of a rebel

[edit] P.S. I don't like regressions

Edited 2007-05-25 13:17

First, sorry for my pedantic nature here:

I think you'll find that it probably IS true. Its the first one to work on HIS laptop. At no point does he ever mention running Fedora 7 :O)

But nonetheless, its good to know that Richard Hughes has done some stirling work here. Hopefully this feature will find its way onto all distros in the future.

It is true, because Fedora 7 is...not out yet. And Spring is. So Spring is, indeed, the *first* distro to accomplish it.

but yes, we share the pm-utils framework with Fedora, and great work by Richard it is too. But our developers do help in its development, too.

Edited 2007-05-25 08:44

I USED to be a Mandriva user and was one of those offended by their handling of the community. I have moved on and although I run more than one distro, I don't run Mandriva anymore.

Just went to their website, as well. I see they now have the word community back on their front page and are trying to make things right, I suppose. Hopefully, things work out for them, I liked their work. But it's too late for me and I won't use them anymore. That's the cost of screwing around your supporters. The lack of my business won't kill Mandriva, but it's business they're guarantee never to get and business Mandriva's comptitors are sure to get.

I've decided to give Mandriva the benefit of the doubt. They've messed up.

But they're a company/community trying to be some kind of hybrid. Of course there are mistakes and growing pains. But Mandrake did a lot for the Linux Desktop as we know it.

I think if they've released such a quality distro, we at least owe them a kudos...

I have a similar attude towards SuSE after the zmd debacle.I like their AppArmor though.

I suppose. Hopefully, things work out for them, I liked their work.

So do i, mandrake 8.2 .. 9.1 where good releases.I guess you're right there are more good distros with more inspiring communities.

From everything I've heard the issue revolves around the lack of anyone following the ACPI standards, or throwing in their own 'special' stuff in with the mix.

I believe windows gets around this because all the manufactures supply drivers to get it to work right. Just did a reinstall on a dell laptop, and before I got the dell specific drivers in there, surprise...the sleep and hibernate functions didn't work. (after I did they of course did work)