“This page describes the installation I did with the clubmember download dvd of Mandriva Linux 2006 Powerpack.” And, “This page describes how I configure Mandriva on my systems.” Maybe not for the advanced Linux users, but still very much interesting for the unexperienced Linux users among us.
Does anybody know whether the net install over pppoe is finally possible with Mandriva 2006. It’s always been a pain in… since so many lans rely on pppoe protocol and authentication. If yes, then I’d definitely give it a try.
cant see Mandriva being a success, IMO they need to release there OS’s every 9 months, i think it would improve the stability of Mandriva an would get more updated Packages in it an compete against Ubuntu . without Firefox 1.5 of those packages i cant see what the difference is gonna be either having 2006 to 2005
I can’t see how releasing more often would improve stability. Plus, Mandrake/Mandriva tends to have pretty bleed-edge stuff compared to the other distros, Ubuntu especially.
Firefox 1.5 hasn’t even been released yet, (hell it’s still Beta 2) and nothing would stop you from installing it when it is (or in it’s current beta state). Plus, if you think an updated Firefox would be the only difference between 2005 and 2006, I think you should actually read the release notes, changelog, or actually TRY the OS.
Just my 0.02 cents.
cant see Mandriva being a success, IMO they need to release there OS’s every 9 months, i think it would improve the stability of Mandriva an would get more updated Packages in it an compete against Ubuntu . without Firefox 1.5 of those packages i cant see what the difference is gonna be either having 2006 to 2005
I answered this yesterday, but it applies here also. Mandriva has intentionally jumped off the frequent release train because of the inherent instability. Instead, formal releases will be annual, allowing companies to use a much more stable version of the OS. Concurrently, distro-addicted people like me join the Mandriva club where frequent “interim” releases will be available. I do not believe “real” OS’s should have frequent releases. This gives a “hobbyist” feel to the OS, which is OK for hobbyists like me, but not OK with businesses, etc.
I agree I like Fedora Core but they release so often and there versions stop being maintained so quickly its not worth building a FC based machine.
Depends on what you want. Fedora Core 3 for example was released on 13th July 2004 and and is till be supported and will continue till the first or second test release of Fedora Core 5 after which Fedora Legacy will maintain it for another couple of releases time. That can be as much as 2 years per release or more
http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Lifecycle
Fedora Core 5 will only be release on Feb or March 2006 which makes the release cycle over 10 months plus updates for a long period
About pppoe, I didn’t see configuration info on that; the boot.iso is just over 12MB so why not try and let us know if it works, and let Mdv developers know if it doesn’t?
I just remarked proxy settings and such when I did the ftp installations.
If that doesn’t work, you could either mirror the whole tree and do a local ftp/nfs/hd install – if you have the space and the bandwidth, why not?
Or you can wait for the public download edition iso images to become available; this may take a few days / weeks (I have no idea what Mdv has planned), but then again, big deal to wait a bit..
As for the annual release: I agree it’s a good move – especially since they will do incremental releases for members, possibly in 3 month spacings as they have before (9.2.1, 10.1.1, 05le.1 etc).
Enjoy Linux,
aRTee
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I like the polish that went into Mandriva but not the bloat or the cost. Ubuntu has raised the bar on everyone. Nowadays if you can’t limit your distribution to one CD or have it be readily available for free download, you basically fail to measure up.
In other words, Mandriva sucks. Much like the vast majority of the Linux world.
Um. The extra stuff isn’t bloat. It’s useful stuff that we package and Ubuntu doesn’t. Would you say Debian is ‘bloated’? You know, the distro that’s even bigger than Mandriva and provides all those useful extra packages that Ubuntu users can’t live without?
Um. The extra stuff isn’t bloat. It’s useful stuff that we package and Ubuntu doesn’t.
I agree that the extra packages are not bloat. If you try to install Debian from downloaded CD’s it about 14 CDs! However, I usually do a network install and just pick what I want. The same goes for Mandriva, only install what you want. I like having the choice. You can do a network install with Mandrake with 1 CD. If you are talking cool single CD installs, I would give the nod to Mepis. I like the idea of a Live CD that has an install option. Ubuntu has a Live CD, but you have to reboot and use the second CD to do a semi-graphical install. Mepis puts an icon on your desktop with the Live CD. Double-click, answer a couple of questions, and you are now installed.
I like the polish that went into Mandriva but not the bloat or the cost
The Mandriva distribution isn’t bloated – on the contrary, Mandriva provides an excellent minimal/custom installation facility. I’ve got a Mandriva minimal install set up with Fluxbox, Eterm, Nedit, Firefox and very little else – it only takes up about 450-500 mb disk space – that’s very minimal relative to a typical desktop Linux install. Secondly, Mandriva provides a good FREE version of it’s distribution which you can download for FREE – for 2006, you can do it now via FTP for free – in a few weeks Mandriva will provide FREE .iso’s for 2006.
So no – Mandriva can be a very minimal “power user” distribution and it is does provide a FREE version to download.