Talk:Mandriva Linux
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[edit] PCLinuxOS
The info on PCLinuxOS I added was recently deleted again. It is very much related to Mandrake and as such deserves mention IMHO.--ReinoutS 21:47, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I would agree that any distribution which is based on Mandrake should get a mention on this page.--Gadfium 03:51, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- It would be nice to talk aboyt PCLinuxOS review 6, the latest and in my opnion the best version.--PCLinux13:57, 30 Mei 2004 (SET)
- I completely agree that PCLinuxOS should be mentioned. Maybe some refactoring of the article is needed to make it fit in well. What about moving MandrakeMove and GameingEdition to a section called offsprings? Ppareit 12:44, 30 May 2004 (UTC)
- I disagree: PCLinuxOS is one of numerous Linux distributions related to Mandrakelinux, and I can only see this entry as self-advertisement. It needs separate entry in the Wiki.
[edit] Marginalized
I heard that lately Mandrake has been "marginalized". What does that mean? Any insight? TheCoffee 17:52, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
What do you mean by that? Where did you hear it from? Either way it sounds like someone's opinion, not a fact and therefore won't be put in this article. LinuxAdmin
[edit] I dont know
I think it could mean that it is forced to not do as much as it used too. But thats a wild guess. Erebus555 09:01, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Confusing sentence
regarding text: The Free Edition contains some advertisements in the form of bookmarks in the web browser and slides during installation, as well as is available for download later, to help cover the costs of producing the distribution...
--I don't understand this sentence. Does this mean it downloads ads everyday (like "adware") as you use the operating system?
- I have changed the sentence to reflect what it should mean. It is to do with the release cycle - the free edition is released a little later to the public than other versions are to paying customers. --Localzuk 13:48, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Screen Grabs
Why are the screen grabs on the article those of a gnome desktop when the majority of support in Mandriva is KDE based (it is a kde driven system and has been since it was created)? I would understand the weighting of the images being towards kde but as it stands, 2 to 1 in favour of gnome doesn't seem right.--Localzuk 13:44, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
- Agreed, I'm removing the older screenshot of GNOME.--Chealer 10:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Processor architeture
I chaged the sentence "[...] followed by i586 (Intel) and x86_64 (AMD64) images [...]" to "[...] followed by i586 and x86_64 images [...]". Readers would think that i586 is a Intel-only arch an x86_64 is an AMD-only arch.
[edit] Free Edition
I moved the following out of the Latest version section. That is not the appropriate place for this. Additionnally, I don't think that Free Edition exists anymore. --Chealer 12:23, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
The Free Edition contains some advertisements in the form of bookmarks in the web browser and slides during installation, as well as being released for public download later than the other editions, to help cover the costs of producing the distribution.
We need info on the free edition (and on the other versions) - the free one is called Mandriva One apparently [1] Secretlondon 15:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moved Features sections
I don't consider that the following moved sections are pertinent or valid features. Brief justification: Software: Mandriva Linux *is* software, so it's at least badly worded to say that software is a feature. Community: Community is definitely not a "feature". Constant development: not really a feature neither. Optimization: Optimization needs to be in contrast with something not optimized. Obviously Mandriva should be faster on classic Pentium than i386 Fedora Core, but there's more than Fedora Core, and the difference should be marginal. Statistics would be needed to justify a long section like that. --Chealer 12:45, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Software
Mandriva Linux comes with several thousand software packages including many varieties of games, office software, servers, and Internet utilities.
[edit] Community
Mandriva Linux has a large community of users, that provide help, support, and software to the users of Mandriva Linux.
[edit] Constant development
Mandriva Linux is constantly in development. A development version of Mandriva Linux, known as the "Cooker" is publicly available, but it is not recommended for use in a production environment because of the constant changes going on in it.
Next to that, community members provide RPMs for the latest packages of popular software.
[edit] Optimization
From the ground up, Mandriva Linux was compiled for Pentium-class processors. As a result, Mandriva Linux provides more optimal performance to this CPU Architecture at the cost of being unusable by the 386 and 486 processors, a problem that rapidly faded out due to current CPU power and memory requirements of latest versions of the popular software.
The provided kernel and glibc have enhancements for more recent processors. For example, the glibc will load libraries from the special directory /lib/i686 if the detected processor is compatible.
[edit] Image update
Shouldn't the image be updated? --Emx 11:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
