Mandrake [LWN.net]

Mandrake

Posted Nov 4, 2003 16:22 UTC (Tue) by virtex (subscriber, #3019)
In reply to: RedHat KDE by minichaz
Parent article: Novell acquires SUSE

Funny, I've been running Mandrake for years without any stability problems. My main box at work, where I do everything from email to web browsing to running multiple OSes under VMWare to developing code to running databases and web servers is running Mandrake 9.1 and has not seen a reboot since I installed it 6 months ago. And it's running as smooth and problem free as it was when I first installed it.

As for the gimmicks, would you care to elaborate? Is having a central control center app a gimmick? Maybe you're talking about things like detecting when a network cable is plugged in and automatically configuring it? I actually find these things useful. Or maybe you don't like the graphical system boot? You can disable it by selecting the "no framebuffer" at the boot prompt. What exactly is it you find gimmicky about Mandrake?

(Log in to post comments)

Mandrake

Posted Nov 4, 2003 17:24 UTC (Tue) by minichaz (subscriber, #630) [Link]

You know what? I'm going to hold my hand up to this one. I've not used Mandrake since... err... 6.2. I know! I've been a bad boy and tarred and feathered more recent versions without trying them. I do know others who have had problems with versions as recent as 9 but I'm willing to admit that perhaps it was them.

Tonight or tomorrow I'll get the isos and give it another go. I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks for the constructive feedback though. :o)

Is anyone else REALLY sad to see the Redhat distro in its current incarnation die?