Mandrake 10.0

sci0x · 03-16-2004, 11:37 AM

I am currently running mandrake linux 9.? on my computer and I was wondering if anyone has tried 10.0? Please post your comments!

carlywarly · 03-16-2004, 12:20 PM

I have found it to be quite an improvement. KDE in particular is far snappier and more responsive. It also has a much newer version of Gimp Print which solved an Epson C64 problem I had. Obviously many of the packages are updated, too. Watch out for lots of bugfixes the first time you run an update - to be expected, I suppose.

Kramer · 03-16-2004, 02:54 PM

Carlywarly, your sig rocks man!!!

Ok, on topic, Ive got it on disc, and I may try to play around with it some tonight. Ill post back as soon as I get it installed.

Redeye2 · 03-16-2004, 03:14 PM

I'd say go for it! Much faster for me.

trey85stang · 03-16-2004, 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by Redeye2
I'd say go for it! Much faster for me.

same here.. Id say about 3x faster on an old 366mhz celeron. And it was very very quick on my wifes AMD Athlon 2400

mishmash · 03-16-2004, 06:21 PM

Hi,

Mandrake 10.0 is really a good improvement over 9.2. If you are using KDE, you will be please with the new 3.2 version. If you are using Gnome, then there is not much new as far as Desktop goes... The menus are better, there are some new tools that are very nice and, in general, the OS is faster than before.

However, Mandrake 10.0 is not production-stable. So, it is possible that you may encounter problems... There are a lot of bugs already entered in bugzilla! Of course, these bugs are not all show-stopper, but if you get some of them, you may be not very happy.

Should you decide to install Mandrake 10.0, make sure to configure the Mandrake Update tools and installs all the patches already available. How much patches? Well, not far from about 1 CD (450-500Mb)...