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Old 08-08-2005, 11:44 AM   #1
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SuSE vs. Mandriva

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I am a SuSE user very long time and now i decided to change distribution. I like Debian but...i tried Ubuntu but i don't like it. Mandriva? Maybe...
How is about software for Mandriva, update? Is it free or must be a club member to download, update?
Thanks,

Mitja
 
Old 08-08-2005, 11:59 AM   #2
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are you happy with suse?, if so why change? If your not happy with it, say what you would like improved, hardware detection, package management etc? and i will try and help. What was wrong with ubuntu?
 
Old 08-08-2005, 12:06 PM   #3
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are you happy with suse?, if so why change? If your not happy with it, say what you would like improved, hardware detection, package management etc? and i will try and help. What was wrong with ubuntu?
Yes, i like SuSE but i like les Novell-SuSE. There are some problem but nothing ''big''. This is like a car. After 10, less or more years many people change a car. I have SuSE from 6.x version. Ubuntu? Nothing is wrong but i don't like it. I like Debian but there are some problem with drivers and they need a time.
 
Old 08-08-2005, 12:23 PM   #4
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Have you thought about using this quiz to find your ideal distro?

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
 
Old 08-08-2005, 12:25 PM   #5
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well then by all means try out mandriva i used to have 10.1 and quite liked it, it was fast on my hardware too.
 
Old 08-08-2005, 12:32 PM   #6
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Have you thought about using this quiz to find your ideal distro?

http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
Yes, i did and i don't want Debian and i don't want Gentoo, and...i want Mandriva or better i like to know what i asked in my first question.
Thanks.
 
Old 08-08-2005, 07:54 PM   #7
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Re: SuSE vs. Mandriva
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Originally posted by lumiwa
Hi!

I am a SuSE user very long time and now i decided to change distribution. I like Debian but...i tried Ubuntu but i don't like it. Mandriva? Maybe...
How is about software for Mandriva, update? Is it free or must be a club member to download, update?
Thanks,

Mitja
Yes, you can download a Mandriva version for free without being a club member - LE2005 being the most recent - and yes, the updates are free - you can set your sources up at Easy Urpmi or similar, and then keep your distribution updated for free etc.
Last edited by Skyline; 08-08-2005 at 07:59 PM.
 
Old 08-11-2005, 02:05 PM   #8
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If you have used SUSE, Mandriva might seem really newbish, You may wnat to go with Gentoo or Slackware or even Fedora core.
 
  


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