mandrake 10.0 official vs. mandrake 9.0 is it worth the upgrade?
MandrivaThis Forum is for the discussion of Mandriva (Mandrake) Linux.
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
mandrake 10.0 official vs. mandrake 9.0 is it worth the upgrade?
I started with a boxed set of Mandrake 9.0 a couple years ago but couldn't get it to recognize or configure my ADSL modem so I went back to Windows after a couple of weeks of sheer frustration and bloodshot eyes from reading so many "how to's" and forum posts. Then I discovered RedHat 9.0 but would really like to go back to Mandrake.
Is there any significant differences between Mandrake 10.0 official and mandrake 9.0 ?
I am not sure about Mandrake 9.0 but I am running both Mandrake 9.2 and 10 (Powerpack) and even though the changes seem subtle at first, I am finding that I like 10 much more than 9.2 that I am upgrading Mandrake 9.2 on my other machine to 10 as soon as I migrate all the tools and files off it to my PC running Mandrake 10.
Things I noticed going from 9.2 to 10:
1) Less bugs on KDE specially Konqueror when used as a file browser.
2) KDE 3.2 just feel smoother and more refined than 3.1. Perhaps this is also due to the Kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6.
3) The bundled software which I installed (I am using the Powerpack edition that comes in 6 CDs) mostly work fine. I specially like the CD/DVD burning software K3B, Totem (which plays DVDs just fine after I installed the DeCSS RPM), Kopete (a big improvement IMO to the bundled GAIM in 9.2), Noatun (might not be as fancy as XMMS but I like it's playlist editor better), KMail which I found better than the old version in 9.2 both because it is easier to setup and also because it integrates easily with SpamAssasin thru the filter wizard.
Yes I still had to spend countless hours getting my Mandrake 10 powered PC to the point where I am now happy with it but I think all the time spent is worth it. I now get a more responsive, more refined, and more stable PC.
Re: mandrake 10.0 official vs. mandrake 9.0 is it worth the upgrade?
Quote:
Originally posted by Perquisitor I started with a boxed set of Mandrake 9.0 a couple years ago but couldn't get it to recognize or configure my ADSL modem so I went back to Windows after a couple of weeks of sheer frustration and bloodshot eyes from reading so many "how to's" and forum posts. Then I discovered RedHat 9.0 but would really like to go back to Mandrake.
Is there any significant differences between Mandrake 10.0 official and mandrake 9.0 ?
I got serveral systems running on Mandrake 10.0 and even one on the cooker version.
The upgrade is worth doing, first of all due to the new software (KDE, GNOME, Kernel) and in the 2.6 kernel the hardware check is also done differently. so it might solve your problem. I think it will be better for you, search on the mandrake site for adsl or your modem vendor.
Not to promote knoppix to often, but this livecd got lots of things including ADSL config. which is nicely done. If I got a new system I always check it with knoppix if everything is seen by it (the hardware) so it can also been seen by another distro , it might cost some time to do so, but it can be done.
well then............... 10 it is. Now if I can just figure out how to get it from a downloaded ISO file to a CD that I can install from. I know the steps, but I'm not doing something right, or I got a bad file or something. Used Nero to burn the ISO, but even though I selected ISO, it didn't do it as an image......so when I went back to burn the downloaded file again....I made sure to select burn as an ISO image, inserted my Maxell Black CD-R 700mb disc in the drive and ......... then it comes back and says the medium is not large enough to burn the data. And here I downloaded the files (3) from Mandrake's web site.......or so I thought.
oh well............ typical of Linux (for a newbie) more drama.
If you notice, the ISO's are around 728 megs each...so therefore, a 700MB CDR will not be big enough. I am downloading the ISO's for 10.0 as we speak. I will need to get some other CDR's tomorrow. I too have some Sony 700MB CDR's. As far as everything else goes, you are doing the burning correctly.
Need another reference? Look at this link I found someone posted on this site.
temdesign, where are you downloading the ISOīs from? I used Bittorrent to download the community and official versions when they were released (PowerPacks also) and none of the 5 discs for each needed larger discs. All of my cdrīs are 700mb, I know you can get up to 800mb discs but you donīt need them with Mandrake.
As far as the CD-R size, 700MB disks are plenty big enough. I've burned them with Roxio and Nero with no problems, but my personal favorite burner program for windoze is Burn4Free. Keep in mind that 728,000KB does not translate to 728MB, it s more like 695MB,
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.