On the whole, beta 3's been great (it's my desktop production machine) Other than the already talked about dcop stuff, the only other things I've noticed are a lack of philips webcam drivers (they were in 2.4.8, they're still in the latest kernel releases, just not in the mdk kernel :/)
Also, I've had problems installing on a tyan tiger mp box - it turns out that dma support with the amd760mp chipset is a bit broken, and ide=nodma needs passing in to get it going with my dvd/cdrw drive - I've read a couple of people talk about this in the mdk forums with exactly the same symptoms but no-ones posted the solution - maybe it wants to go in a readme, errata or in the supported hardware page? (to quote a post to http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1346&lang=en) "I could never get the installer to run. It keeps seg faulting on a signal 11 (Tyan Tiger MP, dual Athlon 1.2s, Matrox G550, Mandrake 8.1 download version). The kernel boots fine I get to the graphical prompt, try any combination of options Itest install, linux, just hit return, whatever, just seg faults as it tries to start up. Same problem with Mandrake 8.0, Redhat 7.1, but Redhat 7.2 works fine and I'm runnign that. Unfortunately, I want Mandrake. Still waiting for delivery of the real 8.1 CDs and will try them." -- Dave :) "Unix is not a "A-ha" experience, it is more of a "Holy-shit" experience." - Colin McFadyen in alt.folklore.computers
