Yes this was my understanding, it's the big thing that is stopping me using Linux as my main OS.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Mandriva 2007 Most big distros have NTFS read. NTFS write support is still in early, early beta. It works (I've done it in Ubuntu) but they tell you to back up your drive before you write to it. :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes. I had no problem reading ntfs partitions > > > Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Hunter, Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:30:04 > To:"The Hardware List" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [H] Mandriva 2007 > > HI Chris, > > Does it have NTFS write support yet? > > Thanks > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Reeves > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 6:52 PM > To: 'The Hardware List' > Subject: [H] Mandriva 2007 > > Genious. Sheer, plain genious. > > We're an early seeder, so I've had access to the final Distros for the > last > two days and we've been playing around with it. Let me tell you a few > things that are worth noting: > > * The install was done on two PCs, one a Core 2 Duo on a 965P board > (the Gigabyte). It recognized and correctly configured all devices, > audio, video (a 7950GT) as well as set performance on SATA drives. It > recognized a USB Wireless NIC and was able to do WPA to our router > (something I've had significant difficulties with in Linux in the past). > The second PC, an AMD > 4400+ on the Asus A8N32-SLI correctly configured also, found all > 4400+ drivers > > 4400+ out > of the box and ran with no issues. > > * Xen support within it is fantastic. > > * New game based support under Transgamer allowed for fluid use of > games like World of Warcraft and Civilization IV, the only two games we tried. > It was indistinguishable from Windows XP as to their performance > (IMHO), while I'm sure benchmarks may say different, I was impressed. > > * The new KDE interface is fluid and intuitive - far more so then MS > Vista at this point, and the inbuilt features in the full version - > like LinDVD (bundled from Intervideo) offered great features like > passing AC3/DTS and decoding as well. > > I'm not saying that Mandriva 2007 is going to be my regular platform, > but this is as close to a solid-consumer friendly desktop format of > Linux ever. > Period. This is a major leap over Mandriva 2006, and I think a lot of > people will be seriously impressed with the feature set. > > The install is painless. The performance is excellent. Support for > hardware is, frankly, better then Vista 5600/5728 at this point. On > Monday, Mandriva will release the torrents to the Club members and > shortly after that to the public. Let me say this: if you're a club > member or if you are thinking about it, this is definitely a distro > worth grabbing. > > CW > > (Here's hoping I see this post return to me, for some reason I still > seem to be NO-ACK with the list since Sunday) > > The information in this electronic mail message is sender's business > Confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for > the addressee(s). Access to this Internet electronic mail message by > anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, > any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted > to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The > sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any > virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This > message and its attachments could have been infected during > transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the > recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and > remedial action about viruses and other defects. Travelport Inc. is > not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message > or its attachments. > > > > The information in this electronic mail message is sender's business Confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this Internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. Travelport Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments.
