On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:20:13 +1300 Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, it has all the latest 'stuff' of course, like Moz 1.6 and the > new Firefox browser which is very cool. > > It has Juk (a media Jukebox which works really well). The latest KDE > 3.2 goodies, latest OO, ok, got all that. nice huh? > latest Keffeine (which I like too) etc. currently masked in gentoo, which means "the build is not quite right". I might try it anuway, on your recommendation. > The config > tools are more polished and work better and URPMI has definitely been > upgraded to handle packages better. It doesn't have package signature > errors nealy as often and deals with them better. good, it often could be flaky IIRC > > The 2.6 Kernel is FINALLY starting to show its true colours on my > system now and though I have not upgraded my hardware in years (still > only a PII 300MHz w 512MB RAM), the system is definitely snappier and > more responsive, can't imagine how well it would run a modern box. Probably a combination of the kernel and kde 3.2, which is also supposed to be snappier than 3.1. > Weird how I can upgrade my OS/Software and STILL have my system run > faster (unlike some of that other stuff from that little company in > Redmond). I'm lucky if I can even run Winblows 98 on this old box! > its called improving the software in each generation, something not every software producer remembers to do! > The menu layout is simpler and cleaner and they have put the app name > in perenthesis beside a name that anyone can understand such as: > Music Player (Juk) > which is gonna seriously help those new to Linux. I suspect that is a kde thing too, the menus suddenly look a whole lot better in gentoo too. > I mean who the heck > is gonna know what 'Keffeine' is from the name? I read the package > descriptions - newbies do not. > > In general, this is as good as it gets with Desktop Linux IMHO. > Stable, mature software that installs easily and runs well. Oh sure, > there are a few problems still, like I had Gaim crash KDE today but > still, for a VERY early Beta, it aint bad.And now with MDK's 2 tier > release system, by the time the 'Official' Release comes out, it > should be rock solid. > but really none of that software is beta, just the combination as mandrake presents it. moz illa 1.6 is way past beta. kde is 3.2. The 2.6 kernel has been through a huge testing phase and is now at 2.6.2 I think. > It even Auto Configured DHCP for me and got me connected to the net > without having to use DrakConnect to set it up...nice. Thats the sort of reason its better for newbies than gentoo (or many others). Otherwise it seems feature for feature very little different to gentoo in terms of having easy access to the latest packages. > Wholistically > speaking, I think MDK have done an outstanding job this time around > (unlike some earlier releases, anyone remember 9.2?) and I hope this > turns out to be as good in final as it is in early Beta. > > For more info, see: http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/100beta.php3 > > Maybe Chad, our other resident Mandrake lover would care to expound on > what I've missed....which I am sure is quite a lot. > > Regards, > > Jason > > Nick Rout wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:22:15 +1300 > > Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Yup, just updated to latest Cooker today via URPMI....Sweet!! 10.0 > >is >gonna rock! > >> > >>Cheers > >> > >>Jason > > > > > > spill the beans, whatsit got? > > > >
