Mandriva is for sale, but it doesn't mean they are closing down. They have bought out several companies in the past, and are the product of those companies combining.
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 17:56, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > How long is that going to last? Mandriva is up for sale! If they don't > find buyers then it could be closure. They have always been a > distribution in search of a business plan. I hope they don't close, > BTW. Mandrake was my first distribution and I was a member of the > Mandrake Club (paid service) for a couple of years before I discovered > Debian and was delivered from RPM hell (which really existed back > then). :) > > Roy > > On 29 May 2010 10:14, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> wrote: > > I got a solution to all this bickering: Run Mandriva. > > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > > > > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 06:43, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I don't think that I was disrespectful. I was describing the > >> behaviour and not an individual. I call them as I see them. It is > >> ridiculous IMO to base one's own behaviour on the experiences of one > >> person's past experience. You can find one squeaky wheel for just > >> about anything. If you listen to them then you may be missing out on > >> much as a result. However, I do apologise if you interpreted it as a > >> personal attack. That was not my intent. > >> > >> Not everything Ubuntu is rosy. I also call that as I see it. Karmic > >> was a bad release as was Jaunty, IMO. Many people were frustrated with > >> continuing sound and wireless problems, but these releases also added > >> the frustration of graphics card problems. I was apprehensive about > >> Lucid so I tested it with more rigour than previous releases and found > >> it hard to find fault. I don't care about button placement or the > >> music store. I do care about performance and things working properly. > >> Most sound issues and many wireless issues are behind us. I thank > >> kernel developers for much of that. Canonical should be congratulated > >> for implementing Plymouth and doing away with HAL with little in the > >> way of problems. Plymouth introduced many potential problems as any > >> Nvidia and Fedora user can attest to. The fact that HAL's removal went > >> under the radar of most people confirms that this was successful. > >> Plymouth gave some problems for me early on with no compositing but > >> this was achieved with beta 2. > >> > >> There are several good reasons to install 10.04. Performance is much > >> better. The new kernel gives better hardware detection and more > >> drivers. Sound problems are far fewer. There are enhancements such as > >> the music store, MeMenu and many newer applications plus you get three > >> year support due to it being LTS. What is there not to like? Button > >> placement is easily fixed BTW. > >> > >> I look forward to 10.10 even more in the hopes that Mono will be gone > >> from the default installation. So far F-Spot is to be replaced with > >> Shotwell which leaves only Tomboy and Gbrainy as the only two Mono > >> apps left and Tomboy can be replaced by Gnote. That should save lots > >> of CD space for other goodies! > >> > >> Each person needs to try out 10.04 for him or herself and make up > >> their own mind. I don't like scare tactics used by some to spread FUD > >> and people giving into it which is why I responded strongly. > >> > >> Roy > >> > >> On 28 May 2010 22:29, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Yeah, pretty much. I run two businesses and homeschool two kids and > >> > chase > >> > a toddler around while supporting my husband's farming business. > >> > Schedule's > >> > pretty full & I don't sleep much. I belong to groups like this to > save > >> > me > >> > time because it's my most precious commodity. I'm pretty smart and > can > >> > figure out almost anything, but time limitations make troubleshooting > an > >> > as-needed activity. Screwing around w/ Linux for curiosity's sake? > >> > That > >> > was so ten years ago for me. > >> > Note that I used the word *hassle* -- I believe Karmic can be > installed, > >> > but > >> > jumping needless hurdles? Nah. Not right now. > >> > I'm sure you feel differently, and I'm sure you're more respectful of > >> > others > >> > than you came across to be in this post. > >> > ~kari > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Do you roll over for everything this easily? So one person reports > and > >> >> bad experience and you will not upgrade? That is ludicrous. I have > >> >> used Lucid since Alpha 1 and replaced Karmic with Lucid on both my > >> >> systems when Beta 2 came out. It is one of the best releases from > >> >> Ubuntu yet. > >> >> > >> >> Roy > >> >> > >> >> On 28 May 2010 09:08, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > I'm glad to know this. Thanks for saving me the hassle of the > >> >> > upgrade. > >> >> > ~kari > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Vyshakh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I'm back to KARMIC. > >> >> >> LUCID disappointed me a lot. > >> >> >> Please check the attached screen shots. Do anyone face problem > like > >> >> >> these in Nautilus???? > >> >> >> These patterns and colors are irritating.... > >> >> >> > >> >> >> One more thing... > >> >> >> Even though I've installed lucid several times, I could not see > the > >> >> >> new boot screen completely. it was never shown fully. 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