The sequel https://plus.google.com/114532615363095107351/posts/cdJQzxDAPc4
Quick translation I'm finally not completely decided about OpenMandriva. Last weekend I made a very quick test and I was super excited because it worked fine, then yesterday I tested the distribution in typical use and if there are really fantastic things to emphasize on, there are also others much darker. The package manager is strange, installation of packages have be validated all the time as they are not signed? Suddenly an update will take time and clicks .. By default, in fact, there are too many completely useless packets. I can recover further 1GB of space by removing the crappy software KDE software ( Kmail , ktimer , K * ... ) and especially by removing support for languages other than French and English (yes I keep English in case). If some packages are very up to date, this is not the case for each, and it will simply ship Pinta 1.0 (I'm sad, I actively use Pinta Linux is the only tool for easy drawing and offering enough features) , Mono 2.10 (just like Fedora or Ubuntu, I really wonder why there is a general lock on this release, it is psychological? what is wrong with the current stable version 3.2.3 ? Do you think Linux users don't care about C# 5 with new API and the new garbage collector, etc...??!) . There is no version of MonoDevelop (there at least as it is quick). Now let's see what works : - Steam works very well even if we have to tweak the install - The graphical integration is really neat - The default font is beautiful, it's nice , really <3 - The responsiveness of the system is very good :) - The start is very fast , I have never seen at the time a boot Linux distribution as fast as this one. - The kernel is up to date (for how long?) - The control panel is complete, as in Mageia, like Mandrake, it can do everything and install its drivers (free or vendor) in a few clicks What about it? What to choose? Mageia or OpenMandriva ? Stay on Kubuntu ? Or retry Fedora Project? I will continue to use Open Mandriva currently pending stable version and continuing to make updates. I sincerely hope that the software offers will be reviewed in priority, as if for once we have a beautiful and very fast distribution, it is not enough because after it is also necessary to exploit it. 2014-04-06 19:57 GMT+02:00 Raphaël Jadot <[email protected]>: > > https://plus.google.com/b/101198591581536232848/+YannickComte/posts/eMAN4wjuPS3?cfem=1 > > Quick translation: > > After a big crash of my Kubuntu 14.04, I decided to give a chance to the > latest OpenMandriva beta . You know without doubt that I love > distributions based on Mandrake/Mandriva and I said and wrote many good > things about Mageia . What could I say after an initial rapid use of > OpenMandriva? Well, I did not think that having such a fluid and fast > Linux system was possible! I did not think any more than we could have a > so good integration of KDE! In fact there is a little "Gnome-ish" stuff > inside, even "Windows 8 Metro-ish" ... The button at the bottom left will > open this great dark panel with favorite applications. From here you can > access the file navigator. It is also possible to list the applications > with the tabs above. Obviously the conventional use of the office is > still possible, we are on KDE. > A point of interest is that by default, a lot of KDE crap is not included, > which makes the system very fast. Reading the OpenMandriva blog, I see > that there is a specific kernel version, optimized for faster boot. Indeed, > in 10 seconds I'm on my Linux desktop even though I'm using hard drive > tray. My Kubuntu well took 1 minutes to be usable, there in less than 10 > seconds I'm on KDM. With an SSD it must be fantastic. This is a beta > version, all is not rosy either, but after this little discovery, I truly > believe in the potential of this distribution , which aims to be more than > that in reality. > If all goes well , I will write an article because I'm very excited right > now :) > > #OpenMandriva <https://plus.google.com/s/%23OpenMandriva> > #Linux<https://plus.google.com/s/%23Linux> > #Awesome <https://plus.google.com/s/%23Awesome> >
