wes wrote: > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Fred James <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> wes wrote: >> >>> I thought they went commercial? Did that change or did I imagine it? >>> >>> -wes >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:13 PM, David Kaplan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> It seems that nobody here uses Mandriva. The new version 2010 is quite >>>> nice. >>>> It's equal to Ubuntu, which I use as well. >>>> >>>> Give it a try... http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05749 >>>> >>>> The KDE version is the best I've seen. And I'm a Gnome user overall. >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> >> Wes >> They went commercial, but I think you can still get the basic distro as >> a free download (maybe someone else knows for sure?) - at any rate, >> their (commercial) download version isn't priced outrageously high and >> one can then load it on as many boxes as one likes. >> Regards >> Fred James >> >> >> > So, is there anything their paid version provides that I can't get in Ubuntu > or elsewise? > > -wes > Wes Pretty splash, nifty startup sound? No, not really - your mileage may vary, but it has been pretty much hassle free for me. I have tried some others including an earlier version of Ubuntu, and I have never found one that was as hassle free - but then that really is personal opinion, as I said. Another respondent mentioned a money issue with Mandriva - I have never heard of the "$50/month" thing mentioned, but I will say that Mandriva's selling site is sometimes a bit difficult to understand and I would stay away from subscription schemes (theirs or anyone else's for that matter). But I have never had a problem when just paying the one time price (box or download).
Off the subject, but I got into a nasty with O'Reilly Books over an online subscription deal - as I said, I would stay away from subscription schemes. Regards Fred James PS: I only replied in the first place because it was suggested that no one was using Mandriva - it seems cost may be a major factor in that (as in commercial), and I cannot say as I should hold that against anyone in opting for something else. I just meant I use it and like it. But as with any product (commercial or not), there are pluses and minuses, and my feel for it is just that, and only that. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
