On Thursday 12 May 2005 01:28 pm, Jon Carnes wrote: > I was scheduled to be the Mandrake advocate tonight and was really > looking forward to the debate (and the voting... and the pizza), but > alas, family duties will keep me from attending. > > Mandrake is a great distribution - easy to install, rapidly updated, > secure, and easily supported. The two most unique features of Mandrake > are Mandrake Club (a pay for user support group that is a "must-have" > for businesses running Mandrake) and MSEC (a general security script > that lets you lock your box down with the flip of a switch - or open it > wide - or various levels in between [I run at level 4]). > > Mandriva (formerly Mandrake - but I just hate the new name): > http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/en-us/ > > Mandriva Linux Users Club > $66/year for individuals, $12/month for businesses > http://www.mandrivalinux.com/en/club/ > > MSEC: > http://www.geek-cave.com/linux/msec/ > > ====== > I hope one of our many Mandrake users can step into tonight and be an > Advocate for this great distribution! > > Thanks, > > Jon Carnes
I can't make it because I'm 600 miles away, but let me add the reason I use Mandrake... 1) It's got almost every app I need 2) It's completely on CD, so I don't need to apt-get tons of stuff over my dialup line. SteveT Steve Litt Founder and acting president: GoLUG http://www.golug.org -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
