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01-11-2008, 12:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dark Star Wise Old Owl Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: /dev/hd0 Posts: 1,487	Mandriva Linux 2009.0 Review : A Mixed Bag As promised I reviewed Mandriva 2009.0. I tried to cover as many points as I can .. Hope you will like the review.. Review : http://www.techenclave.com/reviews-a...ed-121553.html DIgg It : http://digg.com/linux_unix/Mandriva_...ew_A_Mixed_Bag FS Daily Digg : http://www.fsdaily.com/Beginner/Mand...ew_A_Mixed_Bag Hoping for comments and suggestions.. Regards __________________ Me Myself and My Tux Blog :- http://tuxenclave.wordpress.com/

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01-11-2008, 12:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
thewisecrab AFK Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,599	Re: Mandriva Linux 2009.0 Review : A Mixed Bag Really, as always, a nice review I cant help notice Mandriva's step motherly treatment towards LP though ..... __________________ Follow me on http://twitter.com/thewisecrab "This Jen, is the internet"

01-11-2008, 12:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dark Star Wise Old Owl Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: /dev/hd0 Posts: 1,487	Re: Mandriva Linux 2009.0 Review : A Mixed Bag Its not Mandriva either its Phonon or the beta version of Amarok,, tracks work fine with SMplayer so it must be Amarok.. __________________ Me Myself and My Tux Blog :- http://tuxenclave.wordpress.com/

01-11-2008, 12:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
thewisecrab AFK Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bombay Posts: 1,599	Re: Mandriva Linux 2009.0 Review : A Mixed Bag Yeah, You mentioned it in the review too, I was just kidding here I found 2008.1 severely bloated. [on friend's PC with 1gig RAM, 965 chipset] Is this better? __________________ Follow me on http://twitter.com/thewisecrab "This Jen, is the internet"

01-11-2008, 12:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dark Star Wise Old Owl Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: /dev/hd0 Posts: 1,487	Re: Mandriva Linux 2009.0 Review : A Mixed Bag ^^bloated ? __________________ Me Myself and My Tux Blog :- http://tuxenclave.wordpress.com/

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Yeah, You mentioned it in the review too, I was just kidding here

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I found 2008.1 severely bloated.

[on friend's PC with 1gig RAM, 965 chipset]
Is this better?

Except for the start-up time (about 90 secs), 2008.1 worked smoothly on a machine with 845 chipset, 1 gig ram last I installed it.

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01-11-2008, 07:21 PM

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^^bloated ?

I meant sluggish.
The live CD was getting tasks done faster in this case..

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01-11-2008, 09:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
adi007 Alpha Geek Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: hassan Posts: 717	Re: Mandriva Linux 2009.0 Review : A Mixed Bag Excellent Review.. and ur writing skills is awesome .... I can see a good tech writer of the future in you __________________ ☼ doiteasily.com ►easy way(s) to do certain things Tech Word of the day : ADSL ☼ Aditech Blog ► There is something for everyone Terminal Command of the day ☼ regtweak.info ► Windows Registry hacks and tricks Last edited by adi007; 01-11-2008 at 09:24 PM.

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