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Posts Tagged ‘Mandriva’

Mandriva: An open letter to Steve Ballmer

When Steve Ballmer screws you over. New Nigerian Classmate PC’s with Mandriva Linux to have MS Windows installed later. What a load of crock! I suppose nobody ever accused MS of being ethical (at least without the sarcasm). Why does this make any sense at all. I mean just look at this process: Step 1 [...]

Upgrade to Mandriva 2008.0

Just a quick note for everyone. Mandriva Linux 2008.0 is out and going strong. Keeping that in mind, I have now updated this server to run 2008.0 with very few problems (via urpmi –auto-select). This is a first for me with any Mandriva server. Well done guys! I’ve also installed the Powerpack on my Toshiba [...]

1 Month On: Mandriva 2007 Spring – Laptop

Since it’s been a while since I last posted, I thought I’d bring you all up to date with the new Mandriva release. Spring beautiful spring! For the last month (and a bit) I’ve been running Mandriva 2007.1 Spring PowerPack on my Toshiba Satellite 2410. To avoid people having to skip to the conclusion, I’m [...]