Mandriva 2009 RC2 works...

Sweetness - didn't mandriva say though that they're coming out with a "netbook" edition that's supposed to boot in like 20 seconds?

 

that's right jack money,
but unfortunately they also specifically said that the Mandriva mini 2009 is an OEM/ODM like linpus lite and netbook remix...

 

Well, probably it will be under some sort of GPL license, so then it can be legally leaked and used by us too.

 

Or abused! ))

 

My son has installed the latest version of Mandriva on my Aspire One (hard disk model). He used the instructions found here:

http://www.eeextra.com/linux/installing ... e-box.html

It all works like a charm, networking, firewall, media player, latest version of Firefox and Open Office etc. Huge improvement. Boot time is slow but hibernate seems to work OK.

 

Glad you're enjoying Mandriva 2009 docyson.... but as you have noticed. It has been a while that we knew about this, hehehe. Welcome to the forum.

 

Sure I can see that. My point as a newbie is that it works and was v easy to install. It is such an improvement that I am amazed at Acer not putting it on in the first place.

 

I am really interested, i am just confused or rather misleaded, may i know if the mandriva one 2009 gnome is the one that is working, or is it different from mandriva 2009 gnome? enlighten me with this, and i can do it from there.

 

There are three main releases of Mandriva.

1. One, which is a live CD edition that comes in either KDE or Gnome flavours. KDE4 is not yet as mature as some people would like it to be, so the Gnome version is preferred by some. (Personally I run KDE4 and like it, but it's a matter of personal choice.)

2. Mandriva Free. This comes as a DVD installation disk, and contains none of the non-free components that come with the other versions of Mandriva.

3. Mandriva Powerpack (which is the one I use. But you have to pay for it, so if you're just experimenting, don't use it.) This is also a DVD version with full software, both 'free' and 'non-free'.

The One edition is favoured because it's a smaller download, runs as a live disk (so is good for experimenting) and can be used with both free and non free software. You just have to download it because it won't all fit on the CD.

Personally I installed via an external DVD drive, but using the pendrive method described in the page mentioned above is a good alternative if you don't have such a drive.

Hope this helps.

 

that helped because those are the versions that i see on the mandriva website. so it is the mandriva one 2009 gnome that most people use here and are referred to? thanks.

 

you can use a spare usb drive if you want to keep linpus as your main linux distro. then just use the F12 button at boot-up instead of GRUB. This is how I worked it out. hope it helps

 

it would be the time for me to try mandriva now, i just botched my system trying to update the gma drivers and so instead of restoring my linpus lite, i'll play around with mandriva first.

how much space would this eat on my SSD? How do I make my 16gb sdhc card my home directory? Thanks a lot.

 

i used a 8gb usb dirve. I still have around 3.8 to 4 gb free

 

oh, does that mean you live installed it on the usb flash disk? I might do it as well since i like both distros but 8gb SSD is insufficient to dual boot aside from puppy linux.

and if I did that, is it possible to mount my SSD and access my files from Linpus Lite? Thanks.

 

mounting the main drive works.