
I want to start off by saying that
MandrakeMove is an incredible distribution and I am going to focus on some rather particular points in this review. My hope is to make the community aware of some of the outstanding issues with running MandrakeMove and not to discredit the countless hours Mandrake employees spent on making such a polished product. We all want Linux to succeed and that can only be accomplished by continuing to test, report and ask why or why not? The lifecycle of linux is like an organism, it has to keep breathing to stay alive.
"I couldn't wait to update my MandrakeClub subscription and start leeching the USB-key version of MandrakeMove."
As much as I may sympathize with the author's feelings about Mandrakemove and linux in general, he's TOTALLY out of line here to expect to download this version for free (which comes with its own USB key when purchased) and then whine when he can't get it to work with some off the shelf piece of hardware.
Mandrake was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy last I read. I'm not crazy about their distribution myself, but this is no way to support them if you do like them.