Linked by Daniel Allen on Sun 18th Jan 2004 21:16 UTC
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.
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Only because I was not specific enough in my article and people seem to be hounding on it, let me expand upon my "windows hell" statement.
To me, using windows is hell. No one else is required to think that, it is just my opinion. I have not used any time at work to play with MandrakeMove. I am extremely busy at work and I simply don't have a spare minute to play with something like this, nor would I. It was all done on my own time. However, if I was able to run a live version of Linux, I could be more productive at work since I am much more comfortable in Linux.
I already have a perfect Linux distribution at home, Linux Mandrake 9.1 with an upgraded Mandrake 9.2 kernel and a wireless card. All of it was super easy to setup. I was simply looking to expand my horizons with a bootable live CD. Windows can't even run in this fashion, so it is no use in even talking about Windows when comparing it to my article. That comparison would be better off left to a desktop distribution review.
Unfortunately, it looks like MandrakeMove might be a little bit too "iffy" to try at work and not waste time right now. Knoppix might work better, but then again, it might have issues as well.
I did eventually buy a different USB drive, it was not a big deal. I even ended up getting a better deal for the price. (Lexar jumpdrive pro 2.0, works like a charm). I am trying to play devils advocate, reflected what a person might say if they tried MandrakeMove as a "non-geek" distro like Mandrake claims. Reviews such as this help Mandrake create better products. I am not bitching about Linux in general, I already love Linux and again, I have a Linux that works for me, much better than windows in my opinion (though you are free to disagree and not bash me).
Side note: I find that many of the responses on this site are quite hostile. It is unfortunate I think because I never said that you couldn't disagree with me. People may be inclined to read the comments more often if you just take a breather and put down an appropriate response. Think of it as a courtroom, where if you blast out inflamatory statements you get "overruled."