Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 25th Mar 2003 03:25 UTC
OSNews was privileged to an early access to the final version of Mandrake Linux 9.1 Standard Edition and we were able to test it for almost a week now. Here is our review. Update: Added four screenshots. Update 2: Mandrake Linux 9.1 is out, read the PR, get it from mirrors, buy it or join the Club, from links found here.
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"buy a membership. That's what Mandrake prefer, AFAIK"
I think they would prefer you to buy both. ;-)
Nice review Eugenia (you only bashed kde a little bit at the end :^)
Could you please comment on the startup time after tweaking (turning off all unneeded/unwanted services via mcc->services)?
And can you comment on zeroconf?
What beast is that, what is it good for, etc. I have a home network with just linux machines, do I have to convert all of them to mdk9.1 to be able to use zeroconf? Can I do more with zeroconf than with my normal setup where I attribute ip addresses?
Does ntfs resizing need any preparation? As far as I understand, ntfs partitions can be resized but data cannot be moved, meaning if you have data at the end, the partition cannot be resized without loss of data.
Is this correct?
What defragmenter should one use to avoid any such problem?
Some tend to put data at the end of the partition, AFAIK...
Or should it just work without using a defragmenter?
Can you make any comments on the autodevice desktop stuff, such as having an icon appear the moment you connect some usb device like a scanner or webcam?
To me this seems a big plus, especially for new users.
Also, some more info about urpmi and related comments would be nice for people who don't know Mandrake.
Finally, can you comment on the special 'desktop user, low latency (preempt or whatever) multimedia kernel' which is supposed to make mdk9.1 the right distro for multimedia users? (gives high priority to stuff like recording audio IIUC)