Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Nov 2006 21:49 UTC, submitted by mister
"Mandriva 2007 may be the best distribution I have used. Looking through Mandriva's forum, you see employees of the company who care and are genuinely trying to help. Mandriva offers 'Free as in freedom' versions and versions with propriatery software. You would expect a release like this to be trumpeted. Instead, the release was met with hostility. Forums on tech sites were filled with Linux users cheering for the end of Mandriva. What happened? How did a company that was loved at one time become so unpopular? Is the hostility justified?"
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2005-06-30
I felt very much the same as the author of the article.
I haven't tried Mandriva 2007 yet, but I have been considering it. There was a time when Mandrake (I haven't tried the distro since before they changed the name) was the only distro that really seemed to work well for me with little hassle. I was a newbie at the time, and even though I tried to do some homework, including recruiting some help from a Linux veteran, Mandrake allowed me to learn at my own pace. I considered joining the club, but I didn't feel like I was ready to literally "buy in" to Linux. Then, they had a few stumbles. Unforgivable bugs cropped up in Mandrake, and I moved on to greener pastures. By the time their next release came along, it truly seemed like you couldn't do much with Mandrake if you weren't a club member. So, I decided to hold off on Mandrake for a while. I would like to at least test a distro before I lay down money for it.
Mandrake has since become Mandriva, and by all accounts they have just released a very nice new distro. It is at the top of my list of distros that I would like to try when I get a chance. I just hope that it doesn't disappoint. Their competition has improved since I started using Linux.