Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 3rd Dec 2007 20:34 UTC, submitted by AdamW
Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris Mandriva Flash 2008 has been released. "Mandriva Flash 4GB provides a full-featured system - Mandriva Linux 2008 KDE- that requires no installation, on a bootable USB key. All you have to do is plug in the USB key, turn the PC on and the Mandriva Linux operating system is ready to use, with all you need for office work, Internet and multimedia tasks. System configuration, preferences and data are all saved on the key."
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RE: Convenient
by AdamW on Mon 3rd Dec 2007 22:44 UTC in reply to "Convenient"
AdamW
Member since:
2005-07-06

Flash *is* a USB key - it's not a download. You're buying the actual key, we mail it to you.

It's between a live CD and hard disk in speed, roughly, but closer to hard disk. A few very specific operations are a little faster due to the performance profile of flash memory.

For systems that can't boot from USB, it comes with an ISO you can write to a CD (mini CD or business card CD for convenience - just carry it in your wallet). Then you just boot from that CD with the Flash plugged in, and the Flash boots up.

There were several reviews of the previous version of the Flash - here's the first result for 'mandriva flash review' from Google:

http://www.linux.com/articles/114203

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RE[2]: Convenient
by beranger on Tue 4th Dec 2007 07:14 in reply to "RE: Convenient"
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2006-09-26

...and another review was: http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2434

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RE[2]: Convenient
by netpython on Tue 4th Dec 2007 09:36 in reply to "RE: Convenient"
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2005-07-06

Is the boxed powerpack edition 2008 already available in Europe?

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RE[3]: Convenient
by AdamW on Tue 4th Dec 2007 17:07 in reply to "RE[2]: Convenient"
AdamW Member since:
2005-07-06

Yes, they started shipping a couple of weeks ago. http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?products_id=378

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