Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 7th Nov 2005 00:10 UTC, submitted by Rob Teng
In light of the many misunderstandings about Linux, software repositories and installation of packages, part one of this season's Mandriva Linux 2006 review includes an extensive background article about it. It explains why the nature of Free Software leads to a more userfriendly software installation setup for Linux distributions in general, as compared to proprietary systems such as the current desktop market leader. The process is illustrated with Mandriva Linux tools. This first part of the Mandriva Linux 2006 review also contains information on the installation and benchmark figures against previous Mandriva/Mandrake products, amongst other things.
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2005-06-29
Um, it doesn't matter if you buy or steal your commercial software, it still requires a registration/activation code...
Even commercial Unix software comes with these (they're actually about 5 times longer, and you have to store them in a file).