Ubuntu 8 vs Mandriva 2008

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Sathish

Sathish

Debian Gnu/Linux User
Lot of people says ubuntu is the best distro for desktop...

recently i have replaced ubuntu with Mandriva 2008..
i felt that mandriva 2008 overtakes some area in ubuntu esp. in desktop ver.

Excellent Hardware confign... I never installed additional driver for my system, (esp. on Asus A8N series MothBoar, 7300 GT, Samsung 713N LCD, DSL modem)
Faster than Ubuntu.

But im not a professional linux user...

Anybody plzzz quote any advantages in ubuntu over Mandriva 2008..
Which is Best for desktop.....
(Stable, look and Feel , software packages)
 
Krazy_About_Technology

Krazy_About_Technology

Padawan
^Package Management in Mandriva is quiet good too. The GUI tool (dont remember name now) for installing and uninstalling packages works flawlessly and the installation speed is simply superb! I dont think its inferior to ubuntu in that respect anymore, inspite of the famous "dependency hell" issue with the RPM format. :)
 
Rahim

Rahim

Married!
I too have seen guys going gaga over apt-get in Debian-based system.
Nowdual-booting Hardy & OpenSusue 11.0 and found the latter to be more polished, way faster than GNOME Hardy and YaST is very good. Configuring my BSNL Dataone was a pain though.
 
Dark Star

Dark Star

Cyborg Agent
Specially parka123 :p A hardcore deb fan :p Mandriva is great and has pwned Ubuntu in almost all areas :) urpmi is as good as deb..Mandriva has slick UI , better eyecandy , better tools, good s/w drivers and applications :)
 
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FilledVoid

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Mandriva is great and has pwned Ubuntu in almost all areas urpmi is as good as deb..Mandriva has slick UI , better eyecandy , better tools, good s/w drivers and applications
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The only difference I have heard and noticed on Mandriva is that it contains much better modules for the hardware support and a easier wizard to install. Other than that I don't see how the eye candy part is relevant? Don't you get access to the same eye candy regardles sof the distro you are on ? Or are you saying that the default themes , wallpapers look nice ?
 
Pat

Pat

Beyond Smart
Dark Star said:
Specially parka123 :p A hardcore deb fan :p Mandriva is great and has pwned Ubuntu in almost all areas :) urpmi is as good as deb..Mandriva has slick UI , better eyecandy , better tools, good s/w drivers and applications :)
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Really ?? How, when, where ?
 
ray|raven

ray|raven

Think Zen.
How many days is it gonna take to get it into your thick skulls?

There aint no such thing a best distro.
Use whatever you feel comfortable with.

Sheesh , everytime a new guys starts using linux , we get back to this topic.
 
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Sathish

Sathish

Debian Gnu/Linux User
FilledVoid said:
Other than that I don't see how the eye candy part is relevant? Don't you get access to the same eye candy regardles sof the distro you are on ? Or are you saying that the default themes , wallpapers look nice ?
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Just install Compiz Fusion
Emerald Theme manager and Compiz fusion icon. and go to www.kde-loog.org, pick up your fav windows decorator, themes, wallpapers, icons ...etc.. and feel that
you are in Heaven..

and i will challlange that Mandriva hardware recong. is excellent of all distro. (including ubuntu..)
 
Pat

Pat

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^^ You are missing the point. What he is trying to say is that you can get the eye-candy (compiz fusion et al.) on all distros and its not that only Mandriva can look good and others cannot.
 
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vaithy

In the zone
from mandriva 2006 and 2007 and its spring variations I always struggle with it...But now mandriva 2008.1 spring is my main distro along with six others, my second best is Sidux-2008 which is actually simplified Debian 'sid'. Now the posting is from Parsix 1.01 simply cool..everything is 'Black magic' here. even OO is also black.. parsix made black is so beautiful.. But hardware detection mandriva win hands... even in my office computer where every linux distro refuse to see the printer atached with it mandriva automatically installed the necessary drivers loo.. ready to print.. in the business point this is the best distro i recommend for business people..with samba server i can see all my co- workers WIN'doze machines...I use ubuntu upto 7.10 now no more bandu's...Suse is sleek.. powerful.. but no thanks... I don't want part of your spoils with'm$'
 
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FilledVoid

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Just install Compiz Fusion
Emerald Theme manager and Compiz fusion icon. and go to www.kde-loog.org, pick up your fav windows decorator, themes, wallpapers, icons ...etc.. and feel that
you are in Heaven..
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This has been explan in the another post.

and i will challlange that Mandriva hardware recong. is excellent of all distro. (including ubuntu..)
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I'd still prefer Ubuntu just because its my choice of what OS I have on my system.
 
Dark Star

Dark Star

Cyborg Agent
Baah. Guys post replies by taking your head out of sand :p When did I said we can't customize Liinux. Have you forgotten that I had only had posted 2 Customization Guide for Ubuntu Search Thinkdigit Open Source Section. and if you guys think that I am Mandriva fan that you are sadly mistaken..I am no distro fan .. Check my previous review.. *www.techenclave.com/reviews-and-previews/major-linux-distros-shootout-100362-gars2.html | *www.techenclave.com/reviews-and-previews/major-linux-distros-shootout-100362-gars3.html

You might notice that I have given Ubuntu Gutsy maximum point because it deserves it .. Not Mandriva that time.. But Mandriva developers has the turned the table again.. and if you still think I am a distro fan then you are a headcase.. Apart from that people stick to a particular distro and didn't wanna try others.. So its not my fault if you are accustomed to one distroo..

I will be removing Mandriva , am waiting for my HDD to get fixed till then I can't install else I will lose the data :p After that I will try SUSE 11.0 ..

Please don't add Compiz in toopic its a Universal Distro tool. So thats not the case with any distro..
 
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FilledVoid

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Apart from that people stick to a particular distro and didn't wanna try others.. So its not my fault if you are accustomed to one distroo..
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Mostly because they prefer to stay on one OS than having it reinstalled every other week. This thread is just another random Linux comparison thread. There will most likely be another one next week and the week after etc.
 
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