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Mandriva Linux is a community-based Linux distribution, suitable for a wide range of solutions: from clustering to servers, firewalls and - most commonly - desktops. Mandriva Linux has a long history of open development, especially via the "Cooker", a fluid distribution that resembles a stable release for a few weeks every six months.
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Ohloh Analysis Summary
- Mostly written in Perl
- Very large, active development team
- Mature, well-established codebase
- Increasing year-over-year development activity
- Few source code comments
Updated 05 Jul 2008 00:50 UTC
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about 1 year
ago
Awesome
by JadziaMD
I have used this distro since their 10.0 release and have loved them ever since. It's great. They make using a GNU/Linux computer easy and fast to use. The distro doesn't play favourites between KDE and GNOME, the full CDs come with both. The drak tools are the simplest interface I've seen in a distro. Combined with their wiki and forum, help is always just a click away. As a commercial the are the only one who has made a public commitment to releasing all of their software under the GPL. The distro is so easy to use my Grandmother runs it.
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about 1 year
ago
User friendly
by Jure Repinc
Although I'm a more experienced user and now use Gentoo myself, I still think Mandriva is great for new GNU/Linux or new computer users. Most of the stuff works out of the box, including audio and video codecs. Mandriva Control Center makes it very easy to configure the system and manage packages. The new version 2007 Spring also makes it simple to enable all 3D desktop options (Aiglx, XGL, Metisse, Compiz). You can also buy a USB key with Mandriva preinstalled and this way your can take your desktop everywhere.
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Vincent Danen: Linux != Windows
I came across this great article today entitled Linux is Not Windows. This is a fantastic post that breaks down why people should stop comparing Linux to Windows and what newbies can do to make their Linux experience more enjoyable as well as not
Vincent Danen: Dig for more data in the /proc directory
This one is over a month old and got lost in my inbox, so I’m posting it now. A month ago’s TechMail was Dig for more data in the /proc directory which pretty much shows some ways of mining for info in the /proc pseudo-filesystem.
Vincent Danen: Send mail with eSMTP for a simple, single-user system
And finally, this last week’s Techmail was Send mail with eSMTP for a simple, single-user system which discusses using eSMTP to send email instead of setting up a full-blown postfix or exim or whatever server.
Vincent Danen: Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories
Last week’s TechMail was Chroot users with OpenSSH: An easier way to confine users to their home directories which discusses the new chroot capabilities of newer openssh. Chrooted sftp is very very cool and a welcome addition to openssh, although it would be neat if chrooting shell logins could be as easy.
Vincent Danen: Use Fuse to mount remote ssh directories
Haven’t been keeping up with the TechMails, so here’s the last three works worth. This one is entitled Use Fuse to mount remote ssh directories and it discusses how to use Fuse (user-space filesystem) to mount remote ssh directories as “local” filesystems. Extremely useful stuff.
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| This calculator estimates how much it would cost to hire a team to write this project from scratch. More » | |
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| Codebase | 390,600 |
| Effort (est.) | 102 Person Years |
| Avg. Salary | $ year |
| $ 5,621,380 | |
