Mandriva 2008.1 Spring Edition : Breath Of Fresh Air

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Thanks :slight_smile: @ Mods please clear that long list of Linkbacks :slight_smile:

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Excellent work on the review..Man you have put in some real hard-work! Great work :slight_smile:

Btw, its Metisse and not Metissa :wink:

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^^Hey thanks :slight_smile: Fixed the spell mistake :stuck_out_tongue:

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I missed an important point :@, that Mandriva comes with Full EEE PC support and you get Online Support and help especially for EEE PC for Power Pack edition :expressionless:

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Gr8 review darky!

Some suggestions:

  1. Please include the download links (for downloading the distro) in the review too.
  2. Please avoid using words like ā€œI was shocked to seeā€. Instead u can use ā€œI was pleased to seeā€.
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^^Thanks .. Added the d/l link.. and I used shocked because it can be used in both sense but please can be used in only one sense.. But point noted sir.. will use much better words next time :slight_smile:

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Installed Mandriva on more than 30 computers today :slight_smile: and 2 laptops.. Wow it configured all the ATI and nvidia drivers and Compiz out of the box.. Every one was stunned to see the eye candy :drool2:

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Where was this? In the school your mom works at?

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^In my school and in the College where my Mom is Principal.. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Nice man Iā€™m gonna try this..

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While the review itself is neat (and Darky repped) hereā€™s my rant about Mandriva and Fedora 9 in favour of Ubuntu :stuck_out_tongue:

See http://www.techenclave.com/831091-post79.html

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Nice Review :slight_smile:
Installed in my lappy everydayā€¦the dealbreaker was Wifi (Broadcom) was not installed as it asked for ndiswrapper. Its a deal breaker. I know broadcom is at fault for nt having proper linux driver but still w/o wifi whats the use :frowning:

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^^Install the BCM43XX driver as stated here Mandriva 2008.1 Spring Edition : Breath Of Fresh Air - TechEnclave

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excellent work..:slight_smile:

installed it in my laptop and running greatā€¦

just speakers echoing internal sounds and headphones buzzing continuously.. :frowning:

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^^try to play around with Kmix Master Audio Center or Pulse Audio to fix the Echoing or Buzzing.. You can access those tools from Main Menu ā†’ Sound , if you are using Kick Off then Main Menu ->Application ā†’ Sound :slight_smile:

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What model do you have? For my tablet, Fedora 9 worked a bit better with the built-in kernel driver called ā€œb43ā€, although you still have to download the firmware and type a few commands to get it set up, but much less work.

The b43 loading error in dmesg output itself points you to a URL with the steps :smiley:

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yes would try thatā€¦
actually been pretty busy for a few days and hence didnt get much time to try fix the issue..
thanks for the suggestion :slight_smile:

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Guys digg the post here.. Some one dugged it again but this one is more popular than earlier on :stuck_out_tongue:
Digg - Mandriva 2008.1 Spring Edition : Breath Of Fresh Air

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Hey Dark Star,

One quick question .. can i set this up on RAID 0(nVidia 680I Sli board) with dual boot setup(Windows XP/ Windows Vista)??

If so, Please direct to me to a link which tells me how to add nvidia storage media drivers for RAID 0? or else will it work automatically..?

I have it downloaded already.. waiting for your inputs before proceeding furtherā€¦

Cheers,

Jay

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Since I donā€™t have Raid setup I was unable to answer. So I confirmed this with my friends .. It should work automatically.Set up the RAID in the NVIDIA utility, then run the Mandriva installer, choose ā€˜manual partitioningā€™, and see if it detects the array correctly.