tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post1435472254468191896..comments2024-03-18T10:43:28.122+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Mageia 6: is it the rise of Phoenix?DarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-66855036569984176732017-11-10T19:21:59.914+00:002017-11-10T19:21:59.914+00:00When I used to run Mageia, the software update cyc...When I used to run Mageia, the software update cycle desired some improvement. I cannot tell now, but I recently heard that support cycle of Mageia 5 had been extended.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-51536497272775333812017-11-10T19:20:32.227+00:002017-11-10T19:20:32.227+00:00I recently tried GNOME in some distributions (like...I recently tried GNOME in some distributions (like <a href="http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2017/11/ubuntu-1710-unhappy-remarriage.html" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu 17.10</a>) and I am of so low opinion of it that I don't want to spoil the sweet taste of Mageia, my old favourite.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-36539439069959787082017-11-10T18:59:17.441+00:002017-11-10T18:59:17.441+00:00Nice review.how about Mageia GNOME? How is update ...Nice review.how about Mageia GNOME? How is update cycle for software and os itself?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173036874658232476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-39584067482497582492017-09-27T07:19:37.626+01:002017-09-27T07:19:37.626+01:00Great to see such active team members in Mageia! B...Great to see such active team members in Mageia! Best wishes in your work!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-57827953087057878562017-09-26T18:19:04.972+01:002017-09-26T18:19:04.972+01:00Nice review. It's certainly more informative t...Nice review. It's certainly more informative that many distro reviews that merely catalog the software versions.<br /><br />I have been a Mageia user since the Mandrake days, and have contributed to their doc team for a while and participate in their beta testing. The management for Mandriva seemed to work very hard to scuttle the distro and alienated a large group of users that actively supported development and contributed many packages to the distro. It's been tough for the new team at Mageia with limited resources, but they work hard to make Mageia fulfill the promise of Mandrake. They have welcomed and worked on my bug reports and I have found the triage team and the package maintainers to be welcoming and supportive of my feedback.<br /><br />As far as the number of packages available, that's a function of the number of volunteers that will maintain a particular package. I have, however, found that RPMs from Fedora usually install without trouble and using alien to converts some DEBs can be done as well. I am retiring soon, so I'll have time to devote to becoming a package maintainer of some of my favorite apps.Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207912453075247448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-90568455531923980262017-08-24T11:30:36.316+01:002017-08-24T11:30:36.316+01:00No I haven't. My server is now in our lab so I...No I haven't. My server is now in our lab so I can't have a physical connection. But if the old draktools are still there, there's no reason it shouldn't work.<br /><br />In all fairness, I have to confess that server is probably the oldest running instance of a mandriva distro: 2008.1 :)<br />It's been running smoothly for ages (behind a hugely secured firewall) and It's been my experiment machine since 2009Djaméhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825022025359874962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-70355290462872206972017-08-24T10:26:24.897+01:002017-08-24T10:26:24.897+01:00Djame, have you tried the same with Mageia?Djame, have you tried the same with Mageia?DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-24247796274067093532017-08-24T10:20:14.101+01:002017-08-24T10:20:14.101+01:00Hey, Mandriva was always my favorite distribution....Hey, Mandriva was always my favorite distribution.<br />It's the only one that allowed me to create a shared internet connection via a firewire cable without a glitch in a few click. Try that with any other. Same for creating an afs (apple share) for my mac (mandriva was the server, the mac the client, but the mac was sharing its wifi connection via a firewire cable connected to both machines).<br /><br />Djaméhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825022025359874962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-56622133717721532762017-08-22T08:22:55.957+01:002017-08-22T08:22:55.957+01:00That's an unusual set of components. Should be...That's an unusual set of components. Should be challenging enough.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-59093620896212641362017-08-21T22:20:59.924+01:002017-08-21T22:20:59.924+01:00My new favourite for 32bit is openSUSE Tumbleweed ...My new favourite for 32bit is openSUSE Tumbleweed MATE but then with Mageia LTS kernel mixed in.Eddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437445525475584049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-90925672656791366242017-08-21T15:14:47.160+01:002017-08-21T15:14:47.160+01:00Generally, that's OK for KDE. It would be too ...Generally, that's OK for KDE. It would be too much for Xfce or LXDE, I agree.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-47787352371595970962017-08-21T15:13:32.854+01:002017-08-21T15:13:32.854+01:00> The freshly booted system took only 468 MB of...> The freshly booted system took only 468 MB of memory, which is good result for the KDE-based distribution.<br /><br />That's way to much for just showing the desktop.Ikemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192982197895876155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-86363968604140809072017-08-17T22:17:32.300+01:002017-08-17T22:17:32.300+01:00That's too technical for me, so I can neither ...That's too technical for me, so I can neither confirm nor reject your claims. For me, Mageia Linux simply worked.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-73486001955997930062017-08-17T18:46:12.668+01:002017-08-17T18:46:12.668+01:00If I'm not wrong the most interesting feature ...If I'm not wrong the most interesting feature about Mageia is that it is the only Linux distribution that defaults to Clang/LLVM instead of gcc for compiling binaries. This is really interesting since Clang continues to mature and (maybe) we can see better performance in some particular software and/or hadrware. I read time ago (I can NOT confirm) that LLVM was much faster than GCC in OpenCL benchmarks.E.Arizón Benitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818596012997858632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-7991386174523823462017-08-17T05:27:34.345+01:002017-08-17T05:27:34.345+01:00For me Mageia 6 was nice but like more up to date ...For me Mageia 6 was nice but like more up to date software such as firefox. I can understand why they choose not to do this but do like more up to date software so for me I like how PCLinuxOS and OpenMandriva do this. I also like Calamares for the installer as it is faster then what Mageia uses. I am using LinuxMint though at the moment as for some reason the more recent versions like Ubunut, Mageia, PCLinuxOS are hard on my system and the fan runs quite a bit. With LinuxMint this is not an issue and I rarely hear the fan even doing the same thing on it that I do on the others.United againsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076711128580222619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-21999820116564590422017-08-16T15:22:11.131+01:002017-08-16T15:22:11.131+01:00Thanks Anton! Nice you liked the review and the OS...Thanks Anton! Nice you liked the review and the OS both!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-47352118420474740842017-08-16T15:17:53.765+01:002017-08-16T15:17:53.765+01:00Thanks for the nice review DarkDuck!
I installed M...Thanks for the nice review DarkDuck!<br />I installed Mageia 6 2 weeks ago an a weak Samsung N145P machine and I can only say it is the best distro from all other Mandriva-based ones - Rosa, PCLinuxOS and OpenMandriva. Newest LTS Linux kernel, good choice of file systems to install the system, advanced system installer. I use the new Xfce edition and I can say that it is stable as a rock and has most packages that I need in it's repos. Very user friendly tool for installing third-party RPM's also (I'm talking about Skype here). I was tracking the development of Mageia 6 through the official and I know that they really put everything they had in it. Users even have the choice to use Fedora's DNF package manager which is way faster than Mandriva/Mageia's urpmi. A must try distro for every Linux user!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com