Mandriva 2006 ISOs

Jim Townsend wrote:

> Wayne wrote:
>

>> I'm prolly late with this but the free ISOs are finding
>> their way to the mirrors:
>>
>> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03041#0
>>
>> Wayne

>
> Yes.. This doesn't show up on the Mandriva mirrors page,
> (not yet anyway) but the ISOs have been placed on most if
> not all the official mirrors.
>
> I guess the announcement will be coming soon..
>
> Here's one site you can grab the ISO images..
>
> ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake...o/2006.0/i586/

Just to add.. go to *any* of the mirrors and navigate to:

linux/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/2006.0/i586/

.... and you should find the ISOs there.. They should
be all the same since they're mirrors :-)

On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:00:04 -0600, Jim Townsend wrote:

> Jim Townsend wrote:
>

>> Wayne wrote:
>>

>>> I'm prolly late with this but the free ISOs are finding their way to
>>> the mirrors:
>>>
>>> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03041#0
>>>
>>> Wayne

>>
>> Yes.. This doesn't show up on the Mandriva mirrors page, (not yet
>> anyway) but the ISOs have been placed on most if not all the official
>> mirrors.
>>
>> I guess the announcement will be coming soon..
>>
>> Here's one site you can grab the ISO images..
>>
>> ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake...o/2006.0/i586/

>
>
> Just to add.. go to *any* of the mirrors and navigate to:
>
> linux/Mandrakelinux/official/iso/2006.0/i586/
>
> ... and you should find the ISOs there.. They should be all the same
> since they're mirrors :-)

Where there's smoke there's mirrors :-)

OK. Failed attempt at humour but I use 2 days of hangovers as an excuse!

/me wonders if the plebs will get access to Gnome 2.12. It might tempt
me back from Ubuntu.

Wayne
--
Registered Linux user #375994
http://www.geocities.jp/rondonko/

Wayne wrote:

> I'm prolly late with this but the free ISOs are finding
> their way to the mirrors:
>
> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03041#0
>
> Wayne

Great! Having a DVD is a *lot* easyer than installing with FTP. At least
- thats the case with a few friends of mine whom only posess a dial-in
account. Guess i will make a few people happy today... ;-)

Wayne wrote:

> I'm prolly late with this but the free ISOs are finding
> their way to the mirrors:
>
> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03041#0
>
> Wayne

Niceof them (Mandriva) to take £40 off me last night then!

I'm downloading all the variants now (DVD\ CD versions of 32 bit & 64 bit
variants).

Or is the (paid for) Powerpack a better version? It did say I'd get free
packaged installers for ATI\Nvidia cards - is all that in the free version
too?

That said, I don't grudge them a few sheckles - this thing didn't put itself
together...

Martin

Martin said the following on 2005-11-14 13:46:

> Wayne wrote:
>

>>I'm prolly late with this but the free ISOs are finding
>>their way to the mirrors:
>>
>>http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03041#0

>
> Niceof them (Mandriva) to take £40 off me last night then!
>
> I'm downloading all the variants now (DVD\ CD versions of 32 bit & 64 bit
> variants).
>
> Or is the (paid for) Powerpack a better version?

It the same version, except for the fact it has third party
software/drivers already installed (like Skype, Acrobat Reader, NVIDIA
drivers e.g). You're quite free to download and install these yourself:
the NVIDIA's graphic drivers are freely available from their site. It's
a bit more work, but not very hard in any way. Installing Skype is
simply a matter of downloading the package from skype and using urpmi to
install it.

Personally I haven't found the differences to be big enough to buy a
membership. For someone who "simply want it to work" the Powerpack might
be a better option.

--
Jon Solberg (remove "nospam" from email address).

Jon Solberg wrote:

<SNIP>

>>
>> Or is the (paid for) Powerpack a better version?

>
> It the same version, except for the fact it has third party
> software/drivers already installed (like Skype, Acrobat Reader, NVIDIA
> drivers e.g). You're quite free to download and install these
> yourself: the NVIDIA's graphic drivers are freely available from
> their site. It's a bit more work, but not very hard in any way.
> Installing Skype is simply a matter of downloading the package from
> skype and using urpmi to install it.
>
> Personally I haven't found the differences to be big enough to buy a
> membership. For someone who "simply want it to work" the Powerpack
> might be a better option.

Yes, I have installed Nvidia drivers for earlier versions of Mandrake in the
past, and while it's a bit of a pain, it's not so bad.

I have used free versions before, but I did also purchase an earlier
version - may have been as long ago as 7.1 or 8.1.

I don't mind paying a bit for the distro as these guys have to eat! Anyway,
I paid a lot more for Windows XP.

That said, I'm not having a go at anyone who chooses to use the free
version. Each to his own.

Regards

Martin

John Kloosterman <JClosed_AD_netscape_DoT_net> wrote:

> Wayne wrote:

>> I'm prolly late with this but the free ISOs are finding
>> their way to the mirrors:
>>
>> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03041#0
>>
>> Wayne

>
> Great! Having a DVD is a *lot* easyer than installing with FTP. At least
> - thats the case with a few friends of mine whom only posess a dial-in
> account. Guess i will make a few people happy today... ;-)

"Easier"? As far as difficulty, it only takes a little more typing (the URL,
directory..) to install via FTP. It would take a very long time using a
dial-in, but using a high speed connection, it can actually be FASTER
(because only what is to be installed is downloaded).

matt_left_coast wrote:

> John Kloosterman <JClosed_AD_netscape_DoT_net> wrote:
>
>

>>Wayne wrote:
>>

>>>I'm prolly late with this but the free ISOs are finding
>>>their way to the mirrors:
>>>
>>>http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03041#0
>>>
>>>Wayne

>>
>>Great! Having a DVD is a *lot* easyer than installing with FTP. At least
>>- thats the case with a few friends of mine whom only posess a dial-in
>>account. Guess i will make a few people happy today... ;-)

>
>
> "Easier"? As far as difficulty, it only takes a little more typing (the URL,
> directory..) to install via FTP. It would take a very long time using a
> dial-in, but using a high speed connection, it can actually be FASTER
> (because only what is to be installed is downloaded).

Ehrrmm... i ment to say - easyer for the person who's having a dial-in
account. Maybe i did not expressed myself the right way..

Oh well - guess thats what you get when english is not your native
language.. ;-)