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hi, i know with windows you need a license per computer, is this the same with Linux Mandriva, or is it a case of when you pay for the non free version you can install it on as many computers as you wish?
or is the free Mandriva One the same OS just with less apps preinstalled?
 
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It's probably the same as the other linux distros - you only pay for support. You'd have to read the licence yourself, but unless this is for a business, use the free version tbh.
 
wilko49 said:
It's probably the same as the other linux distros - you only pay for support. You'd have to read the licence yourself, but unless this is for a business, use the free version tbh.
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ok, thats what it looks like.

installed the KDE version of mandriva one, but there seems to be very few apps for it :( havent tried the Gnome version yet, but will the app range be the same?

EDIT : fixed it, it didnt have the official site thingy selected by default for some reason, now its finding everything :)
 
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I haven't used Mandriva myself, but usually the apps are quite different between Gnome and KDE. On my old Fedora machine I had both installed. If you are struggling to find software, you might need to add some more repositories.
 
wilko49 said:
I haven't used Mandriva myself, but usually the apps are quite different between Gnome and KDE. On my old Fedora machine I had both installed. If you are struggling to find software, you might need to add some more repositories.
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yeh the official repository wasnt in the list, so did an update on the list, ticked the box for the newly added official repsoitory and all the apps i was looking for appeared :).

overall from mint, ubuntu and mandriva i think mandriva is the easiest to get on with, mainly because it looks and feels more like windows. so hopfully if i can learn the basics on this then moving to another distro that isnt so similar to windows will be easier.
 
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im not sure how i install firefox 4 as it only downloads firefox-4.0.1.tar.bz2 which i can only extract :(
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If I recall correctly, Mandriva offifical repos only provide security updates until the next distro version, so the official version would still be 3.x until the next Mandriva release. The tarball you downloaded has a standalone Firefox 4 for you to use, but someone else will have to help with that as I only ever use software from repos.

An alternative is there might be a community-provided "backports" repo which will have updated versions of software. If there is one, and you can find and add it, you'll see the newest version of Firefox there.
 
Huw said:
If I recall correctly, Mandriva offifical repos only provide security updates until the next distro version, so the official version would still be 3.x until the next Mandriva release. The tarball you downloaded has a standalone Firefox 4 for you to use, but someone else will have to help with that as I only ever use software from repos.

An alternative is there might be a community-provided "backports" repo which will have updated versions of software. If there is one, and you can find and add it, you'll see the newest version of Firefox there.
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ok, think i will stick with 3.6 or whatever for now :)

overall it seems a lot more user friendly, not sure how different the KDE version will be compared to the Gnome one though.
 
how do you launch other apps you install via wine? firefox just replaced all the built in shortcuts to go to the wine installed version 4, but i installed IE8 and have no shortcuts :(

also, how portable is this version of Mandriva? its installed on a pendrive so can i just plug it into any pc/laptop and it will boot and run ok?
 
another thing. im using emesene for my messenger replacement, but when i click on the email icon, it tries to open it with openoffice and not firefox. any ideas?
 
paradisiac said:
ok, firefox problem sorted, wine did a fantastic job :p
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Why not install firefox 4 from the .tar.bz2 file?

From memory (someone could please correct me if I'm wrong :)) you could do something like this*:

cd path/to/firefox.tar.bz2
bunzip2 firefox-4.0.1.tar.bz2
tar xvf firefox-4.0.1.tar #note: there's probably a one-line command to extract the .tar.bz2 data but I forget
./configure
make
su #to substitute your everyday user for the root user or use sudo depending if sudo is used in Mandriva
make install
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*please note, you may run into issues if you don't have the proper dependencies installed for firefox 4, such as 'xulrunner'. Be a good learning exercise though if you're so inclined? :)
 
cb_linus said:
Why not install firefox 4 from the .tar.bz2 file?

From memory (someone could please correct me if I'm wrong :)) you could do something like this*:



*please note, you may run into issues if you don't have the proper dependencies installed for firefox 4, such as 'xulrunner'. Be a good learning exercise though if you're so inclined? :)
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Actually the tarball provides an executable. Apparently you just need to install dependencies and you're good to go, as per this page at least.

But screw all that. This is why I only install from repos - I let my package manager take care of that ****. ;)
 
Huw said:
Actually the tarball provides an executable. Apparently you just need to install dependencies and you're good to go, as per this page at least.

But screw all that. This is why I only install from repos - I let my package manager take care of that ****. ;)
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there is an issue with mandriva latest repo server, so a lot of the software i have tried is not compatible with the 2010 version as its only connecting to the 2009 and not getting the updates. not sure how long this issue has been around or if there is a fix. which is a shame because overall i think its the best distro i have tried. so far i have tried ubuntu, mint, mandriva and kubuntu. the 2 i prefer are kbuntu and mandriva, but ubuntu was pretty different to the window OS's so in a way that did kind of make it better, just a tad confusing.
still havent really worked out the difference between gnome and kde.
 
paradisiac said:
still havent really worked out the difference between gnome and kde.
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They're just different desktop environments, there's nothing more to it than that. Gnome has historically been about ease of use while KDE has always been about giving the user the power to alter just about anything. They're both based on different libraries and APIs, but when it comes down to it they're just the GUIs that provide access to your PC.

There are many others to choose from, like LXDE, XFCE, Fluxbox etc. Gnome and KDE are the leading DEs for Linux.
 
ok thanks. liking mandriva a lot. the only real issue i have, and that is probably me or the hardware rather than the OS itself, but the screen resolution seems really poor. i have tried setting it to its default/native, but it keeps resetting back to 1024x768 :(
 
More info needed. What exactly is it you do to change the resolution? When does it reset - after a reboot, several seconds, what?
 
sorry, i go to 'Configure Your Desktop', Click on 'Display' and change it from its drop down list to 1366x768 (Auto) but as soon as it does the screen adjustmests it asks if i want to keep the settings, i click yes and it goes back to 1024x768 :(

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although, as i do it for these purposes it seems to of held the setting :( will try a restart :)
 
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