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Sep 272010
Sep 222010
Sep 202010
Appears this time, Mandriva is actually done. Most of its full time devs have either left or were pushed. Indeed those guys have forked the Mandriva proj and are working on a new derived distro called Mageia.
Mandriva itself is looking to become a BRIC desktop distro with most of its desktop people to be hired in Brazil. I have no probs with a BRIC focused desktop as long as it still serves my needs. But I fear this time it’s real, and Mandriva/Mandrake that we have come to like will be replaced that’s Mandriva in name only.
For the time being I intend to keep my desktop running Mandriva and see what’s happening with Mageia and also the state of Mandriva. It’s already slow in getting the point release of KDE. I hope all goes well with both distros and communities.
Sep 132010
Sep 102010
It looks like there are some really ominous things in the future of my favourite distro: Mandriva. This comes on the back of Silver Bullet biting it. But the signs are there, first:
Mandriva up for sale
and now:
KDE maintainer leaves
Things aren’t looking so good for the reliable and easy to use Mandriva. I hope that they pull through this. I’ve tried Ubuntu and a few other distros, but Mandriva is still the one I use the most.
I hope this Mandriva forum poster is correct.
Mandriva’s present situation, if we really do appreciate this distribution’s capabilities, we shouldn’t panic. We need to realize that, although opensource in nature, Mandriva itself must attain some kind of financial independence and a secure one at that. Having your community panic is just one other hurdle to deal with. While not saying that Mandriva is not the creator of its present demise, I think that we should also shoulder part of the blame for the lack of advertising of the great distribution that it is to the public at large. The Ubuntu community does not seem to have problems extolling the virtues of their distro on various message boards and comment sections of magazines. We should also be doing the same. Getting the name out in circulation lends itself well in the viability of a distro’s survival.
I have tried other distros and still find Mandriva one of the most “user experience” distros around. It just needs more publicity to create that demand. I intend to stick with it till it degrades to the point where it becomes an un-trustable distro. Which it is not at this point.
Let’s keep our cool and keep contributing as a good and helpful community that we are.
Sep 072010
Sep 012010
We’ve started work on the apartment now. Grey/blue feature walls, new carpet and some new furniture. Rui and I aren’t overly talented DIY-type people. But I’ve oddly enjoyed painting with him.
I think we compliment each other well. He paints with the big roller, I have my baby roller and small brush. I have finesse, he has strength.
Whilst it has been disappointing that there is still no clear winner from the election….the campaign itself has been particularly useful for our house renovations. Julia Gillard bunting has helped to save our tiles from being spluttered with paint.
When calling around for quotes to carpet our little bedroom, I came to realise just how small it was. I told the guy it was roughly 4 square metres to which he told me that is the smallest bedroom in all of Australia.