Mandrake 9.2 ( Have you tried it? )

[SKYLINEGTR33MWJ]

Are there any screen shots of the new Mandrake 9.2 ?

I 'm willing to purchase a copy of it if i like it. Im using 9.1 right now and its a fine o/S it does anything i want it to do.

Has anyone installed Mandrake 9.2 yet?

[DanGrease]

I haven't yet, waiting for the public release (I think the release is due on Nov.1) but from what I have heard there are no significant changes from Mandrake 9.1

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/92
dan

[SKYLINEGTR33MWJ]

i was checking out the screen shots.... unbelievable !! (u can run xp on mandrake) how can i do that?

[DanGrease]

I saw the screenshot too. Really cool, although I have no idea how to do it. This new version looks very promising. As soon as the public release is out I will download the file and see how it works.

dan

[DanGrease]

I just saw this:

Drivers:
ATI© Drivers
NVIDIA® Video Drivers
NVIDIA® nForce 1 et 2 Drivers
Conexant® HCF/HSF Drivers

It comes with the video card drivers already installed. Now thats great (remembering the day when I had to install the driver in Mandrake by myself)

dan

[jkrohn]

Only the powerpack comes with those drivers. The other two do not.

Jkrohn

[DanGrease]

Originally posted by jkrohn
Only the powerpack comes with those drivers. The other two do not.

Jkrohn

Actually all of them (except the download version) come with those drivers
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/92/comparison


dan

[jkrohn]

Ah, it is only the powerpack download that comes with it then

My mistake, I thought they carried the same over to the packaged versions.

Jkrohn

[DanGrease]

Originally posted by jkrohn
Ah, it is only the powerpack download that comes with it then

My mistake, I thought they carried the same over to the packaged versions.

Jkrohn

No problem
Although I am happy to show a Linux expert was mistaken and a Linux newbie corrected him
By the way since you have tried it out do you think its worth to upgrade from Mandrake 9.1?

dan

[jkrohn]

It's really hard for me to say. I have been using 9.2 since the first RC. As a result I really am blurred as to what changed

IMO the improvements really seem to be GUI. Kernel remains essentially the same, and as far as I can tell nothing really undergoes a major revision other than OpenOffice 1.1. A lot of tools in the Control Center have been revamped, which is good.

Personally I always upgrade as it is easy and free My upgrade has always gone smoothly.

Jkrohn