fix-this! Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 i wonder if i should use this instead of ubuntu, why doesn't ubuntu support full syncing with windows mobile phones ? look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 The KDE4 version look cool, it is a liveCD, so you can try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 i tried mandriva 2009, i like it. alot of configuring that needs to be done though. the syncing with windows mobile phones does work and i was able to get my htc touch synced up fully. i prefer ubuntu though and im wondering why this can't be ported to the new 8.10 version ? if i had that in ubuntu i would fully install it and get rid of windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted October 11, 2008 Administrators Share Posted October 11, 2008 I've used Mandriva on several different computers and they all worked very well. The newer editions seem to work much better, of course. Also, the URPMI method of package management is really pretty good. Remember that Mandriva is based on Red Hat. I enjoyed it while I used it.......... and later I switched to Debian, but not because I didn't like Mandriva..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted October 11, 2008 Veteran Share Posted October 11, 2008 I've used Mandriva on several different computers and they all worked very well. The newer editions seem to work much better, of course. Also, the URPMI method of package management is really pretty good.Remember that Mandriva is based on Red Hat. I enjoyed it while I used it.......... and later I switched to Debian, but not because I didn't like Mandriva..... I thought Mandriva was based on Mandrake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_f Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Mandriva pretty much is Mandrake. It was a name change after two companies merged afaik but was first built on Red Hat 5 (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted October 11, 2008 Administrators Share Posted October 11, 2008 I thought Mandriva was based on Mandrake. Well, The distro was first Mandrake, then the name change to Mandriva after it merged with Conectiva. Mandrake was based on Red Hat....... http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Mandrake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKer Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 i wonder if i should use this instead of ubuntu, why doesn't ubuntu support full syncing with windows mobile phones ? look I've never had problems syncing windows mobile PDAs or phones, the last version (2008 and 2008.1) made it very easy to do. In ubuntu it's easy but needs a bit more configuring - at least I found it easy (plus, when I last did it in ubuntu it wasn't all graphical like Mandriva). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 I've never had problems syncing windows mobile PDAs or phones, the last version (2008 and 2008.1) made it very easy to do. In ubuntu it's easy but needs a bit more configuring - at least I found it easy (plus, when I last did it in ubuntu it wasn't all graphical like Mandriva). i prefer ubuntu to mandriva, but no i tried sync in ubuntu and it doesn't work well at all. they need to port the apps from mandriva to ubuntu soon to have full sync support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behemoth Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Try it on Fedora 9 - I got it to work without a hitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I wish they would provide a 64 bit version of mandriva one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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