Mandriva 2011 is released

[rolf]

Thank you.

[dedanna1029]

Sure. And I bet once you do, you'll go, "Oh hell, that's all it was?" lol.

[viking60]

Here is the link to the 64 bit Plf repo

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urpmi.addmedia --update MDV-restricted_64 http://mirror.pianetalinux.org/MIB/2011.0/64/projects/restricted/

It will pull FF 6 as a dependency when you update - so I guess you will have to keep it.

[rolf]

Thanks. Still in Mageia 1 atm, I got my digital camera working, by installing some gphoto2 Mandriva packages, was looking for acroread, wound up using the Browsing Mandriva https: download directories trick to get a copy of the 2010.2 PWP x86_64 dvd iso, then added the iso as urpmi media, something I've wondered about the installer failing to do for a long time: How add a loopback DVD iso image to fstab??

Got my acroread, camera, still stressing about spotty printer response and missing mail biff in Seamonkey.... oh, and no Dropbox icon!!!

[rolf]

Here I am, back in a fresh ftp install of 2010.2: gtkam problems gone, dropbox problems gone, seamonkey missing mail biff problem gone. Much better.

I was jazzed about rpm5 but can't afford to spend more time troubleshooting, will wait some more before upgrading.

[viking60]

Thanks for being guinea-pig. Now I will wait too. I only have VB experience. I had planed to wait for some kind of Gnome anyway.
You are making a very important point here: The OS is the instrument, not the goal. We are supposed to do something with it - not to it.
I think Mandriva needs to work out of the box - it is not the classic "do it yourself" distro.
It is the "switch from Windows because Mandriva is better" distro.
I realize that I have a bid advantage in Arch: Although it takes a while to set up - I have done it - so I know it works and have control over it. It is way more stable than other distros - for that reason.
...And in fact less time consuming.

[rolf]

desmondarmstrong has an issue at Mandriva forum, Mandriva 2010.2 PWP ISO that I dealt with just yesterday with the Browsing Mandriva https: download directories method.

Maybe someone who hasn't been banned from there

could link him up?

[jkerr82508]

Done.

Jim

[dedanna1029]

oh, and no Dropbox icon!!!

Question: Did you install dropbox, or nautilus-dropbox? It's nautilus-dropbox that has the icon.

[rolf]

nautilus-dropbox There are details at the link I gave, you quote.

[dedanna1029]

Tried upstream version with it? Sorry, am in a fast furious rush here. Lots to do today. Admittedly, couldn't take time to read that, but just did.

[rolf]

I'm back on Mandriva 2010.2 with most things working as before. Including dropbox, icon and all. So, I'm set for a while.
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