Openmandriva RC2

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Openmandriva RC2

Postby viking60 » 17 Nov 2013, 19:14

OMA has released RC2 and it is clear that the distro will hit the market. It will come with the more "conservative" Kickoff launcher.
For those who have RC1 you only have to update.
This is wrong with it:
    It does not come with inxi pre-installed.
    It does not have gmrun in the repos.
    And it does not have glances.
    The MCC does "lag" and the data get "smeared" when you scroll.

This is good:
It looks nice and installs well - so it should be possible for newbies to install and use.
It should be good for professionals to use too - but there is that "here today-gone tomorrow" element that speaks against it. Even if the distro in it self is good enough. Someone needs to be there to provide service in 5 years.
Businesses always crave for stability - and not surprises (French revolutions etc.. :-D ).
(Ubuntu does provide that. Suse provides that.....does Mandriva? ).
Mandrivas Draktools are so intuitive that you do not need all that much service though.

I have made myself an Openbox version that works verry well - and does not interfere with KDE in any way.
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Re: Openmandriva RC2

Postby viking60 » 18 Nov 2013, 11:22

I have amused myself with adding Rosa-launcher to Openbox. It works well with the exception of Timeframe which needs nepomuk.
(Lousy quality - but you'll get the idea...)
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