abarbarian Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 First Look at the Upcoming Mageia 9, Here’s What’s New Quote Mageia is a Linux distribution forked in 2010 by the now-defunct Mandriva Linux. Unfortunately, Mageia has lost much of the legendary status that its distant progenitor Mandrake Linux once had. Nonetheless, it and the other Mandrake’s surviving successor, OpenMandriva, keep its spirit and philosophy alive. Specifically, a desktop-centric and software-rich Linux distribution entirely focused on ease of use for new users. Mandriva was one of my first tries at linux. I have fond memories of it. OpenMandriva Lx Review Quote Long-time Linux users may recall the once popular Mandrake Linux, but, in North America, any traces of Mandrake have almost disappeared from public view. However, in Europe, the story is different. The once popular distribution has several descendants. In particular, its direct legal descendant is OpenMandriva Lx [1]. Wanting to learn more, I asked for more information on the OpenMandriva forum. Here is what I learned. OpenMandriva Lx ROME Released as OpenMandriva’s Rolling-Release Edition Quote It's powered by Clang-compiled Linux kernel 6.1 and offers separate KDE Plasma and GNOME ISO images. Meet OpenMandriva Lx ROME, OpenMandriva’s rolling-release edition where you install once and receive updates forever (or until you broke your system and you have to reinstall). It is a distribution for bleeding-edge users who want to have the latest and greatest GNU/Linux technologies without upgrading or reinstalling. OpenMandriva Lx 23.01: A Breath of Fresh Air for Distro Hoppers Quote One essential aspect of OpenMandriva is that it is one of the so-called original distributions. In other words, it is not based on another existing one. The distro is designed to be easy to use and to provide a wide range of software and features to meet the needs of a variety of users. Until now, OpenMandriva was only released via the well-known fixed-release model. However, the beginning of 2023 marks a significant change to the distribution, providing for the first time a parallel release, ROME, which adheres to the rolling release approach. Seems like everyone is jumping on the rolling release model these days. Guess I'll have to start using Gentoo to be able to keep up my bragging rights 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Mandrake/Mandriva was Bruno's favorite distro 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 51 minutes ago, securitybreach said: Mandrake/Mandriva was Bruno's favorite distro Wow, I haven't heard Mandrake mentioned in years. I think you could buy it at CompUSA along with Suse and Red Hat... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abarbarian Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Slax Linux 15.0.1 and 11.6: Experience the Power of Simplicity Quote Slack Linux offers editions closely following the major releases of two different Linux distributions, Slackware and Debian. For example, Slax 15.0.1 is based on the Slackware 15.0 release and is powered by the Linux kernel 6.0.12. Quote At the same time, Slax 11.6 is based on Debian’s most recent stable version, 11.6, but, unlike it, is also powered by the Linux kernel 6.0.12, as with its Slackware-based release. Quote Those interested can download Slax 15.0.1 ISO (255 MB) and Slax 11.6 ISO (291 MB) installation images from the project’s website. Both versions support 32-bit and 64-bit processor architectures. https://www.slax.org/ Quote Slax is a compact, fast, and modern Linux operating system that combines sleek design with modular approach. With the ability to run directly from a USB flash drive without the need for installation, Slax is truly portable and fits easily in your pocket. Despite its small size, it offers visually appealing graphical user interface and a carefully curated selection of basic pre-installed programs such as a file manager, text editor, terminal, and more. Quote You probably noticed that Slax is available for 32bit and 64bit processor architectures. The 32bit version is designed to run on very old computers (as old as Intel 686; that dates back to 1995). It will run properly on brand new computers too, but it is somehow bigger download. Furthermore it has a limitation that single application can address only 4GB of RAM. On the other hand, the 64bit version is smaller, does not have such limitation, and it will run on most computers available nowadays. So in general, if you plan to use Slax on very old archaic computers, then choose 32bit. If your intention is to use Slax on machine made in this century, you better go for 64bit. And if you don't know what your target hardware is, go for 64bit too, because the chance you'll ever see a 32bit computer nowadays is almost zero. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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