[ Thanks to Timothy R. Butler for this
link. ]
“This is a critical review of the installation, setup and actual
performance of the Mandrake distribution of the GNU/Linux operating
system, version 9.1, and comes as a second part of OfB.biz’s
Mandrake review… The review will cover these areas: (1)
Installation and install-related setup; (2) Post-installation
system administration; and (3) System performance. The review will
end with a general evaluation and will assign grades on relevant
areas.“I am familiar with Mandrake Linux and the GNU/Linux operating
system, with an experience that goes back to May 2000, but I do not
consider myself to be any kind of expert or advanced user by any
means…“I have been using Mandrake since the 8.2 version. I was a
previous user of Red Hat (up to version 7.2), and Mandrake
attracted me because it offered features such as the excellent font
installer, the apt-get-like urpmi package manager, i586
optimization, a desktop focus with an excellent breadth and scope
of packages, user friendliness without dumbing down the system,
easy GUI administration tools but with the command-line in full
force and readily available should one prefer it, and many other
perceived advantages…”