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Mandriva Linux 2006 review

Thursday 29 December 2005, 9:42 AM

for the MS Windows minded


Mandrake/Mandriva has from the early start aimed at the ms windows minded people. Therefore they created the MCC (Mandrake Control Center) in the windows Control Panel style.

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Mandriva Linux 2006



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Mandriva Linux 2006

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Rating: 7.7
Verdict

Mandriva occupies the middle ground between consumer-focused and business-orientated Linux distributions. It's generally well put together, but lacks some details.

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£ 136

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