MandrakeMove 2 And Mandrakesoft Profit Reports 102
Mad_Rain writes "Two new developments in the Mandrake Linux camp: For the beta-testers and live-cd crowd, MandrakeMove 2 (which is based on Mandrake 10) is undergoing beta testing. 2.6 Kernel anyone? Financially, Mandrake seems to be improving, as they cite a report from EuroLand Finance about how they compete with Red Hat or SUSE, at least in the marketplace (as opposed to on the desktop)."
Re:MandrakeMove (Score:5, Informative)
What is MandrakeMove you ask? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:MandrakeMove (Score:5, Informative)
Knoppix will store your config info on a USB drive, a hard drive, a zip drive, etc... and all from a GUI.
It's nice that Mandrake will as well, but Knoppix has been doing this for a while.
Re:Is it downloadable or only buyable (Score:4, Informative)
NOT Spam just information
Re:What is MandrakeMove you ask? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Are you saying my Slackware floppy isn't live? (Score:1, Informative)
The best thing... (Score:5, Informative)
Kudos, Mandrake, for another great product.
I hope they are showing a profit! (Score:3, Informative)
I joined their mandrake club to download the iso's and give them a little support. They charged my credit card $6600.00 for a standard membership. They did not answer their phones. I had to dispute the charges through my credit card company. In their defense they did reverse the charges a few days later. But boy was I worried for a few days!
Re:I hope they are showing a profit! (Score:5, Informative)
Read more at the press release here [mandrakesoft.com].
Re:MandrakeMove (Score:5, Informative)
Mandrake Move creates 2 things on the USB Key. A folder named after the user you created on first boot (AKA: home directory) and a "dotfolder" hidden directory which contains your each computers individual setup. The latter of the two I find quite interesting. It appears that MandrakeMove has some sort of hardware hashing algorithm that allows it to come up with a unique ID for each computer that it is used in. When I use it on my laptop all of the hardware configurations for my laptop are used (resolution, printer, etc...) When I use it at work all of the configurations form my work computer are used. (NVidia drivers and all) I found that to be an outstanding feature that goes above and beyond most bootable distro's use of USB keys. As for the Home directory, it works as one might expect. All desktop and program configurations as well as personal files are stored there. When I play Chromium at work (...shhhh) the last level completed is stored, so when I go home I can start at my last completed level. Mail settings are saved, desktop preferences.... the whole works. It really feels like a full blown desktop moving with you.
Re:Is it downloadable or only buyable (Score:2, Informative)
Mandrake Move v. Knoppix (Score:4, Informative)
Granted, my test is disk-related... I use both Knoppix and MM to run badblocks on drives before I install their final OS. But, on the same hardware, Mandrake Move will run 'badblocks -svw /dev/hda' to completion (4 write/read passes with different patterns) in less time than the first pass in Knoppix 3.3 or 3.4. That's a significant time savings when you're checking 8 250GB drives for a RAID array!
Re:I came, I saw, I left (Score:2, Informative)
Pretty simple and standard linkage really.
A2) Its free if you dload it ! What else do you need to know ? Or just join the damn club !
A3) Where do you have to _promise_ anything ?
Before downloading our products, we ask for your support by joining the Mandrakelinux Users Club.(my bold)
You came, you saw, you left, bereft ! Shame.