Mandriva Linux One Spring 2008 Review
This month’s Linux Format Magazine had Mandriva on it and it could run as a LiveCD, so I’m doing this review within the LiveCD. The first thing that pops up (from Mandriva - as opposed to from LxF’s formatting of the disc) is a language dialog box.
Next I choose my country, accept the license agreement, set my keyboard layout, time zone, and choice of destkop effects. I chose Metisse since it was the one thing that separates Mandriva from most other Linux distros. A beautiful blue screen then appeared and the Desktop loaded.
Without surprise, it was KDE! (3.5x) Um…so much for Metisse. It worked and everything, but when I tried to take a screenshot with KSnapshot, all I got was a completely black image. So….I rebooted and picked “No 3D Effects”. Here’s what the desktop looks like on bootup:
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