How do the ‘offspring’ of Mandrake/Mandriva compare to one another? IIRC, there’s ALT, Mageia, OpenMandriva, PCLinuxOS and ROSA.
I’ve also come to the understanding that what set Mandrake apart from its peers was its polish and user-friendliness. Which, harbored a great community back in the days. Currently, however, this role is fulfilled by distros like Linux Mint. Furthermore, most distros are relatively straightforward anyways. So, my other questions would be:
Could the argument be made that Linux Mint is the actual spiritual successor to Mandrake?
Are the Mandrake-offspring’s most compelling raison d’être that they’re Mandrake’s offspring?
I think you right. Especially when PCLinuxOS is the “The Boomer Distribution“ according to the website.
Obviously the community and user friendliness ( like the control center) you mentioned was the main reason.
Lastly, destroying your CRT monitor by a wrong X config was part of the learning process.
How do the ‘offspring’ of Mandrake/Mandriva compare to one another? IIRC, there’s ALT, Mageia, OpenMandriva, PCLinuxOS and ROSA.
I’ve also come to the understanding that what set Mandrake apart from its peers was its polish and user-friendliness. Which, harbored a great community back in the days. Currently, however, this role is fulfilled by distros like Linux Mint. Furthermore, most distros are relatively straightforward anyways. So, my other questions would be:
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I think you right. Especially when PCLinuxOS is the “The Boomer Distribution“ according to the website. Obviously the community and user friendliness ( like the control center) you mentioned was the main reason. Lastly, destroying your CRT monitor by a wrong X config was part of the learning process.