Re: [newbie] Hi. i like the Linux distribution things. and so on.

[Christian Walle]

Hi,

Mandriva, like all other linux distrobutions, is open source. It does have a free version (Two, actually. Mandriva Free and Mandriva One), but they offer Mandriva Powerpack as an option for those who want professional support as a way to support Mandriva. You also get a subscription to Cedega, for running windows programmes and games in linux, if you purchase the Mandriva Powerpack. Other than that, it's identical to Mandriva One.

The default desktop manager in Mandriva is KDE, but the gnome desktop works just as well. When you have installed Mandriva, just download Gnome from the package manager and you're good to go.

Regards,
Chris

P.S Love your desktop, by the way. Looks very nice.

On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 3:45 AM, Nelvin Urena <nspryspartan@gmail.com> wrote:

Well,

Right now i using Ubuntu. and is awesome, love it- so i asking why is Mandriva a payable  thing  i though all the Linux distributions were free i guess i was wrong. :-( :-[ :-(

and i wanna tried deferent Linux system or OS. i guessing some of them are free and some are not.
and also does Mandriva has a gnome Desktop style. cause i not a big fan of KDE> not that i like it, not a very big fan thats all.

Thank you.

Nspryspartan.
this is how my Desktop looks on Ubuntu. so far. i change it sometimes :-) :-) :-P