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Mandriva Linux 2010 released

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bmarkus:
Thanks, will take a look. As a final try, I got installed MANDRIVA with the minimal install CD and have LXDE working. However if you try to install Xfce, Gnome, KDE, ... from the inline repo, it is not possible as there are always some file missing. So I already formatted the HD :(

trishtren18:
i wish i could help you their but i have never used mandriva one.  i have the basic mandriva iso with non free software.  i will dl it and see what my results are soon and get back to you.  otherwise like i said try out arch.  integrates great with LXDE and with a base install+LXDE i was using only 87mb of ram.

bmarkus:
In the search for a LINUX distro as a reference for LXDE and Xfce4 installation, the winner is Zenwalk 6.2 Smooth installation, easy to use and working (!) package manager. Simply doing the job. I like it.

Second is Slackware 13.0 No installation issues, just working. However 'full install', adviced by the installer resulted a bit messy package collection full with everyting I do not need.

Archlinux package installation failed installing few dependencies online. Installer is stupid, if you go back as it is requested to selection, this ask you to go back to HD partitioning which is already done, ... After few trials I gave it up.

Mandrive 2010.0 all install media, downloaded from Mandriva, verified, etc. fails to install at different points, including missing online repo items, unusable. Un the other hand nice user interfaces, great collection of applications, ...

After all this experience TC is a really user friendly system :)

Hardware is about 3 years old AMD Sempron 2800+ with 1,5GByte RAM and and old 10GByte IDE HDD, old Nvidia video, LAN/Sound is integrated.

trishtren18:
i never once had a issue with installing LXDE in arch.  the only problem i guess would be the lack of any applications but thats how its supposed to be.  i agree that the install for arch is just plain stupid or even difficult to some but as i said i got it up and running in 87mb.  i know slackware works well with it but that OS is just...difficult for many.  Never used Zenwalk.  will have to look into that.

trishtren18:
im not quit following your errors you were getting with arch.  if you still have them or remember them post them for me and i will see if i can answer your questions about them if would like

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