[linrad] Re: Mandriva 2006.1-0.3 Free

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Hi Richard,

> > This says that the release is highly unstable. It is changed very
> > frequently and therefore it is a hopeless task for others who depend
> > on kernel headers that they follow established standards. As far as
> > I understand Mandriva has their own standards and the latest 
> > stable release seems to be Mandriva 10
>Wrong go read all the release notes.
I spent quite some time at the Mandriva site but I did not pay to
become a member of their club.

IF they offer the information that you suggest I should read to 
non-members they do it in a non-transparent way. I was not clever
enough to find proper release information.

> Mandriva is now released anually, with club updates quartely .
Forget the club. My only interest is what I can download for
free. I have no interest whatsoever in whatever software they may
offer except for basic Linux softwares that all distributions
contain. My only interest was to verify that those parts of
Linrad that I have any control over are compatible with 
Mandriva. And they are indeed.

I just want to issue a WARNING to all sensible radio amateurs
What Mandriva currently offers can not be used with OSS (yet?)

> You have been looking at the Decemcember club update with all the Christmas penguins.
NO I have downloaded the only choice for a free download.
I have not seen any Christmas penguins.

> The official tree 2006.0 only carries security , bugfixs, etc
> NOT NEW S/W that waits until Mandriva 2007.
Hmmm, the problem to others is that bug-fixes in the kernel
may disturb compatibility in a very unpleasent way.....

> The kernel is the main part of ANY release, you have just got a downer on Mandriva,,
> how about have one on Suse for adding all the local file structures.
You are totally missing the point. I am trying (very hard) to make
you understand that it takes some time for others to adapt to the changes
different companies choose to make in their kernel or file systems.

Some day (maybe already now) ALSA will work flawlessly, but in the
meantime I use OSS. Anyone encountering trouble with his soundcard
is likely to solve them by using the OSS sound system. 

Day one of a new release from Suse, Fedora, Mandriva, anyone, you
can not expect to use OSS if a change was made in the kernel headers
in a way that OSS can not coope with.

It is just not a good idea to try to install the very latest 
distribution. 

You say Mandriva releases once a year. Where can I download
the free part of the latest official release? Maybe it
is old enough today for the latest OSS to work with it?

73

Leif



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