From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2012-05-20, Adam  wrote:   
   > unruh wrote:   
   >> On 2012-05-19, Adam  wrote:   
   >   
   > [Mandriva and Mageia]   
   >   
   >>> I suppose I'll have to research both (maybe even install   
   >>> both dual-boot) and see which one is better for me (for my   
   >>> definition of "better").   
   >>   
   >> I am worried   
   >> about mandriva with their latest floudering. Mageia does not have the   
   >> software that Mandriva has (PLF, contrib), so I hope that either Mageia   
   >> and MandrvaFree unite, or that all of the software that is there for   
   >> Mandriva comes over.   
   >>   
   >> In fact, what is the equivalent of contrib under Mageia?   
   >>   
   >> And where is "restricted" and non-free (eg Acroread, Flash) for Mageia?   
   >   
   > Really elementary question:  Are the two distros already different   
   > enough that packages from the Mandriva repository won't work with   
   > Mageia?   
      
   They may work now. But they will diverge more and more very rapidly   
   (exponentially) unless of course Mageia becomes MandrivaFree (which   
   MandrivaSA seems to want to set up).   
      
      
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   > Adam   
      
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