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   Adam to All   
   Re: Mandriva SA to transfer distro to an   
   22 May 12 13:15:17   
   
   From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 05/21/2012 12:10 AM, Adam wrote:   
   > One thing you could do is, assuming you have the space, install   
   > Mageia and work with it for a while, get to know what it offers and   
   > what it lacks for you.   
      
   I'm now planning to do that, once there's an official Mageia 2.   
   Yesterday I did a little repartitioning so now I have 4 20GB   
   partitions on my internal HD for various distros/releases.   
      
   > But whatever you decide to do, waiting much longer isn't a good   
   > idea.   
      
   I normally wouldn't have waited this long, but I was waiting until I   
   could see which way Mandriva vs. Mageia was headed.   
      
   > And I'll bet you haven't seen many security updates in a   
   > while, either. That doesn't mean Mandriva 2010.0 doesn't have   
   > vulnerabilities. It means they aren't being fixed.   
      
   Yeah, I know.  In several cases I've replaced the Mandriva 2010.0   
   package with the latest generic release.   
      
   Adam   
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