From: sctvguy1@invalid.net   
      
   On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:28:20 +0200, Mat Nieuwenhoven wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:28:16 +0000 (UTC), Bob Grimes wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:58:22 +0200, Mat Nieuwenhoven wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Hi,   
   >>>   
   >>> I wanted to upgrade an existing Mandriva 2010.2 machine to 2011, but   
   >>> that doesn't work with the Live 2011. I am quite willing to buy the   
   >>> Powerpack to support Mandriva, but I am not willing to part with   
   >>> things like address and telnr . If I buy something in a normal shop I   
   >>> don't even have to give my name, I see no reason why they need   
   >>> anything more than my email (for delivery) and money. So a missed sale   
   >>> opportunity for Mandriva. I have bought several Mandrake/Mandriva   
   >>> versions since 2002, but as I cannot get it in a normal shop anymore   
   >>> or from my favorate online reseller, I am now downloading Mageia. See   
   >>> if that is useful, if not, I'll stick with 2010.2 for a while more.   
   >>> BTW, after this I tried the online update, but that warned of   
   >>> incompatible modules. In a previous upgrade (2009 to 2010 I think),   
   >>> after continuing in spite of the warnings I ended up with a broken   
   >>> system, so I'm not going to try that anymore.   
   >>>   
   >>> Mat Nieuwenhoven   
   >>   
   >>Didn't you used to use OS/2?  I thought that I saw you on the Mensys   
   >>groups.   
   >   
   > I still do as my main system, look at the header of this post, and have   
   > no plans to change that. But I've always tried to keep up with other   
   > OS-es, through multi-boot; not Windows though, I've got too much of that   
   > at work. And having tried a number of Linuxes, I found Mandriva (then   
   > Mandrake) in 2001 the one most agreeable with me. I keep looking at   
   > other Linuxes. But for instance, Gnome 3 I don't like at all so far, it   
   > takes control away from me compared to Gnome 2.   
   >   
   > Mat Nieuwenhoven   
      
   Oh yes, PMI News!  I still have an old PS/2 9556 with OS/2 Warp Connect   
   and a newer IBM 82xx running eCs. I have ProNews/2 and IBM Newsreader/2   
   on them.  I still run them, but I like to have the newest Flash,   
   gstreamer, vlc, etc.  I had my eComstation subscription until about two   
   years ago.  Changed to Linux in 2008 for my "regular" internet browsing.   
   Have you tried KDE?  I had PCLinuxOS KDE for a long time, then changed to   
   the LXDE version, lighter and faster, and it resembles GNOME/2.   
      
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