From: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
      
   On 2013-01-25, David W. Hodgins  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:10:19 -0500, John  wrote:   
   >   
   >> How stable is Mageia? I've been looking to changing OSs ever since 2010.0   
   >> which I bought the powerpack and the thing never worked right so was   
   >> never used.   
   >   
   > I've been using it since it started.  Like any distro, there will be the   
   > occasional problem, but in my opinion, it's been more stable than Mandriva   
   > ever was.  I'm on the qa team btw.   
   >   
   > Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
   Seconding Mageia, both releases 1 and 2, as being at least as   
   good as Mandr* was.  In fact, last I checked if you're using   
   mdadm-style software RAID for your root filesystem, Mageia will   
   install but Mandr* won't.   
      
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