From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2013-11-15, Karl Dalen  wrote:   
   > What Linux distributions have you switched over to now when Mandriva has   
   ended its desktop distribution? Any suggestions would be appreciated.   
   > I have been a Mandrake/Mandriva user since 2001 and on my desktop and laptop   
   I currently run Mandriva 2010. I have to buy a new motherboard for my home   
   built system and probably will have to switch over to a newer Linux kernel   
   because of newer hardware.   
   > Is there any distribution similar to Mandriva? In particular, I liked the   
   urpmi method for package distribution and some of the interfaces in MDC. I'm   
   using KDE.   
      
   Mageia is what many of the Mandriva packagers started up when Mandriva   
   restructured (seemingly out of existence, but there are occasional   
   twitches from the courpse). So it is very similar to mandriva.   
      
   >   
   > Also, does anyone know how long will the package repositories for MD2010 be   
   maintained ?   
      
   You could always download a local copy and keep it forever, as I did.   
      
   >   
   > Thanks in advance   
   >   
      
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