From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 11/15/2013 02:13 PM, 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.   
   >   
   > Also, does anyone know how long will the package repositories for MD2010 be   
   maintained ?   
   >   
   > Thanks in advance   
   >   
      
   	Well I think PC Linux OS is the way to go.   But try all the rest then   
   try PCLOS which is a distribution that copied the MCC from   
   Mandriva early on and now is very active with new versions being   
   produced every few months and lots of updates available.  Latest was   
   done early last month.  I switched from Mandriva to PCLOS in April 2013.   
     I have had kernel and KDE updates since then and am satisfied   
   by the WiFi detection and use capabilities which are more like   
   Mandriva's tools than I would have expect.   
   	Installation is just a bit different from the Mandriva with   
   root and user sections to be completed after a reboot from the install.   
      
   	I had lots of problems with updating Mandriva while I was still   
   using 2010.2.  I doubt relying on extended maintenance of the   
   repositories is a good way to go for production machines.   
      
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