[amigatec]

I did a network install of Mandriva 2006 on Sunday and it went really well. Took about 3 hours to download and install all the software, and so far appears to be a very good version.

[EricT.]

I did a network install of Mandriva 2006 on Sunday and it went really well. Took about 3 hours to download and install all the software, and so far appears to be a very good version.

I did the same thing Saturday. It only took me an hour to download and install. I must have picked a FTP server with a fatter pipe.

I am really impressed by the thousands of software packages available, as well as the outright useability of it. There are some similarities to XP in that there are separate Documents, Pictures, Music, and Downloads folders for each user login. Open Office 2.0 is in some ways better than MS Office.

My only complaint is the geeky names given to most of the applications.

Hint for open source code wranglers:
Use self-explanitory names for your software, leave the weird names for your pet iguana.