Mandrake Linux Standard Edition 8.2

by Mandrake

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000063XF7
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,869 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Mandrake Linux Standard Edition 8.2 features three CDs, plus a detailed installation guide. Based on the award-winning Mandrake Linux operating system, this package includes the main open-source and commercial applications available. Both beginners and experienced users will appreciate the easy-to-use graphical installer, which features automated hardware detection.

Create and edit office documents with OpenOffice.org 641c, or edit images and photos with the GIMP, powerful graphics manipulation software. Manage your digital camera with gPhoto. Create and listen to MP3 and Ogg files with Grip and XMMS, and burn your own CDs with gCombust. You can also surf the Web with Mozilla and Konqueror, and chat online and send instant messages with Jabber (AOL, ICQ, Yahoo, and MSN compatible).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Linux yet., May 22, 2002

By 

Thomas ward (Coshocton Oh, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mandrake Linux Standard Edition 8.2 (CD-ROM)

I've been using Linux for about two years and Mandrake 8.2 is the best I've seen yet. Here is what you get with Mandrake 8.2.

Easy to setup with Mandrake's graphical installer drakx. Includes great packages such as cups print server, proftpd, postfix, Star Office 6, Real Player,
kamera, chat, and scanner software.

You can choose from 11 desktops including Gnome and KDE. You get games, multimedia, development, and a large assortment of extra printer drivers, and special
Mandrake configuration tools to get up and running pretty easy and painless.

I had Mandrake 8.2 installed in about 30 minutes, and it was near painless. It was the easiest install of any Linux distribution I have ever done.

So if you are sick of Windows, and are looking for something else try Mandrake 8.2. Even old Linux hands can enjoy 8.2.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mandrake is GOOD, May 17, 2002

By 

Kirby W. (Southern Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mandrake Linux Standard Edition 8.2 (CD-ROM)

Mandrake Linux 8.1 has got to be the easiest ver. of Linux to install and use. You can almost install it without touching the keyboard more than twice... Learning it is almost as simple, this is a fairly popular verison of Linux so there are quite a few books and courses on it. The ONLY major downside is that it isnt for total control freaks, while like all Linux flavors it is very powerful and you can change anything it isnt all powerful. People that want to watch everything that is happening and change everything should use Slackware.
Mandrake is very good for beginners and pros. It works very well in large operations or for just home use.
Bottomline: A very good buy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, June 24, 2002

By 

"efhilton" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mandrake Linux Standard Edition 8.2 (CD-ROM)

Easy to use, easy to install, easy to use, simply awesome.

Mandrake has surpassed Red Hat in their installation environment. This is the distribution that I installed in my grandmother's computer so that I can update software and maintain their machine over the network.

Highly recommended! You will not be sorry. Their network updates are very nice.

If you want a more difficult installation but a much easier software (command driven) software update tool, look into Debian Linux.

Cheers!