Linux-Mandrake Complete 7.0

by Pearson Software

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004GP3G
• Item model number: 1575954036
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,140 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Whether you want to explore this popular operating system or you want Linux to muscle up the performance of your computer, Linux Mandrake Complete 7.0 gives you all the great Linux features you're looking for along with the integrated office solution of StarOffice. StarOffice includes word processing, spreadsheets, presentation and graphics, database, and more, all within the fast and reliable Linux environment.

Customer Reviews

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good Linux distribution, February 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Linux-Mandrake Complete 7.0 (CD-ROM)

I am new in computing. I just finished setting up Win 98 and Linux in my computer. I have just used both for a few weeks.

Win 98 has already crashed on me 3 times in 3 weeks. Linux-Mandrake 7 has not. I must say though, that I tried about 5 other Linux distros that would not recognize some hardware components, including Linux-Mandrake 6.5.

Linux-Mandrake 7 is the first Linux distro that recognized all the hardware on 2 computers.

This latest version is much improved and offers a lot. Lacking computing experience, I -at least initially- feel that connecting to the Internet and program installation in Linux needs to be further simplified.

Nevertheless, I feel Linux has great potential and I may make it my standard OS. It is flexible, powerful, cheap and stable (initial experience). I urge all Linux vendors to further simplify Linux and voice the need for more apps.

And to those that are afraid of Linux, I'll say fear no more. By year's end, predictably, most Linux distros, should have advanced to the point of being accessible to M$ Windows users.

A Linux newbie (2-15-2001).

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Kid on the Block? (relatively) But fairly solid., May 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Linux-Mandrake Complete 7.0 (CD-ROM)

Having used Linux for several years-- I tend to feel that regardless of the distribution I'm using that I'm knowledgeable enough to get things set up. That being said, I do recommend Mandrake Linux, especially for people getting started out, as it takes *most* if not all of the pain out of Linux installation and configuration. (Note that I'm referring specifically to the most RECENT Mandrake releases and not some of the earlier ones.) I think Drax (the Mandrake graphical configuration tool) is a pleasant environment and the installation routine compares *very* favorably with some other distributions (Take S.u.S.E.'s YaST for instance and YaST2 which is supposedly improved --which seems to be stepping backwards rather than forwards in recent S.u.S.E. releases).

Mandrake comes with a wealth of the latest applications and the latest desktop (Gnome and KDE) and window managers (Raster and Mandrake's "Enlightenment" seems to be the vogue these days), kernel, libraries etc. And after using Redhat, S.u.S.E., and Slakware (what I began with) I was very impressed with the sheer ease of installing Mandrake and the smoothness of the implementation in comparison to something like S.u.S.E, for instance. (Don't get me wrong-- there are many good distributions and S.u.S.E. isn't bad I just feel that they have been slipping lately and my comments aren't so much aimed at the veteran user but at people looking for advice who are just starting out.)

To hardcore users-- that know Linux and have used it before, it becomes an issue more of taste and detail. But to the beginning Linux user, I would recommend Mandrake because it makes life easy with initial installation because of its ability to autodetect hardware and has included features and programs that will make life easier for people exploring a platform transition or alternative. (The use of "Supermount" to automount partitions at boot time is a nice touch -- vs "mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /Windows" etc. and tools like "sndconfig" (derived from Mandrake's "RedHat" origins) which in many cases will autodetect the sound card without requiring you to worry about rebuilding kernels or understanding modules right off to get your card going)

So far the main knock I've heard against Mandrake is that the manual leaves much to be desired-- so beginners might want to invest in a respectable text outside of the core distribution as a "just in case'-- something like Matt Welsh's "Running Linux" (the most recent version) would be a good choice.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very solid distribution, April 27, 2000

By 

Jon H. Hamlin (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Linux-Mandrake Complete 7.0 (CD-ROM)

Mandrake 7.0 was the first Linux distribution to recognize all of my hardware right out of the box. I've used all of the major distributions -- Mandrake since 6.0. Mandrake has really grown up in 7.0 and is no longer just "RedHat with features". I recommend this to anyone from a user new to Linux to an experience Linux user.