Re: Linux activation?

On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:26:16 -0400, Kevin M wrote:
Looks like Linux is getting to be another Microsoft. I installed Xandros 4
on one of my machines. It must be activated to get updates. I installed
Linux XP on another machine, it will stop working after 30 boots unless it
is activated. This really stinks.

Leave the Xandros/ Linux XP distributions in the trash then.

Mandriva Linux does not do that. If you have about 6 gigs of free
space for a seperate partition, and room to download burn 3 cds, you can
get the free 3 cd set and have a multiboot system to play with.

http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ has plenty of mirror selections to get
the 2006, production release, cds from.

Just hunt around for the iso directory, example
ftp://ftp.proxad.net/mirrors/ftp.mandriva.com/MandrivaLinux/official/iso/2006.0/i586

and pull the checksum and cd images.

Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD.i586.md5.asc 1 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD.i586.sha1.asc 1 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD1.i586.iso 712774 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD2.i586.iso 712540 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD3.i586.iso 712882 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM

or dvd if you like.

Want to see screen shots of intall,
http://doc.mandrivalinux.com/MandrakeLinux/101/en/Starter.html/drakx.html
All though that is an old release screen shots the Production 2006
installer looks about the same.
.

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