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<H1>[Mageia-discuss] First impressions</H1>
<B>Wolfgang Bornath</B>
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<PRE>Downloaded 64-bit DVD ISO from
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/iso/cauldron/">ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/iso/cauldron/</A> : check.
compared md5sum: check
burned with k3b : check
(will keep this for nostalgic reasons, for same reasons I still have
an original 5.3 Mandrake Linux cd)
Hardware: laptop Samsung R530, Intel i3, 4G RAM, 320GB harddisk,
nVidia GT218 GeForce 310M
Normal remarks are listed as they come, negative remarks (not working
or other) are listed with a double star
- beautiful boot splash.
- very fast system boot to the first installation screen
- set language/keyboard to German
** license text is in English, a German version was available, maybe
it was copyrighted to Mandriva?
- installer recognized the existing Mandriva 2010.2 and asked if I
want to upgrade (which I don't, I want my Mageia fresh!)
- partitioning was as expected easy as a pie with diskdrake
- selected custom desktop environment
- selected KDE in the group selection
- selected individual package selection
- - KDE 4.6.0 is available, office suite is missing, some other apps
... this was expected, so no cardiac arrest here.
- - surprising: java plugin for Firefox is included!
Altogether I selected 1325 packages for installation. Installation of
the packages took 11 minutes until the password settings came up.
Summary of settings:
- bootloader setting recognized w7 and Mandriva 2010.2
** soundcard setting is listed twice in the summary
** no proprietary driver on the DVD - this was expected, no cardiac
arrest here.
**** BIG PROBLEM: no driver for the Wifi chip (system recognizes the
AR9285 Atheros), so no wireless internet connection unless you use a
cable for eth connection. Same problem as with the Free Edition of
Mandriva: you can't use it if you have no cable connection to your
router.
After finishing the installation the system does a clean
shutdown/reboot (ejecting the DVD automatically)
Reboot
Again, system bootup is very fast (not checked with a stopwatch, only
a feeling of speed!)
System uses a default KDE splash, the desktop comes up very fast. AND I LOVE IT!
The desktop background is totally black, no picture, no color (don't
be pedantic about black being a color or not).
Small things:
** - the menue does not display all installed apps
- - (example: whole KDE games package is installed but only one game
is showing)
** no sound in Amarok and Kscd
- - videos are playing in Dragon Player but no sound
- - system sounds not playing
That's all I could test without internet connection.
Conclusion:
As for a "not-for-use" Alpha it is a very good one!
Thx to all devels and all the other never-to-be-mentioned people who
helped giving Mageia such a good start!
Good job, folks!
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