Official Mandriva Linux 2010.0 thread

It's out now!

Announcement here:
http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=119261

Release Notes:
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Notes

2010.0 tour:
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Tour

Distrowatch page:
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mandriva

Mandriva 2010.0 Errata:
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Errata
(important read to be aware of issues and workarounds for them!)

Info about various versions available:
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Choosing_the_right_edition
http://www2.mandriva.com/linux/which/

Torrents:
http://torrent.mandriva.com/public/2010.0/

Instructions:
Download the ISO of your choice using one of the torrents from the above link, if you don't know which version to get then go with the Live One KDE4 ISO which is a combined live bootable CD and install disc and comes with official ATI and Nvidia drivers and Adobe flash plugin included:

http://torrent.mandriva.com/public/2...m-i586.torrent

Use your favourite bitorrent client, I suggest Transmission.

Once downloaded check the md5 checksum of the ISO with the following command in a terminal, change to the directory where you downloaded the ISO to:

If the ISO checksum is OK then burn the ISO to CD. Else download again.
Burn at no greater than 8x on good quality media.

Once you have burned the CD, boot from it and experience Mandriva straight-away, as it starts up off CD into a Live desktop environment. Once the KDE4 desktop has started you can double-click on the 'Live Install' icon on the desktop to commence installation.

First things to do after installation:

Add the offical package repositories:
Open the Mandriva Control Center (MCC, blue screen icon with round red tool mini-icon on the taskbar, also called 'Configure Your Computer'), select "Software Management" and then "Configure media sources for install and update".
Click on "Add" on the right side and the follow the instructions to add a full set of sources.

Add the PLF package repositories:
Open the following site with Firefox:
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
Select the Version (2010.0) and the Architecture (i586) and then click on "Add PLF medias".

After that the first thing to do would be to install libdvdcss (which is in the PLF repository) to be able to watch and/or back-up retail DVDs.
Every time you would like to install a package (for example of mplayer or myth or vlc) and you have the choice between an official Mandriva version (mdv) or a PLF version (plf), always chose the PLF version as those contain all the extra codecs that Mandriva cannot include in the official version for legal/patent/licensing issues.
PLF versions are as reliable as the official versions, in fact they are made by the same people, they just can't be branded officially by Mandriva.

XBMC Media Center rpm for Mandriva Linux 2010.0:
XBMC is not available from the official Mandriva repositories, but you can get it here:
http://www.linuxtech.net/downloads/X...driva_rpm.html

MythTV 0.22 rpms for Mandriva Linux 2010.0:
MythTV rpms for Mandriva Linux 2010.0 are available in the Mandriva repositories, you can simply install them through the package manager (drakrpm, "install & remove software" tool)

Brief history of Mandriva:
(from distrowatch.com)
'Mandriva Linux was launched in 1998 under the name of Mandrake Linux, with the goal of making Linux easier to use for everyone. At that time, Linux was already well-known as a powerful and stable operating system that demanded strong technical knowledge and extensive use of the command line; MandrakeSoft saw this as an opportunity to integrate the best graphical desktop environments and contribute its own graphical configuration utilities to quickly become famous for setting the standard in Linux ease of use. In February 2005, MandrakeSoft merged with Brazil's Conectiva to form Mandriva S.A., with headquarters in Paris, France. The company's flagship product, Mandriva Linux, offers all the power and stability of Linux to both individuals and professional users in an easy-to-use and pleasant environment.'

And here is a more detailed article with the history of Mandriva (a recommended entertaining read):
http://www.h-online.com/open/feature...va-944358.html


Mandriva Linux uses the rpm package format, same as Redhat, Fedora, and Suse and was originally derived from Redhat Linux so it still has many similarities with Redhat and Fedora, which makes it very easy for anyone with Redhat or Fedora experience to find their way around Mandriva.

I'd recommend get One and use the Nvidia driver supplied, otherwise you will have to manually reinstall the Nvidia driver each time there is a kernel update.

I'm sure the 190 rpm will be available in the backports repository very soon, if it isn't already (haven't looked).

I'm downloading 2010.0 as we speak!
(this one http://torrent.mandriva.com/public/2...m-i586.torrent , I'm giving KDE4 another go, lets see if the latest 4.3.2 is finally as good as KDE 3.5...)

Thanks, I came up with it all by myself...

Yes you can install Free and then install Nvidia drivers from the repo later, but why do things manually when you can have them done automatically from the beginning?

Basically all different install versions (One, Free, Powerpack, Free dual) have access to exactly the same packages once installed and once you have added the repositories, the only difference between them is the initial default set of packages that get's installed.

'One' contains the ATi and Nvidia proprietary drivers, several other non-free firmware packages needed for specific hardware like wireless adapters and the Adobe Flash plugin, so by installing from the 'One' CD you get best support for your hardware straightaway without having to add packages manually later on (and having to find out which ones you need...).

The Free CD or DVD contains only free (as in speech) open source packages, absolutely no binary stuff.

The choice is yours, I'm just suggesting what's easiest.

I have installed Mandriva 2010.0 KDE4 on my test box (a Shuttle K45, Intel E5300, 2GB RAM, Intel GM945 IGP) and I must say I'm impressed:

This is the first Linux distro version I have tried so far where I didn't feel the need to disable and uninstall Pulseaudio immediately as sound is working fine out of the box with Pulseaudio as far as I have tested it.

Also the default setup of KDE 4.3.2 in Mandriva 2010.0 is very good, I don't miss KDE 3.5 as much as I did with all previous KDE4 releases.

I just measured the boot time of Mandriva 2010.0 from the grub screen to the KDM login screen on my test PC, it's 24 seconds, quite good considering this is with a 5400rpm 2.5" laptop hard disk, but it's the same as Mandriva 2009.1 (on this same PC).

I guess with a SSD this could be under 15 seconds

I have XBMC svn24298 (svn version from last night) up and running on Mandriva 2010.0.

I'ts quite a hassle to get it to compile as it requires loads of devel packages, but once all the required build packages were installed the actual compiling was quick and straightforward.

I might make the binaries available on my web site soon, if there is demand.
I don't know if I'll find the time to make a proper rpm so far it's just a tar.gz that goes into /opt/xbmc/.

Don't worry, if I don't have it on my web site yet by the time you need it, just PM me and I'll send it to you.

Mandriva was a fork of Redhat 12 years ago, these days it's independent. This is already clear if you consider that Mandriva 2010.0 was released before Fedora 12 (which is still in beta).

As both Mandriva and Fedora/Redhat are rpm based they are still similar but while Mint is a fork every 6 months of each new Ubuntu release, Mandriva is certainly not a fork of any current distro release these days.

In any case, as the thread starter of this thread I certainly agree to make this thread sticky, but I think discussion about other distros and whether to make new threads sticky for those too, are OT in this thread.

That said, I think there should be sticky threads for any current distro that is in use here by members of this forum and even more importantly for which there is a forum member using the distro and willing to start a thread about it, distrowatch popularity doesn't matter, usage by members of this forum matters.

That is very unusual and I would strongly suspect a hardware issue, to begin with I would do a memtest to see if maybe you have defective memory.
See here for how to do this:
http://www.linuxtech.net/tips+tricks...stics-pt1.html
Let it run for 12-24 hours don't just do one pass as one pass sometimes is not enough.

Also make sure the BIOS is set on sane values, especially with regards to memory voltage and timing and system frequencies.

Also check that your system is not overheating for some reason, install the lm_sensors package to monitor temperatures.

If you are using the 3D desktop effects (compiz etc) try disabling those too, to be safe.

Have a look in /var/log/messages, but I doubt you find anything relevant in there, system freezes hardly ever generate entries in the logs.