Added: Nov 22, 2008

From: spittenkittens

Duration: 3:4

I installed Mandriva on my little Acer one. Had added 1gb ram, but Mandriva runs quite fast, a little better than Ubuntu right now. It detected all the hardware except the right side card reader.Updates will be slow for a few days as the demand is high right now.I have used many os on this Acer one but Mandriva seems the best option and the most simple to install at this point.CHECK "MANDRIVA 2009 ERRATA" FOR VIDEO and other problems, I was able to get everything working.

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Rating: 4.33 (3 ratings)    Views: 2722    Comments: 7

az9az9az9 Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - Is Vista & Mandriva 2009 dual boot possible?

spittenkittens Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - I have used xp and installed linux on the same hard drive, installing xp first and then linux using the free space on the windows partition.But there are always things that can go wrong so back up your hard drive first if you you try it.If you uninstall linux you will have to install the the windows boot files whcih are on your windows cd.

spittenkittens Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - I should add you can download mandriva 2009 and boot the cd and use the live cd to see if you like it without installing it.The servers are busy and I cant do updates yet and there are no codecs until I can do updates.

prasmit Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - im new to the whole linux thing but im extremely impressed so far. im using ubuntu right now but i might give mandriva a try now. forgive me if im wrong but isn't that acer one a low powered netbooks? how come its so smooth even with all those 3d effects (compiz fusion im guessing).

Pellick Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - Is this the Free version? I downloaded the other version and it seems impossible to install it via USB stick. Downloading Free version right now to see if it helps.

spittenkittens Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - This is the free version, but I couldn't get the bootloader to work on a usb fash drive so I installed it to the sdd. There are bound to be a few buds and updates.

1welshwarrior Says:

Nov 22, 2008 - Yes you can dual boot. I bought another hard disk for my Mandriva. but it still dual boots. just don have to worry. Once bitten you will hardly need vista,