and, as Sputnik sinks slowly in the West...
Funny that there is nothing about this on cooker ml.
Mandriva
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and, as Sputnik sinks slowly in the West...
Funny that there is nothing about this on cooker ml.
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Here from the last Rosalab community meeting:Now that's Ruble'n Roll
Or was it Ruble'n Blues? 
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Ruble Rolley-Blues.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
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"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
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Today is D-day again. 
I guess today will decide if it is Ruble'n Roll or Ruble'n Blues.
I had a new look at Mandriva 2011 fresh install and I really is good! So I hope they will be able to continue to work on it.
(The upgrade part is a disaster so they really need to get that fixed too, since it is far easier to update to Mageia then to Mandriva 2011)
The future
Posted on January 17, 2012 by Jean-Manuel Croset_0
We would like to inform that a proposal to acquire Mandriva has been submitted by an external entity. As required in such a situation, the major shareholders have been asked to determine their position. As per today, Mandriva has not received every determination in written form and will, in consequence, wait until January, 23rd to decide on the future of the company.
I guess today will decide if it is Ruble'n Roll or Ruble'n Blues.
I had a new look at Mandriva 2011 fresh install and I really is good! So I hope they will be able to continue to work on it.
(The upgrade part is a disaster so they really need to get that fixed too, since it is far easier to update to Mageia then to Mandriva 2011)
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Mandriva Blog wrote:
Decision postponed
Posted on January 23, 2012 by Jean-Manuel Croset_0
The decision that should have been taken today has been postponed to Friday, January 27th. The deadline for the decision on the proposal has been extended by the proposing entity upon request of some shareholders.
Inching forward, perhaps
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...proposal has been extended by the proposing entity upon request of some shareholders
Yeah it doesn't get any clearer than that - so I am totally calm now
I guess there is a tug of war about money in the background where some investors finally want some money in their pockets, and Mandriva SA wants it for the company. To get their way they played the bankruptcy card ,,,,
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viking60 wrote:To get their way they played the bankruptcy card ,,,,
Yep. I find it highly interesting that there is nothing at all about any of it at their facebook page. For a good while, they were posting their blog posts, the works. Now, and for the last while, nothing.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
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I am sad today!
I just had a look at Distrowatch and saw that Mandriva has dropped out of the top 15. And I realized that it does not matter if there will be a bankruptcy or not; the damage is already done.
One of the best distros - ever - has become unreliable. And the confidence is gone even from those most loyal Mandriva followers.
This is dramatic because Mandriva's natural position is to be the "RedHat" of PCLos, Mageia, Unity etc. Mandriva is the foundation! Without Mandriva the RPM world gets smaller too.
I will hang on to my 2010.2 for as long as I can and hope for a miracle. Mandriva does have a history of bouncing back - almost miraculously.
The potential is clearly there, and it is not being exploited consistently and convincingly enough, for people to trust it with their data.
Makes me sad and I truly hope that I am wrong!
I just had a look at Distrowatch and saw that Mandriva has dropped out of the top 15. And I realized that it does not matter if there will be a bankruptcy or not; the damage is already done.
One of the best distros - ever - has become unreliable. And the confidence is gone even from those most loyal Mandriva followers.
This is dramatic because Mandriva's natural position is to be the "RedHat" of PCLos, Mageia, Unity etc. Mandriva is the foundation! Without Mandriva the RPM world gets smaller too.
I will hang on to my 2010.2 for as long as I can and hope for a miracle. Mandriva does have a history of bouncing back - almost miraculously.
The potential is clearly there, and it is not being exploited consistently and convincingly enough, for people to trust it with their data.
Makes me sad and I truly hope that I am wrong!
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Same here... I am hanging on to my 2010.2 Had 2 crap installs with 2011.
All I can say now is pray for Mandriva to bounce back up.
All I can say now is pray for Mandriva to bounce back up.
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I've been getting security updates from Oden Erickson and bugfixes every day for the last 3 days on 2011. I think a lot of serious work is going on back in the USSR, with vestiges of Mandriva's former French and Latin America operations still around. It's a big change. It remains to be seen whether the result will continue to provide best what I need and/or effect a resurgence in popularity.
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Yeah USSR seems right 
Some real Rubel 'n Roll there
But there seem to be some strange positive News about Mandriva
http://forum.mandriva.com/en/viewtopic. ... &start=100
Top secret, but apparently good
Some real Rubel 'n Roll there
But there seem to be some strange positive News about Mandriva http://forum.mandriva.com/en/viewtopic. ... &start=100
Top secret, but apparently good
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Thanks, I didn't see that. I've been following some very technical discussions on cooker mailing list, with Per OK, J Johnson, and Denis Silakov from rosalab.ru seeming to lead the pack. Silakov seems right on top of all the inner workings. I've been impressed by the familiarity some of the Russian devs show with the protocols in use by Mandriva. So, that is good news. 