[TriLUG] Looking for a Mandrake advocate for tonight

Steve Litt slitt at troubleshooters.com
Thu May 12 14:44:58 EDT 2005


On Thursday 12 May 2005 01:28 pm, Jon Carnes wrote:
> I was scheduled to be the Mandrake advocate tonight and was really
> looking forward to the debate (and the voting... and the pizza), but
> alas, family duties will keep me from attending.
>
> Mandrake is a great distribution - easy to install, rapidly updated,
> secure, and easily supported. The two most unique features of Mandrake
> are Mandrake Club (a pay for user support group that is a "must-have"
> for businesses running Mandrake) and MSEC (a general security script
> that lets you lock your box down with the flip of a switch  - or open it
> wide - or various levels in between [I run at level 4]).
>
> Mandriva (formerly Mandrake - but I just hate the new name):
>   http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/en-us/
>
> Mandriva Linux Users Club
>   $66/year for individuals, $12/month for businesses
>   http://www.mandrivalinux.com/en/club/
>
> MSEC:
>   http://www.geek-cave.com/linux/msec/
>
> ======
> I hope one of our many Mandrake users can step into tonight and be an
> Advocate for this great distribution!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon Carnes

I can't make it because I'm 600 miles away, but let me add the reason I use 
Mandrake...

1) It's got almost every app I need
2) It's completely on CD, so I don't need to apt-get tons of stuff over my 
dialup line.

SteveT
 
Steve Litt
Founder and acting president: GoLUG
http://www.golug.org



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