[Mageia-discuss] First impressions

[Bogdan CAZACU]

ok...stupid question but: with what username and password should i be
connecting to the ftp address you provided wobo?

i wanna download it to.. :(

Bogo
Romanian Translation Team
On 15 February 2011 07:56, Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Downloaded 64-bit DVD ISO from
> ftp://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/iso/cauldron/ : 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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