[Mageia-discuss] Thoughts on an install

[Diego Bello]

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati
<renaud at olgiati-in-paraguay.org> wrote:
> Just installed M1X86_64.
>
> None of the problems which recently plagued me with Mdv2010.0 and .1
>
> BUT
>
> A minor annoyance: in the users config at the end of the install, there are
> only two user icons to choose from; the Mdv user icons, with various skin and
> hair colours were much appreciated by the four users who work on this box.
>
> A worse annoyance: under Mdv I could click right and left simultaneously to
> emulate centre centre click and paste; this does not work in Mageia.
>
> The Printer install in MCC does not "see" my USB-connected HP all-in-one, I
> have to configure it with hp-setup.
>
> A number of packages that I need (or like) have been dropped: Skype, Qcad,
> Gweled and Gxmessage to cite but a few; is it safe to install the Mdv2010.2
> rpms ?
> Or should I go back to 2010.2 to have them ?
>
> Cheers,
>

Skype was not in repositories for MDV. Maybe in Powerpack but not in
the free/One versions.
Maybe you can use the Skype4Mandriva script:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2281263/Skype4Mandriva_latest.sh

Regards,

-- 
Diego Bello Carreño