[Mageia-discuss] Thoughts on an install

[Donald Stewart]

On 3 June 2011 14:32, Diego Bello <dbello at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>

QCAD requires qt3 which is unsupported upstream. Until QCAD is ported
its a no go, or if qt3 is re added to mageia....