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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Linux needs less fragmentation |
| Date | 2026-10-05 21:49 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <niida1Fjb1jU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2026-10-05 21:36, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Oct 2026 09:25:11 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>
>> Ubuntu first, then Mint later recognised that need and built distros
>> around it
>
> I would argue Mandrake was the first user friendly distro. Ubuntu made
> their nut shipping free CDs to anyone who asked. Meanwhile Mandrake had
> stepped into it with copyright issues and became Mandriva. I tried to get
> openMandriva up in a VM with not success.
>
> Mandrake came in a nice boxed set but unbelievably you had to buy it
> rather than getting free gibs.
I would argue that SuSE was the first user friendly distro, according to
a magazine I read in summer 1998. You could buy it with nice paper books
included. And the books were translated to Spanish.
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.
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Re: Linux needs less fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 19:20 +0200
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Re: Linux needs less fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 21:49 +0200
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Re: Linux needs less fragmentation Philippe <p.naudin+nntp@free.fr> - 2026-10-06 08:13 +0200
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-06 11:12 +0200
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-06 14:48 +0000
Re: Linux needs less fragmentation The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 09:19 +0100
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