[NTLUG:Discuss] Mandrake (was: Video card recommendations)

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I don't wish to start a distro-war but felt compelled to counter the
tendancy for a few people to (IMO) over-state their poor experience
with Mandrake (now Mandriva). The only hardware issue that was
out of the norm for a distro was that of a specific CD drive using a
specific Mandrake version (9.1?) that was quickly resolved. Yes, with
such a combination during that brief, unfixed 9.1, it would destroy
the CD drive, and in that regard is serious. But, again, it was a very
issolated case. I am not aware of several other hardware problems
that were out of the norm for a Linux distro. Rather, I have had a 
very positive experience with Mandrake for many years. True, I 
happened to not install 9.1 (went from 8.2 to 9.2) and did not own
that brand of CD drive for that matter. To each his own.
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