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Mandrake 8.2 offers the easiest installation ever [LinuxWorld]
May 21, 2002

Joe Barr of LinuxWorld installs Mandrake's new Powerpack 8.2 for workstations on a Sony Vaio laptop computer

" . . . This installation of Mandrake 8.2 on my laptop was a 20 minute no-brainer. The first time, that is. It took about twice as long the second time, but I'm getting ahead of myself . . . "

" . . . Mandrake 8.2's install process -- as do those of other modern Linux distributions -- removes problematic installs from the list of barriers to switching to Linux. It is as easy to install as Windows. The Windows installation advantage is simply that it doesn't have to be installed, it's that it is pre-installed . . . "

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