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The first linux distro I tried in 1999 was Redhat, which was a complete puzzle. Never got anywhere with it. Then I tried Mandrake in that same time frame and I haven't stopped using Linux since. I was extremely disappointed when the Mandriva desktop went belly up. So, I tried Mageia in the first release and was a bit leery, but I just installed XFCE RC4 and I have to say, "Welcome back Mandrake." There were a few bumps like a software installer that was convinced I did not have a "core release disk," but overall it was a smooth install and once I found the drakwizard, which I've never understood why you don't automatically install, I was at home again. Set apache up in just a couple of minutes, along with SSH, and I was rollin' (never can get proftp to work - but sftp is better anyway).

Now that go me thinking. If you could expand the drakwizard to install Owncloud in it's own directory and still keep the webserver page, I think you'd have a fantastic home server. I can't think it would be that difficult, and it sure would be appreciated by a lot of people.

Anyway, thanks for keeping the distro alive!

Thanks ElmerFudd. I agree with you on drakwizard being second class citizen.
You're very welcome to join us.

Hello ElmerFudd,

You sound like me! I tried Redhat and wow...then several others, not a lot and finally Mandrake. If you remember Mandrake was being talked about everywhere at the time. I had some terrible troubles with it being new to Linux and I actually played with everything until I broke it several times.

First I'd try to fix it and after awhile just re-install it, then break it again, etc. I finally installed it with the intention of keeping it and not breaking it, and I kept Mandriva 2007, didn't like 2008, all the way through to Mandriva 2011, which I never installed. I hadn't heard of Mageia and boy was I glad to see who was building it!

Welcome back to you and Mandrake!