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January 18th, 2008430 Part III . Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution You can also use it adjust your default system security levels, change your display options, schedule events, manage user accounts, and even change the system time/date setting. The MCC uses a number of installation and configuration wizards to help you get rolling. For example, a wizard for Apache Web server setup enables you to get your HTTP server online in just a few minutes. Some of the key improvements and features of MCC in Mandriva 10 are: . Secure, remote system configuration from any network. . Automatic detection of hot swappable devices without restarting the system. . Large icons that are easy to see and appropriately related to the functions they invoke. The Mandriva Community Like many distributions of Linux, Mandriva Linux has developed a split personality of sorts. Mandriva distributes value-added versions of Mandriva complete with numerous utilities, applications, and support. The core Mandriva development effort produces an unsupported, but just as useful, version of the core Mandriva build. With this free copy, you get the OS and the basic utilities and applications but no access to the Mandrivaclub. Mandrivaclub allows folks with a paid membership to access early builds, the full suite of downloadable one-click applications, forums, support, and downloads of current releases using its club-member only bit torrent system. It also gives you access to Commercial software (such as Flash plug-ins and NVIDIA drivers) that cannot be freely distributed. For someone trying to make Linux a desktop system for use by folks coming from Apple and Microsoft GUI operating systems, these added features are extremely useful. RPM Repository on Mandrivaclub The Mandrivaclub Web site (www.mandrivaclub.com) has a massive collection of software that is tested for use with Mandriva and is directly accessible to members. (A nonmember can view the available packages, but he will not be able to access the files until he or she provides a valid Mandrivaclub membership.) A search tool and various precompiled lists by category, creation date, product name, maintaining organization/user, and distributor are features of this site. If you don t have access to the RPM files on Mandrivaclub, you can find volumes of RPM packaged applications at www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/. This site uses the same indexing technology as Mandrakeclub, including support for searching and indexes. Note
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