I was all but forced to hang up Mandriva 2008 x86_64 DVD 2008 (whatever happened to simple names like 'Mandrake x.x"?).

I couldn't get Flash installed properly, even following the directions.

I couldn't edit mime types.

The browser that was included could not be upgraded by browsers within the repositories - some kind of permissions thing.

It was slow as molasses on my Celeron D 3.33GHz system.

I had once been pointed towards...