[TriLUG] Any opinions about MandrakeOnline?

[Jon Carnes]

On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 13:51, Magnus Hedemark wrote:
> On 3 May 2004, Jon Carnes wrote:
> 
> > Anyone using MandrakeOnline to keep their systems up-to-date? Any
> > opinions good or bad?
> > 
> > I brought up a new server on our network using Mandrake 10. It offers a
> > RHN type service for ~$21/year/system. If it's as good as RHN then
> > that's a deal.
> 
> Jon, as an alternative, yum is free.  It scales well, and can let you 
> apply different package groups to different servers based on group 
> membership and an XML file that follows the same DTD as comps.xml from the 
> install discs. 
> 
> This doesn't really answer your question, but hopefully gives you some 
> free alternatives to solve your problem.

Yep, yum is great. 

I like the idea of MandrakeOnline as it lets me give Mandrake some money
and receive additional value (I can justify giving Mandrake money). I
was just wondering if it really works or if I should follow a different
path for updating my systems (like yum!).

Jon