Mandrake 9.0

[KillJoy]

OEOne...
Initial impressions were bad enough that I fouled up something trying to tweak it (to make it useable), then had to remove it because I was ANGRY...
But don't take this to heart.  I would like to review it and give it an honestly fair evaluation.  It looks promising.  It seems FAST and responsive.  The applications are slick.  It's all dumbed-down computing, like putting governors on a car...  You have to go out of your way to use anything besides the apps they bundle.  I couldn't browse my hard drive file structure.  Their MP3 player only plays songs from your MP3 folder...which was empty after the install...but then, I couldn't browse my drive to copy a few MP3s into that location....so who knows...?  There were other problems like this, too.  Maybe it would be a good system to set up for grandma who will NEVER use anything but mail, web, word processor, and play some music.  But then, how many grandmas are running Linux?  Sure, you can buy their full version, which includes a Red Hat install...and maybe that would be a more fair evaluation.  If I had a spare machine to load from scratch...

Anyway, this isn't making too much sense.  I'm rambling on about a review I wanted to do right, so...  I'll stop now...

[KillJoy]

HappyPenguin has announced   (Slashdotted) award-winning Linux games.  I post this here in follow-up to my original post delighting over Frozen Bubble.  It seems others agree...

Slashdot users have posted the results summary inside this thread.

Free Games

    * Best Free Game - Frozen Bubble
    * Best Free 3D Action Game - Cube
    * Best Free Arcade Game - Frozen Bubble
    * Best Free Cards/Board/Gambling Game - PySol
    * Best Free Multiplayer Action Game - BZFlag
    * Best Free Multiplayer Strategy Game - Freeciv
    * Best Free Role-Playing Game - NetHack: Falcon's Eye
    * Best Free Simulation Game - Flight Gear
    * Best Free Single Player Strategy Game - Freeciv

Non-Free Games

    * Best Non-Free Game - Quake 3 Arena
    * Best Non-Free 3D Action Game - Return To Castle Wolfenstein
    * Best Non-Free Arcade Game - Space Tripper
    * Best Non-Free Cards/Board/Gambling Game - Eric's Ultimate Solitaire
    * Best Non-Free Multiplayer Action Game - Quake 3 Arena
    * Best Non-Free Multiplayer Strategy Game - Heroes of Might and Magic 3
    * Best Non-Free Role-Playing Game - Ultima I: A Legend Is Reborn
    * Best Non-Free Simulation Game - SimCity 3000 Unlimited
    * Best Non-Free Single Player Strategy Game - Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Miscellaneous Categories

    * Best Emulator - ScummVM
    * Best Game Support Library - SDL
    * Best Graphics - Unreal Tournament 2003
    * Best Sound/Music - Frozen Bubble
    * Best Toy - Celestia
    * Most Original/Unique Game - Liquid War
    * Most Promising Linux Game Project - Planeshift