So why did I want Mandriva in the first place. All of my computers came with different variations of the Windows operating system. Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows XP etc. So what with the desire for a new operating system. Windows is a great operating and nothing will ever to work exactly as well as Windows but it has it's drawbacks. The main one for me is it's viruses. With Windows I regularly had to format my drive and reinstall the system because I accidentally downloaded some virus which made my computer nonfunctional. Another annoying thing was the fact that each time you reinstall the Windows system you have to reactivate it. After a couple of times you can no longer activate Windows via the net you have to make a phone call to get a new reactivation code. When I read that linux operating systems are basically virus free I had to try it. I have tried several linux operating systems and found the best to be Ubuntu, Debian and Mandriva. The computer I was installing it on was an older computer. The Dell Dimension 2400 desktop with just 40 GB hard drive space and just 512 MB of memory installed. Ubuntu seemed to use too much memory for the old desktop(though there are different Ubuntu distributions for smaller ram). Debian was fast and very functional- when it wasn't freezing. I don't know if it does it on all computers but on my old Dell Dimension 2400 the system froze on a consistent basis. If it wasn't for that I would have loved it. Not only was it fast but it was easy to use. Finally I tried Mandriva. Bingo success! Mandriva ran very well on my old desktop and was also easy to use. Not only that but there are older distributions available which use a smaller amount of ram. More on that later.
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