I currently have Mandrake 9.1 and would like to know if 10.0 is worth downloading/buying unlike 9.2 was.

Has anyone had any problems installing/using it? Are there noticable improvements in the OS?

I am using it, and it seems to be a little better, I was using 9.2 befor and I didnt like it. I had no problems during install, and no errors, the only thing that worried me for a sec was when it asks for disk 4, but if u dont have it just click cancel, it only has extra stuff on it that they cant give free. I recomend 10, and im lovin KDE 3.2 .

disk 4 is for commercial stuff so you have to have club membership for that.

10 is a good release. But it is only ever worth upgrading only if there are things in 10 that you can't get in 9.1, or if you enjoy new toys !

I just want to know which virsion of mplayer is included, in order to use mozilla plugin.

How about RPMDrake, is that still broken, or even in it at all?

I am enjoying it so far...RPM Drake seems to be working for me although the update feature isnt....

RPMDrake is in there, in the K/System/Configuration/Packaging/[Install Software | Mandrake Update] using KDE desktop.

MandrakeLinux 10 Community is not a final release. This meand it is similar to a Release Candidat - Not All things work correctly yet, but it is good enough to experiment with.

If you have a computer to install it to which has no data you can not afford to lose, go ahead and install it and see for yourself if you like it.

BETA, RC and COMMUNITY releases should all be treated as experimental software, and not be expected to work perfectly.

Mandrake is starting a new developement model with the Community Release phase. From what I see, they did a BETA1, BETA2, RC1, then COMMUNITY. If you check the URL for the package directories on the ftp servers, you will see that the mandrake-devel branch has been devided into cooker and stable, but take note that these are still under mandrake-devel. The COMMUNITY release is under the stable branch, but it should still be reguarded as experimental