Here is a flash video of me trying to Install Ubuntu and Mandriva onto a VM.
http://www.trevorsarchives.selfip.net/funpics/images/nix%20having%20problems/Why%20nix%20Fails.htm
4mb Flash
—-Edit, Looks like Instant Demo crapped out at the point where I try to turn off the distorted Ubuntu, so if you just hear a bunch of clicks and nothing is happening, u can just stop watching.
Please everyone note that I am not attempting to bash Nix. I am however trying to point out that this is a pretty big failure for anyone that wants to try out Nix systems and see if it is right for them. I tried two populour distros, both could not even install, and not for lack of trying. Most of the time, the progress was random. With Ubuntu I actually got all the way into the OS, only to be hurt by crazy resolution and distorted graphics.
I cut the video short as I was never actually able to reproduce the error I was getting in the Mandriva install because it only seems to get far enough to error out, very rarely. Most of the time it just hangs at a black screen.
http://www.trevorsarchives.selfip.net/funpics/images/nix%20having%20problems/MandrivaFailing.JPG
I am also fully aware that these OS’s work when used on a real system. However with virtualization becomming so populour, I consider this to be a big problem.
I choose MS VM 2007 because it’s what I use for all my other virtualization needs and its free. It is also provided by MS and “usually” works very well. If the Nix distro came with a Virtualization app, as DSL did, I would have used that instead.
In the game of life, first impressions are everything, if a first time user wanted to test if Either of these Nix’s was right for him, I doubt he would have left Windows.
Both installs were done using ISO files. I had a Ubuntu CD that I ISO’d for this. The mandriva was downloaded twice, both DVD versions from two different mirriors, then I checked file sizes and opened them in winrar to see if winrar reported unexpected end of archive.
The ubuntu CD in a Physical system works fine, I’ve even had it installed… Hated it… but it installed none the less.
I have never had Mandriva installed on a physical system.
P.S
Please ignore spelling mistakes 😉