mandriva.com/
en/download.
If you are content to try out the live CD and install the contents of the CD to your hard disk, you
can follow the instructions in this section. An image of the Mandriva One live CD is included on
the DVD that comes with this book and can be booted directly from the DVD.
The DVD that comes with this book includes the English GNOME version of Mandriva
One. If you prefer the KDE version or any of several different language versions, refer
to the Mandriva One Download page (www.mandriva.com/en/download/mandrivaone).
Appendix A explains how to burn the installation CDs from the CD images, if you decide to download
Mandriva CDs yourself.
The Right Hardware for Mandriva
As with software packages, look before you leap. It is important to make sure your hardware is up
to the task before you install Mandriva. Fear not, users of less-than-stellar hardware; the hardware
requirements are far from onerous. To use Mandriva you need (or you can use) the following:
x586 class processor or above??”The Intel Pentium I??“IV, AMD K6/II/III, Duron, or
Athlon/XP/MP.
RAM??”At least 256MB of memory is recommended (although 512MB will work much
better). If you need to run Mandriva on a machine with less RAM, consider starting the
installation from Mandriva Free instead of Mandriva One because live CDs generally
require more RAM to run effectively.
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