14 DAY TRIAL // If you want to join the Mandriva Club, you should do that now, because it is free of charge and open to all Linux users. Join NOW here!
The Mandriva Club offers content and services for Mandriva Linux users, such as a news feed with articles and interviews, a knowledge base and a special zone for Linux newbies. You will have easy access to online application packages and repositories. Also, you can download torrents of the final versions days before the release for early seeders.
The official documentation will be there to help you out, and if you want to post your thoughts related to Mandriva and the Linux world, a personal blog service for community members will let you do that. When the holidays come, Mandriva Club has a nice e-cards service for them. Do you need some training? You will have access to a complete e-training program, with 25 free training modules and the Mandriva Expert support platform will be available to you.
Stephane Lauriere, Architect of the Mandriva Club platform said:"The Club platform is based on Wiki technology, which allows community members to contribute easily and adapt the content and structure with a lot of freedom."
Remi Mathieu, Forum Manager at Mandriva declares: "The forums have been free and open for quite some time, but they were still perceived as a Club restricted space. We ask people to post messages non-anonymously, to maintain the quality of the discussions and prevent spam bots."
The official Mandriva Forums are managed by company employees, but they are also connected to many other Mandriva users' forums hosted and managed directly by community members all over the world in different languages. Remi also added the following: "We are excited to welcome all the new Mandriva 2008 users, our links will be strengthened with all other community forums."