Mandriva 2010.2 out

Mandriva 2010.2 is out The Official Mandriva Blog

How does it compare to PClinuxOS which is based on mandriva? Apart from PClinuxOS being only 32 bit?

I havent used mandriva in 5 years.

 

I haven't used Mandriva, so I cannot answer your specific question.

I will state that PCLOS is not based on Mandriva in the same sense that Mint is based on Ubuntu. PCLOS is an offshoot of Mandrake/Mandriva, but PCLOS is as likely to borrow good ideas from Debian, for example, as it is Mandriva.

If you are interested in a bit of background about PCLOS, you can read this article PCLinuxOS - Rolling on a river | IT PRO

Edit: FYI... Tex is compiling for 64-bit PCLOS.

 

I had Mandriva One running as my secondary OS when I switched from Debian Etch to Lenny (beginning of 2009). I can't really compare it to PCLOS since I never actually used that, but I'd say that Mandriva is quite beginner friendly. It has a lot of GUI helpers, runs quite stable and doesn't seem to be too bloated.
The only thing I didn't like were the constant reminders to upgrade to the Powerpack version.

btw: I'm quite surprised that there is a 2010.2 release. I thought all new releases would be under the Mageia label. But I must confess, that I'm far from being up to date concerning the Mandriva/Mageia topic.

 

I beleive 2010.2 was an incremental release, 2010.1 with all the updates.