Updating Mandriva Software

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tasks/Installing_and_removing_software

Lock Down Gnome Panel

http://library.gnome.org/admin/deployment-guide/

Lockdown gnome-panel

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?s=e75146b196a862d6ed330f7cc2a228a2&p=4837798&postcount=6

SCIM on Mandriva 2010.0

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=120013

Browse WIndows Share with Ubuntu

http://paulbradley.tv/29/

Make sure the IPv4 settings are set to "Shared to other computers" in the Network Connections dialog for the Ubuntu computer.

For the Windows computer, it's safe to automatically obtain IP and DNS servers in the LAN card TCP/IP settings.

Use ipconfig in Windows, and connect Nautilus to this IP (smb://windows_ip)

Startup Programs LXDE

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=51606

Hard Disk Health

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/monitoring-hard-disk-health-with-smartd-under-linux-or-unix-operating-systems.html

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