Comment Re:How does it compare to Ubuntu? (Score 1) 267
That's not true.
There is the One edition, which is a single CD, meant to be run as a live CD, or can be installed.
There is also the Free edition, which comes as a DVD, or as multiple CD's. It has to be installed to run it. It doesn't contain any proprietary drivers or software, but you can choose to install them - i.e. you will be prompted to install either the free nv driver, or proprietary nVidia driver.
The 3rd option is PowerPack, which you have to pay for, which contains proprietary drivers and software - i.e. a commercially licensed DVD player.
There are other commercial versions available for firewall, enterprise servers etc. Check it out yourself!
http://blog.mandriva.com/2009/11/04/mandriva-linux-2010-is-out/