Software in the Public Interest, Inc. PO Box 1326 Boston, Ma. It contains around 4000 packages, making it by far the largest free software distribution. A sophisticated bug tracking system allows users to easily report bugs and security concerns which are quickly dealt with by the Debian community. Aside from self-serve support via mailing lists, IRC, or the online Bug Tracking System, there is also a number of consultants providing support. Mandrake is available both in GPL Edition and in the PowerPack Edition which includes 5 CDs and commercial applications.
Payment method depends on the distributor.
The PowerPack is provided with 100 days of support by e-mail. Bynari Systems Group and LinuxCare also provide complete support for Mandrake. Four installation innovations make Red Hat the easiest Linux to install ever. Our graphical installation mode brings you straight up into X for most of the installation. The new RPM packaging system is sophisticated enough to allow upgrading to new Red Hat releases without reinstalling your system - no partitioning, no backing up all your files, no headaches.