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Mandrake 7.1 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-relation-to-mandrake@mandrake.net dept.

Frodo writes: "It seems that Mandrake 7.1 has started to appear on various mirror sites. No news on Mandrakes homepage so far." Update: 06/06 08:36 by CN : Alix from Linux-Mandrake just emailed me to tell me there's an official release note available now on their web site.

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  1. Number of Linux Distributions Surpasses Number of by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    Number of Linux Distributions Surpasses Number of Users

    Somewhere in California - At 8:30 PDT with the release of Snoopy Linux 2.1 and Goober Linux 1.0, the number of Linux distributions finally surpassed the number of actual Linux users.
    "We've been expecting it for some time," Merrill Lynch technology analyst Tom Shayes said, "but this is a little sooner than most expected. We've seen explosive growth in the number of Linux distributions, in fact my nephew just put out Little Tommy Linux 1.1 last week."

    Long time Linux guru Bob Tallman said, "This is great for the open source movement. I have 7 different versions installed on my computer at home. Some guys I know have over 30."

    Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer said, "Microsoft will have to play catch up with the number of versions that Linux has, but we think we can do it. With the break up of Microsoft imminent that will instantly double the number of Windows versions available."

    Microsoft also announced the release of Pocket PC for Workgroups, Windows GT special edition and Windows 2000 - the Director's Cut with special code added by Bill Gates himself that wasn't in the original release.

    http://bbspot.com/News/2000/4/linux_distros.html

  2. What's New in Mandrake 7.1 by QBasic_Dude · · Score: 5
    • i810 based video cards now supported
    • Wheel mouse is now fully functionnal with most applications (netscape, gnome, KDE, etc.)
    • Better powersaving support on Laptop computers
    • Enhanced USB support for modems, printers, Zip drives
    • Better symmetrical multi processing support
    • All Helix Code GNOME improvements incorporated
    • Enhanced default settings for GNOME & KDE environments
    • Modified Qt library (foundation of KDE applications) supporting Chinese, Korean, Japanese
    • New menu system. Menus look now the same under every graphical environments and updates automatically when new packages are installed.
    • System organization benefits from reordered packages in coherent groups, usable by most package-management tools, including RpmDrake.
    • DrakBoot allows for easy graphical configuration of boot loader (lilo and grub)
    • DrakBootdisk, a new graphical boot-floppy creation tool.
    • PrinterDrake (printer configuration) now supports more printer types and options.
    • DrakX now fully handles multiple-CD installation.
    • Linux4Win now runs automatically when CDROM is inserted under Windows (autorun)
    • DrakX user interface has been improved to ease installation : User can now choose an icon representing his/her user under Linux-Mandrake, more powerfull packages selection options, etc.
    • Installation can now detect high resolution video modes and use them during install
    • Urpmi, the text-mode rpm tool now handles local rpm installation.
    • If Windows is present on the computer, DrakFont gives the user access to his Windows fonts under Linux.
    • Distribution is now shipped with a fully functionnal rescue floppy.
    • Grub is now supported as the default bootloader, no more 1024-cylinder limit.
    • Now includes brand new XFree 4.0 servers, with new modular architecture.
    • For professional environments, the new journalized file system ReiserFS is included
    • Main distribution is now on 2 CDROMs, the second one also including contribs.
    • Koffice and QT2 beta now available in contribs.
    • GnuCash, personal finance manager, now included.