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Mandrake 8.1 Released

Posted by michael on from the 586-goodness dept.

Loke and several others wrote in with notes about Mandrake Linux 8.1. Release notes are available, or download an .iso, or just order it. Looks like it includes KDE 2.2.1, which is pretty impressive...

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  1. More details about the release... by joestar · · Score: 5, Informative

    Mandrake 8.1 is called "Vitamin". It comes with a bunch of new features such as MandrakeFirstTime that lets users centralize their Internet parameters and subscribe to the new MandrakeOnlineServices (personalized updates advisories, depending on your system). Also this is AFAIK the first Linux distro to offer the journalized file-systems XFS, Ext3, ReiserFS at the same time! Last but not the least it offers the beautiful KDE 2.2.1 (with antialiasing in standard) and GNOME 1.4.1. While the previous releases were very oriented to end-users, this new one offers excellent features for server use.

  2. Mandrake is a really nice distro by gunnk · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been running 8.1 RC-1 for about a week. Yep, I've had a few bugs (the graphical login makes me login TWICE before it lets me in on my ThinkPad). However, KDE 2.2.1 is sweet, running XFree86 4.x.x is a HUGE improvement, and the whole thing feels more integrated than other distros I've dealt with such as RedHat (i.e.: the software packages are more likely to "play nice" with each other). Yes, it IS easier for novices to use, but that doesn't make it any less powerful than the distros that are a pain to install, configure, and maintain. Contrary to the view of some folks, Mandrake is not producing a "beginner's version". Hats off to Mandrake for a great distro!

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  3. Re:A Bold Statement by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dunno about he other issues, but DrakFont lets you just click the "Install windows fonts" button, and it finds and installs all fonts on your windows partition... Can't get much easier than that. I believe you can also choose a specific directory to install them from if you want.

  4. Re:Alternative Distributions by fcrozat · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you don't like our menu structure, run menudrake and choose Action/Menu Style/Standard menu and you'll get KDE/GNOME original menus.

    And nobody forces you to use Mandrake tools :))

  5. Very nice, but still something missing... by mnordstr · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've been using Mandrake, loved it.
    I've been using RedHat, loved it.
    I am using LFS, married it.

    You say something is good in this distro, something is bad in that distro. Make your lives easy and get the most out of your machines. Make your own distro! I did it and now I'm running the very latest, the very best, and only the things I want to run. Nothing more, nothing less.

  6. nVidia RPMs for 8.1 by belbo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Until nVidia offers them, you can get them via MUO.

    tom (mandrakesoft)

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