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Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1

Posted by michael on Tuesday July 23, 2002 @05:20AM from the keep-both-pieces-when-it-breaks dept.

leviramsey writes "MandrakeSoft has released the first beta of the next version of its distribution. It features XFree86 4.2, KDE 3.0, GNOME 2.0, and is compiled with gcc-3.1, which (alas) makes it incompatible with a fair amount of commercial software."

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RedHat Limbo by DeadBugs · 2002-07-23 05:51 · Score: 1, Flamebait

The new Redhat Beta "Limbo" has a similiar feature set that includes gcc 3.1. Seeing that Mandrake is based off of Redhat they are probably just moving right along following Redhat's lead

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Slapped together desktops by DrXym · 2002-07-23 07:58 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I hope Mandrake are paying better attention to usability than they have in the past. The default GNOME / KDE desktops in 8.2 were simply atrocious which is one of the reasons I jumped ship back to Red Hat. A generic desktop slapped together with some godawful homegrown config tools makes for a lousy user experience. I wonder how the walmart crowd will cope!
Perhaps money is the issue, but since I got an email from them today saying they'll be profitable by the end of the year I hope they devote some serious attention to it.