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Mandrake 9.0 (Dolphin) Is Available [updated]

Posted by timothy on from the swim-with-the-fishes dept.

joestar writes "What else to say? I've tested the RCs and they were great... There are two very interesting links: the Press Release, and a very nice presentation. From the presentation: 'Affirming its leading position in the Linux desktop arena, Mandrake Linux 9.0 introduces many newly redesigned graphical desktops and configuration utilities. The famous "Mandrake touch" is evident throughout the many clean, attractive and friendly desktops to make everyday tasks easier for all users of a Mandrake system.' And apparently it's already LSB-1.2 certified!" Update: 09/25 23:57 GMT by T : Apropos new releases, an anonymous reader writes "Parts of Red Hat's next OS have been unofficially leaked, as news.com reports here. The official release date is scheduled for next Monday, 9/30/02." Update: 09/26 00:29 GMT by T : Gaël Duval points to less-swamped links to the press release and to the Presentation & Features page. Thanks, Gaël.

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  1. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    oh, and mandrake is basically used only by communists

  2. Mandrake 9 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    w00t!

  3. frist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    maybe?

  4. Good to switch to by I+Am+The+Owl · · Score: 0, Troll
    This is excellent news! I am sick and tired of RedHat taking away my Constitutional rights and destroying the KDE project, but I lacked a better alternative. This is truly a step ahead for Linux on the desktop.

    Has anyone here used it yet? Could you report on your experience? I hope the mirrors aren't Slashdotted...

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    --sdem
  5. This is sad... by chainrust · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's very sad that such an influential news website as /. is lowering itself to promoting incremental upgrades of individual distributions. The focus should be on the overall effort of the Linux development community. I understand how important Mandarke is to the overall longterm of the Linux community since it is for 'n00bs', but the focus should still be on the overall development of the. kernel

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  6. I am Chris Sologuk and I am gay !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    yo
    yo
    yo
    !!
    I am Chris Sologuk and I am gay
    !!
    I use Mandrake :o
    My nick on IRC is GuK
    !!
    Dam Debian sucks
    !!
    I like the way lil' boys feel
    !!
    goatse.cx
    What's that? You ask if I'll ever switch to a real OS?
    NEVAR
    !!

  7. Those tingly feelings are icky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I get those feelings a lot, usually just before I spray my load all over your mother's face. Then your sister jumps up from under her current customer and licks it all off.

  8. Not to troll? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is that the special keyword sequence that allows a controversial statement to avoid negative moderations on Slashdot?

    Let's try it and see:

    Not to troll, but Bill Gates is cool.
    Not to troll, but Ballmer sure looks sexy when he's sweaty and screeching like a monkey.
    Not to troll, but Linux sucks!
    Not to troll, but do you think I should see a doctor about these hemmorhoids?

    So my dear moderators, what's your verdict?

  9. Ahh, Mandrake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The distro for incompetents.

  10. Re:Ah, irony. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You dumb fuck. Just because some nazi fritz quits, you don't have to switch to some windows-copy distro made by rifle-droppers.