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Mandrake 2006 Will Integrate Conectiva Components

Posted by timothy on from the synaptic-is-pure-gold dept.

Linzer writes "Mandrakelinux just issued this press release presenting (1) a new one-year release cycle, with a year-based naming scheme and (2) their updated development roadmap. In a nutshell: the upcoming 10.2 becomes a transitional release, labeled 'Limited Edition 2005.' Next fall will see Mandrakelinux 2006, merging Mdk and Conectiva know-how (and possibly some know-not?) For the amnesic: Mandrakesoft and Conectiva recently merged." Not everyone is pleased, though: Tingulli 3 writes "As a member of the Italian Mandrakelinux translation team , I spent nights translating some packages to be on schedule for the 10.2 release. I was quite disappointed when I discovered that a new roadmap has been announced and that there will NOT be any 10.2 release, without anybody announcing it to the community."

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  1. I await by TheKidWho · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mandrake 10.2 "Penguin"
    Mandrake 10.3 "Little Blue Penguin"
    And Finally Mandrake 10.4 "Emperor Penguin"!

  2. Second suicide in SCO/Canopy case!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.linuxbusinessweek.com/story/48789.htm

    Don't forget: despite it's name, linuxbusinessweek is Anti-Linux, Pro-M$, Pro-SCO, Pro-SUN.

  3. Re:Mandrake History by Infinityis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, they're not completely out of options. They could reclasiify their French Software as Freedom Software. That might go over about as well as Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast...

  4. perfect distro? by techefnet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    gah, i wonder when i will find the perfect linux distro. i currently know no one that fits me. currently im running slackware, but id like to find a new distro. i was thinking of installing mandrake, but i really think it would be too heavy for me. id like a system that is more integrated, a kind of combo of slackware and mandrake would be cool, heh..

  5. Re:Mandrake History by plasticsquirrel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mandrake has gone downhill, in terms of quality, ever since version 9.0. Oddly this aligns in time with the whole France/Iraq/WMD problem.

    Clearly the french company MandrakeSoft conspires against the Untied States for their actions in Iraq and is shipping them a crippled distro out of vengance.

    The the "whole France/Iraq/WMD problem" was not created or propelled by France, but rather the United States, waving shoddy/false intelligence (this is assuming that our fearless leaders were honest). The United States wanted to go in right away, and France simply said "hold on". In retrospect, who was right?

    Thinking Americans should feel like they owe the countries that opposed the war for acting correctly on bad information. Instead, many just despise the French more.

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    Systemd: the PulseAudio of init systems
  6. Re:Mandrake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought they were all openly gay

  7. W00T f4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hubbard and mike Market share. Red