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Mandriva Linux 2006 Beta Underway

Posted by Zonk on from the new-way-to-play dept.

linuxbeta writes "Distrowatch is reporting that 'The beta testing process for Mandriva Linux 2006 is now officially underway. All the new features, which are not yet all included in this first beta version, will appear in the next test versions. You will see changes in the network management, especially WiFi, in security, on the desktop with the new versions of KDE, GNOME, new version of the kernel, GCC....'. Screenshots are available."

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  1. Re:A Microsoft Beta for "Winix" by markdavis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Your assessment leaves a lot to be desired. Mandriva releases betas all the time. I seriously doubt they have *ANY* interest at all in MS or any other type of aquisition. Mandriva is not a fly-by-night company. And desipte your anti-Mandriva "sloppy seconds" and "miniscule commercial share" drivel, there are probably just as many people in the world running Mandrake/Mandriva Linux as there are Redhat and Fedora combined.

  2. What a dope! by Trestop · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Can you be any more stupid ?
    * Mandriva has a lively market share. They even got Wallmart to sell PCs pre-installed with their OS - had RedHat managed to do this?
    * Winix is an old (and dumb) rumor which has never had any sort of credability - so stop being an ass.
    * Project Marklar is Apple's (!!) x86 OS.

    And make up your mind already ? either Microsoft will dump NT for BSD or for Linux , they can't have both dogs by the tail as your dumb add post suggests.