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Mandriva 2007 RC1 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the try-before-you-buy dept.

boklm writes "The first Mandriva 2007 release candidate (codename Mona) is out. The final version is due soon. 2007's new features include Gnome 2.16 with New 'Ia Ora' Mandriva Theme, parallel initscript (for faster boot), 3D desktop (with both AIGLX and Xgl to support more graphic cards). Installable Live-CDs including Gnome or KDE are available in different languages, and because it is a live-cd it is possible to try it without installing. Don't forget to report bugs if you find them, in order to get a solid final release."

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  1. Re:Mandrakes place in the Linux world? by toddbu · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm with you on this one. I ran Mandrake / Mandriva for a long time, but finally gave up last year and switched to Ubuntu. One huge problem for Mandrake is that they've never been able to put out two good releases in a row. That wouldn't be so bad if you could just skip every other release, but at one point their end-of-life policies didn't cover the last stable release. At that point I just gave up and switched distros.

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  2. Re:Mandrakes place in the Linux world? by opkool · · Score: 3, Informative

    As a long time desktop Linux user, I have tried recently Kubuntu, SuSE/Novell SLED and Mandriva, and I still like Mandriva better over the others.

    For one, Kubuntu feels so dated and so empty of configuration tools... feels like Mandrake 8.2 all over again.

    Then, I like better a 1 year release cycle. I want to WORK with my Linux. I don't want to be installing Linux all the time: is extra work and I'm lazy.

    Yes, RHEL/CentOS have a long life. But then RHEL/CentOS for me doens't cut it. up2date/yum are awful, it's a horrible multimedia station and it's a pretty bad desktop overall.

    Fedora, well, it's a joke. Not useful as a stable desktop for a lazy Linux user that doesn't want to install a new reease every 3 months and, if you bink too much, your release is out of support.

    Sure, SLED is prety good. Mostly. But then I find it to be a slow distro (compared with Ubuntu and Mandriva). And the fact that Novell is more or less trying to ditch KDE is not good for me:

    Novell: "KDE is not included in SuSE anymore!"

    (Users scream in horror)

    Novell: "Well, we'll include KDE"

    (Users cheer)

    Novell : "Actualy, we'll kinda include it on the OpenSuSE version"

    (Users give up German distros and go to get a German beer instead)

    Peace