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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. Madriva's old news by Fyre2012 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Do people even stull use this distro? Everything it does, Ubuntu does better.
    Personally, I prefer Gentoo, but for what Mandrake^H^H^Hiva is supposed to be, is there really a userbase for it anymore?

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    1. Re:Madriva's old news by Fyre2012 · · Score: 0, Troll

      i gotta learn to post anonymously when I drink.

      Funny tho, another poster with the same opinion gets modded insightful. I should learn to articulate better, or again, just post anonymously when drinking. There goes my Karma.

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  2. Still a good distro by FoxAche · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've been running Mandriva/Mandrake off and on since 7.0 It's now my OS of choice since the 2005 LE release. The reason I like Mandriva so much is that it is based on Red Hat which a lot of workplaces use as their server OS. This means the enviroment I use at home is similar to what I use at work, I need my /etc/sysconfig/. Ubuntu feels foreign to me as I just don't like the way things are set up and it' s only on one CD so you need a net connection when you want more software, the foreign feeling also goes for SuSe (YAST is terrible). So why don't I run Fedora? Well I find that in terms of configuration tools and package management (urpmi) Mandriva is better suited for the home Desktop than Fedora is. I run Fedora 3 on my testbed system, a minimal install without an X server.