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Mandriva 2007 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ia-ora-to-you-too dept.

moyoto writes, "Mandriva has announced today the immediate availability of Mandriva Linux 2007. This new version includes the latest Gnome 2.16 and KDE 3.5.4, as well as a 3D desktop with both AIGLX and Xgl technologies. You can download Mandriva 2007 in one of the several free versions available with bittorrent, or buy one of the commercial packs. You can easily test the new 3D Desktop with one of the 16 Live/Install CDs, Gnome- or KDE-based, available in more than 70 different languages." The distro features a new theme named Ia Ora ("hello" in French Polynesian).

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  1. Bloated by millwall · · Score: 5, Funny

    This new version includes the latest Gnome 2.16 and KDE 3.5.4, as well as a 3D desktop with both AIGLX and Xgl technologies.

    With Mandriva it's probably easier to list what it doesn't include.

    1. Re:Bloated by Afrosheen · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, OSX has bragging rights with hardware compatibility.

        "Our OS will run on every single supported platform. All 5 of them!" ;)

  2. Pfffttt... by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's just like Mandriva 2006 only it has a new player roster...

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    1. Re:Pfffttt... by MrAnnoyanceToYou · · Score: 3, Funny

      The funny thing is that Linux might actually be more popular with Madden-esque voice overs plugged in as error messages. Like clippy, only openly farsical.

      EX:
      "OOOoh.... It looks like he's caused a segmentation fault. That's gotta hurt."
      "Wow. Now, that there's just some good old fashioned permissions problems. He's gonna need to log as root and run some chmod and chown commands."
      "You know, right there's where you really have the option of some good coding. The rehashing of that string with the library function would make your code quite a bit more efficient. Just like in the old days."

      And everyone's favorite,
      "Boy, that's a good little piece of code, but you could really use a run back to the manual on that one."

      I'd love to see the whiteboard-enabled screen on my code sometimes, and have someone who knew what they were doing scribble out what was wrong with it, but maybe that's just me.

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  3. But at least... by Roadkills-R-Us · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... it has a new, French Polynesian, "Hello World" theme!

    If only it were "Hello Kitty" I dould download it at once for my niece.

  4. Re:Dunno... by joebutton · · Score: 2, Funny

    > dunno if this new oral theme will fly with my gf...

    Get yourself a Windows box. It'll go down much more often than your gf.

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