Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring Released

AdamWill writes "Mandriva is proud to announce the release of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. Download the hybrid live / install One or the purely free / open source software Free. Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring includes the latest software (KDE 3.5.6, GNOME 2.18, Firefox and Thunderbird 2.0) and several major new features: Metisse, the most innovative accelerated 3D desktop technology; open source telephony with WengoPhone; Google desktop applications including Picasa and Earth; updates and improvements to many of the Mandriva configuration tools, and the brand new drakvirt for configuring virtualization; significantly improved hardware support, including greatly improved graphics card detection and support for several common laptop memory card readers; and a brand new desktop theme. Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring is available in the full range of editions, including the freely downloadable One and Free, as well as the commercial Discovery, Powerpack and Powerpack+. For more information see the Spring product page and the Wiki page, where you can find download and installation instructions, the Release Tour, the Release Notes and the Errata."

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[EmbeddedJanitor]

How many desktop distros does the planet need? I can see the need for a few, each customised for a niche with something like Ubuntu probably scooping the lion's share of x86 desktops. Gentoo is for kids who play with matches. Debian for hippies. We need a few distros (well they're not really distros) to cover embedded and a few more for non-x86 hardware (PowerPC etc). How long can the community keep so many distros going?

It seems like an awful waste of talent. Perhaps focusing on fewer distro might get things moving along faster. I'm sure all that infighting and dilution of effort keeps MS smiling.