Mandriva Linux 2009 Released

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 9, 2008 @10:09AM from the still-crazy-after-all-these-years dept.

Adam Williamson writes "Mandriva has today released Mandriva Linux 2009, the new major release of the popular distribution. 2009 is a bold release which brings the new KDE 4 as the default desktop, along with a re-designed installer and Mandriva Control Center and many other new features. Other significant updates include GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3, Mozilla Firefox 3, and kernel 2.6.27. Key features include new graphical in-line upgrade capability, netbook compatibility, class-leading hardware support, and further improved support for working with mobile devices. For more details, see the Release Tour and the Release Notes. Get it at the download page, or go straight to the torrent list."

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Wow, now that's a trick! by djcapelis · 2008-10-09 10:15 · Score: 4, Funny

It includes a kernel that hasn't been released yet?
Wow!

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Obligatory by copponex · 2008-10-09 10:49 · Score: 2, Funny

But does it run on Ubuntu?
Re:Oh great. by eosp · 2008-10-09 16:27 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm on Gentoo, how do you think I feel?
Re:Worth a spin...? by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-10 01:08 · Score: 1, Funny

You think that ISO certification means something? I hope you aren't in a position with any more responsibility than assuring the customer gets their fries.