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Mandriva Linux 2009 Released

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Wow, now that's a trick! by AdamWill · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Choosing_the_right_edition

    Basically, One is a hybrid live/install CD which includes proprietary drivers and browser plugins. Free is a traditional installer edition (2xCD or DVD) which is 100% free / open source software, no NVIDIA / ATI drivers or anything (though you can add them from the non-free repository after install, if you're that way inclined).

  2. Re:Wow, now that's a trick! by AdamWill · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shipping with 2.6.27rc8, final 2.6.27 will be provided as an official update when it shows up.

  3. Re:Obligatory by AdamWill · · Score: 4, Informative

    Via VirtualBox or VMware, yes. Yes it does. :) And, of course, vice versa.

  4. Re:Once Upong a Time... by markdavis · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, Mandrake/Mandriva has *always* been a commercial company with commercial offerings. But they have also *always* offered free versions of the distro. And this is what Redhat did before they went completely commercial-only, and what SuSE still does.

    http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/free