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What's New in Mandriva 2008.0-> 0

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on Thursday September 27 2007, @08:53AM

boklm writes "The new Mandriva 2008.0 will soon be available for download for everybody. This version will have a new Gnome, new KDE, new control center, Compiz Fusion and many other improvements. Let's have a look at what can be expected in this new release."
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Mandriva has no plan to sign agreement with MS

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on Tuesday June 19 2007, @10:00AM

boklm writes "François Bancilhon, Mandriva's CEO announced on his blog today that Mandriva had no plan to sign any patent deal with Microsoft. He says that "we [Mandriva] believe that the best way to deal with interoperability is open standards, such as ODF", that "we are, to say the least, not great fans of software patents and of the current patent system" and that "there has been absolutely no hard evidence from any of the FUD propagators that Linux and open source applications are in breach of any patents"."

Mandriva Linux pre-installed on Intel's Classmate

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on Friday March 30 2007, @06:33PM

boklm writes "Mandriva announced it will have a version of its Mandriva Linux 2007 pre-installed on Intel's new low-end laptop for students in developing countries, the Classmate PC. This laptop comes with 256MB of RAM, 1 or 2GB of flash memory, 802.11b/g WiFi, 10/100Mbps ethernet, 2 USB ports, a 7-inch LCD display and 4 hours battery. Produced in Brazil, shipping is expected to begin in the second quarter of this year, and will be available to Mexico, India, and developing countries."

Mandriva 2007 RC1 has been released

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on Sunday September 10 2006, @09:09PM

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-cd's including Gnome or Kde are available in differents 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."