Mandriva 2008 Spring - RC1
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| The most exciting features of this release are:-
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| * PulseAudio
| * KDE 4.0.2 in cooker and 3.5.9 in the release
| * Kernel 2.24.2
| * Open Office 2.4(pre release)
| * Installer is now able to detect other Linux installations(yes, it
| works)
| * Improvements to the Mandriva package management system(urpmi)
| * New theme work
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http://planetoss.com/detail.php?id=8
Recent:
Mandriva 2008.1 looks pretty good
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| Well, 2008.1 works completely out-of-the-box. X resolution is properly set,
| madwifi is properly setup, the SD card reader works.. everything just works.
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http://linsec.ca/blog/2008/03/03/mandriva-20081-looks-pretty-good/
Mandriva relaunches its OS Refugees operation targetting linked sales
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| Following the success of previous years, Mandriva, Europe's leading editor of
| Linux, has relaunched its programme fighting linked sales: OS Refugees.
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| The recent European anti-trust ruling confirming the European Commission's
| condemnation of Microsoft for abusing its position has been strengthened by
| the European free market think-tank Globalisation Institute's
| report "Unbundling Microsoft Windows".
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http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/mandriva-relaunches-its-os-refugees-operation-targetting-linked-sales
Related:
[Mandriva CEO:] An open letter to Steve Ballmer
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| Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their
| mind like this? It’s pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone.
| How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my
| place, they give it various names, I’m sure you know them.
|
| Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning?
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| Of course, I will keep fighting this one and the next one, and the next one.
| You have the money, the power, and maybe we have a different sense of ethics
| you and I, but I believe that hard work, good technology and ethics can win
| too.
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http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/
Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD
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| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they
| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was
| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with “marketing help”
| to get them to choose Windows.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
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