Mandriva Linux Community Newsletter #124
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Welcome to the Mandriva Linux Community Newsletter - dedicated to keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandriva-related news & info. Inside, the release of Mandriva Flash, the opening of the Mandriva Goodies store, and more.
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Mandriva News |
Mandriva Goodies store open for business Well, we know what it is you've been missing: a Mandriva mug! And a Mandriva baseball cap, t-shirt, and thong (for your beautiful wife. Or, hey, for your beautiful husband or dog. We're not judging you.) Yes, you can now buy Mandriva-themed clothing, cookware, wall clocks, mouse mats, calendars and even a teddy bear at our brand new Cafepress store. Jump to it. And remember, the main Mandriva Store is still the place to buy Mandriva Linux distributions, pre-loaded hardware, e-training and, most importantly, giant Tux plush dolls! |
Remember, Mandriva Linux 2007 is packed with cutting-edge Linux technology, including KDE 3.5.4, GNOME 2.16, OpenOffice.org 2.0, Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and more. It also has the most comprehensive and simplest support for 3D desktop acceleration, along with many other innovative new features. Corporate Server 4 is a reliable and comprehensive modern enterprise server solution featuring exclusive integration with all three major virtualization solutions, OpenVT, Xen and VMware. |
New Mandriva Linux 2007 software repositories available |
Mandriva to attend Solutions Linux 2007 and FOSDEM 2007 Mandriva will also have a major presence for the first time at FOSDEM, one of the leading European free / open source software conventions. The Mandriva development community will have its own room, a great opportunity both to promote Mandriva and to do some useful work on Mandriva Linux at the same time. There is a page on the Mandriva wiki dedicated to planning for the event. If you're involved in Mandriva development or just interested, come and join us! |
Mandriva at Fanny's Party |
Mandriva Linux 2007 videos |
Mandriva in the news |
Next up is linuxforums.org. Their review looks at the One combined live CD / installer edition, in contrast to the other two reviews which focussed on Powerpack. They go through the major new features of 2007 before concluding that "this release is a real sign that they're back as one of the major Linux distributions." Finally there's Software in Review, where Jem Matzan of The Jem Report gives his verdict, running through a few problems he encountered before concluding that "Mandriva PowerPack Edition fits a unique niche: it makes your operating environment easy to use and configure without treating you like you're a moron. So I switched." Convinced yet? If you're ready to update to Mandriva Linux 2007, you can buy your copy at the Store, download it from the Mandriva Club as a member, or download it for free from the download page. |
Thoughts on Mandriva's future |
The voices of Mandriva |
Mandriva Security |
Remember, use Mandriva Update to download and install your updated packages. The Mandriva Online update notification and automatic installation service is unfortunately not working with Mandriva Linux 2007 at the moment: we are working on resolving this problem as soon as we can. Until then, we recommend you use Mandriva Update directly, as explained here. |