Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Aug 2007 19:56 UTC, submitted by AdamW
The second beta of Mandriva Linux 2008, codenamed Galilee, is now available. The release notes are available here. A guide to major new features (some of which are not yet implemented in this beta) is available here, and the detailed technical specifications are available here. This beta is available as a three CD or one DVD Free edition (containing no non-free software or drivers) for the x86-32 and x86-64 architectures, with a traditional installer. Future betas will be available in One live/install CD hybrid editions with proprietary drivers.
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We use mlocate. It was mistakenly left off the 2007 Spring images, it will be on 2008.
Visual issues are inherently subjective, and you never get full agreement on what looks good. But the feedback we get indicates most users prefer our newer themes to our older ones.
To add to the announcement above - some major differences between this and beta 1: support for Suggests:-style dependencies, avivo driver as default for X1xxx-series Radeons (temporarily, for testing), possibly draknetcenter, the new consolidated network configuration tool (I need to check whether it got on the ISOs).
For those who have been following the betas of certain other projects, we would also point out that Mandriva has rejoiced in the possession of a graphical X configuration tool for something on the order of eight years, and easy printing configuration (and a default PDF virtual printer) for nearly as long.