Star Mandriva Linux 2009 Plans Announced
Linked by Adam S on Wed 18th Jun 2008 14:32 UTC, submitted by AdamW
Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris Mandriva has released the planned schedule and technical specifications for its next release, Mandriva Linux 2009. These can be found on the Mandriva Wiki. The schedule calls for a first alpha release on June 25th, with the final release set for early October. Planned features include KDE 4, Firefox 3, OpenOffice.org 3, a new design for the installer, a live distribution upgrade mode for MandrivaUpdate, and improvements to many of the Mandriva tools. Take a look and see what you may find on your system when the final Mandriva Linux 2009 release is available.
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RE: I want to like it, I really do
by AdamW on Wed 18th Jun 2008 15:50 UTC in reply to "I want to like it, I really do"
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"And then there is the update issue. No, we do not want to go through a total clean installation every time we have to update, with results which are basically going to be unpredictable."

Well, if you read the article, you'd see:

"live distribution upgrade mode for MandrivaUpdate"

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