Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 9th Oct 2008 20:22 UTC, submitted by AdamW
Mandriva has today released Mandriva Linux 2009, the new major release of the popular distribution. 2009 is a bold release which brings the new KDE 4 as the default desktop, along with a re-designed installer and Mandriva Control Center and many other new features. Other significant updates include GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3, Mozilla Firefox 3, and kernel 2.6.27. Key features include new graphical in-line upgrade capability, netbook compatibility, class-leading hardware support, and further improved support for working with mobile devices. For more details, see the Release Tour and the Release Notes. Get it at the download page, or go straight to the torrent list.
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Thanks for taking the time to answer questions, Adam.
1. Obscure packages like http://tovid.sf.net , and http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net for example. These are just random examples of obscure programs that I use. And what about backports of things like Gnome and KDE, does that ever happen?
2. Basically, different distros break up big projects like Gnome in different ways. Debian and Ubuntu tend to be very modular, and you can install just little parts of Gnome without being forced to install it all. And Debian and Ubuntu tend to allow you to install little parts of Gnome without being forced to install many dependencies. Many other distros, for example, (I'm not sure about Mandriva) don't break up Gnome quite as finely, and they tend to have label more packages as required dependencies when they're not really absolutely necessary.