Star Review: Mandrake Linux 9.2
Linked by James Smyth on Tue 21st Oct 2003 17:51 UTC
Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris MandrakeSoft has recently released the latest version of their desktop operating system. Mandrake Linux 9.2 Download Edition is available on their web site across three ISO files for the Club members. The first disk is about 650megs and the following two are ~700.
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Most notable improvements
by ManK on Tue 21st Oct 2003 21:17 UTC

I use 9.2 on my workstation and on web/ftp/mail server. As a desktop / workstation, the most notable improvements are:

1. Totem media player. It plays beautifully anything you throw at it including wma, wmv, asf, mpeg2, svcd. XMMS plays shoutcast ( http://www.winamp.com ) radio.

2. Stability and performance improvements. This alone is a good reason to upgrade. X in 9.1 would lock up sometimes( ACPI ?).

3. Support for WiFi network. The wizards identified and automagically configured my linksys wireless card. Orinico_cs ,hermes, prism drivers come standard now and work well.

4. Konqueror web browser. It now renders pages faster than Mozilla and feels snappier.

Most of the improvements are under the hood. As a whole, 9.2 looks and feels more polished...a perfect point release.