Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st Jan 2007 18:00 UTC, submitted by lqsh
Returning to a biannual release cycle, the developers of Mandriva released a few days ago an initial alpha build of what will eventually become Mandriva Linux 2007.1: "Mandriva Linux 2007 Alpha1 (Hangzhou). This alpha version is available via two means. Firstly via the public FTP and HTTP sites mirroring the Mandriva Linux repository. Second, the preferred way, via either the provided One CDs (installable live CDs), or the installation mini CD i586 and x86_64." Screenshots are available.
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2006-07-08
My wife recently bought me the Linux Format magazine with Mandriva 2007 Free on the DVD. I had tried Mandriva One but there were problems with the install. The Free edition, however, went flawlessly. As somebody who has used mostly Debian and some FC5, I really like the configuration tools in Mandriva. I had become accostomed to the standard configuration tools in Gnome/KDE, but I really like having a central location for all my configuration needs. This is one thing that FC and Debian/Ubuntu lacks. Package management is much better than Pirut, which sucks in my opinion. Mandriva's system is not synaptic, but it is not that bad either. The one thing that it lacks is an aplet to let you know when there are updates. I just started using Mandriva, so I am not all that familiar with it, but I heard that the editions that cost money have an aplet that lets you know when there are updates available. I also heard a rumor that this aplet will make its way into the free edition with the 2007.1 release. As a relatively new Linux user, Mandriva has been a pleasant surprise. I initially thought this would be a short-term experiment, but I may not be erasing my HDD any time soon.