Mandriva announced the release of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring. Download the hybrid live/install CD One or the purely free/open source Free. Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring includes the latest software (KDE 3.5.6, GNOME 2.18, Firefox and Thunderbird 2.0) and several new features: Metisse; WengoPhone; Google desktop applications like Picasa and Earth; updates and improvements to many of the Mandriva configuration tools and the brand new drakvirt for configuring virtualization; and a brand new desktop theme. For more information see the Spring product page and the Wiki page, where you can find download and installation instructions, the Release Tour, the Release Notes and the Errata.
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Member since:2005-07-06
Man, I need to shoot whoever keeps putting 'trial' in there.
No. It's a full, fully functional distribution. It doesn't expire, it's not crippled in any way. The only real difference with the commercial editions is they include some commercial software. There are a lot of people out there who use Free as their OS of choice.
And, well, excuse us for trying to make a living, but we do need to eat.
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Edited 2007-04-18 04:37
Member since:2006-04-19
Yes, the Free version is not crippled or trial in any way. I use "free" and it works extremely well on my hardware. A very polished release and perhaps the best and most stable release they ever made (and I have tested lots(!) of their releases over the years). Two thumbs up from my side.
2007.1 lives now happily next to my RHEL/Startcom system. 
Member since:
2006-09-19
When going to the download page, what's all this trial talk?
Is that just a demo?
Anyway, I think I'll pass, that big "join the club" add right on that page is a major turn off too.