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Mandriva Linux 2009 Released

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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2.6.27 RC9 that is

by kragil on Thu 9th Oct 2008 20:40 UTC

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2006-01-04

All commerial backed distros seem to ship 2.6.27 this fall/winter.

Maybe that african cosmonaut has influence after all

Edited 2008-10-09 20:41 UTC

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RE: 2.6.27 RC9 that is

by justinc on Thu 9th Oct 2008 20:56 in reply to "2.6.27 RC9 that is"

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2006-07-24

I would think its because its the current kernel going stable, not because of one man?

Fedora/Suse/Mandrake/Ubuntu all run with the latest on there next release.

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RE: 2.6.27 RC9 that is

by collinm on Fri 10th Oct 2008 12:54 in reply to "2.6.27 RC9 that is"

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2005-07-15

the guy who don't contribute to linux?

what kernel do you want it use?

2.6.25?

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