
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
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2007-04-06
I think Mandriva chose that kernel because they will stick with it with the next Mandriva 2009.1 as they did with 2008 spring edition.
If they don't, this would have meant to provide mandriva 2009 spring with a quite old kernel...
regards,
glyj
Edited 2008-10-09 21:19 UTC