"The developers of Mandriva Linux have quietly released what appears to be a public beta of Mandriva Linux 2006.1. This release comes with many updated packages, including X.Org 6.9 final, KDE 3.5.0, GNOME 2.12, and OpenOffice.org 2.0.0. The kernel remains at 2.6.12, although it has been selectively patched with various fixes from kernel 2.6.13 and later. Other improvements affecting networking, printing and X.Org configuration have also been implemented. See the changelog for a detailed list of changes."
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Well, there not really bugs. The default of having support for Mem > 4GB is probably a choice they made. The bug was really in Parallels for not functioning when this option is on in the kernel. Parallels is working on it, but they haven't fixed it yet (I did report it to Parallels). The issue with the video card was due to Xorg not supporting 3D on my video card. It wouldn't matter which distro I used (I have used Suse, Fedora, etc), if I want 3D, I have to go to dri.sourceforge.net and follow the instructions. I'm sure a lot of people are in the same boat. Actually, Mandriva has been one of the most bug-free of all the distros for me. The maturity part was just a statement that sometimes I really should just stick with what works and not keep trying to live on the "bleeding edge." Of course, that's why I have about 10 computers in my house. The rest are for experimentation!
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2005-07-06
I have a nice Mandriva 2006 laptop. I had to recompile the kernel (remove the mem > 4GB option) to get Parallels virtual machine running. I had to compile X.Org/Mesa/Dri to get 3D working on my ATI IGM 320M video card. Today a new version of Mandriva came out with that 'way cool' Gnome 2.12, and for the first time in history, I looked at my 'puter and said, "Hold". Is this what it means to be grown up? It only took 47 years!