Submitted by Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 2 was released today, marking the first public pre-release of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2009. This alpha introduces several significant changes, most obviously the inclusion of KDE 4 – 4.1 beta 2, specifically – as the default version of KDE, and the latest development version of GNOME, 2.23.4.The kernel has also been updated to release 2.6.26rc7. Another feature of interest to many users will be the addition of orphan package tracking (and optional automatic removal) to the urpmi package manager. Of course, many applications have been updated (although the default version of Mozilla Firefox is still currently 2.0.x), and most of the distribution has been rebuilt with a new GCC version, 4.3. Please make sure to read the Errata and Release Notes, and file any bugs not covered in those pages on Bugzilla. Mandriva warns that this is a true alpha, likely to contain many bugs related to the new version of KDE. Please install it only in a test environment, and especially do not use it as an upgrade from any earlier Mandriva Linux release.
And why should we care about alpha software again?
And why should we care about alpha software again?
Because testing is fun. Because this is how you help a distribution to become better for everyone’s benefit including yourself. This is how you give back to the community. Otherwise, stick with Windows, there is no alpha testing there. All you have to do is open your wallet.
Edited 2008-07-11 12:51 UTC
why, so bums like you can use a FREE OS
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We do feel lonely sometimes. Helping your single friends find their soul mates is so great for you.
Give your single friends a copy of Mandriva 2009 second alpha for testing. They won’t feel lonely anymore. Visit the Mandriva forums. There is a nice community there.
nice comeback
I have been testing out the Alpha 2 in Virtual Box, and it is very impressive. Planning on replacing my Ubuntu 8.04 installation on my laptop since Kubuntu Remix 8.04 is very buggy (could change with 8.10 release). But I really like Mandriva and the direction they have taken with KDE 4.