Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1 is available

Mandriva Linux 2009 Release Candidate 1 (code name camelopard) is available on public mirrors now (or will be in the coming hours).

Be careful: this is still a development product, it should not be used in a production environment.

You will find more informations about this release on the wiki. The main new features of RC1 (compared to Beta2) are:

  • automatic repository configuration and mirror selection in package management tools (powered by aria2);
  • ath5k replaces madwifi for Atheros wireless cards;
  • new graphical theme (backgrounds, screensavers);
  • based on kernel 2.6.27 (rc5 ATM);
  • KDE 4.1.1;
  • KDE 3.5.10 (not on ISO);
  • GNOME 2.23.91 (ie 2.24.0 Beta 2);
  • new design for installer (not complete yet);
  • improved system-config-printer;
  • improved Ia Ora theme for KDE4 (not complete yet);
  • and many others features and bugs fixes.

All tests are welcome to improve coming releases, especially about list above.

Et maintenant, pour les francophones :

Mandriva Linux 2009 Release Candidate 1 (nom de code camelopard) est disponible sur les miroirs publics dès maintenant (ou dans les heures qui viennent).

Attention: il s’agit encore d’une version de développement et elle ne doit pas être utilisée dans un environnement de production.

Vous trouverez plus d’informations à propos de cette version sur le wiki. Les principales nouveautés de la RC1 (depuis la Beta 2) sont :

  • la configuration automatique des sources de packages et la sélection automatique des miroirs pour le téléchargement des paquetages ;
  • le driver ath5k remplace madwiki pour les cartes wifi Atheros ;
  • un nouvel habillage graphique (fonds d’écran, économiseurs d’écran) ;
  • basé sur le kernel 2.6.27 (rc5 actuellement) ;
  • KDE 4.1.1 ;
  • KDE 3.5.10 (non présent sur les ISO) ;
  • GNOME 2.23.91 (2.24.0 Beta 2) ;
  • un nouveau design de l’installeur (non finalisé) ;
  • un system-config-printer amélioré ;
  • l’amélioration du thème Ia Ora pour KDE4 (non finalisé) ;
  • et bien d’autres surprises et corrections de bugs.

Tous les tests sont les bienvenus pour améliorer la prochaine version, particulièrement concernant les points cités plus haut.

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20 Responses to “Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1 is available”

  1. nindnarne says:

    Sorry havent got a bugzilla account…

    have you tested this on eee 901 yet? Used unetbootin to get RC1 onto a USB thumb drive, but RC1 stops as it cannot find the init scripts.

    Would be great to have this fixed before RC2 is out.

  2. [...] el primer candidato de lanzamiento de Mandriva ( algo as? como un beta pero m?s terminaito ). The Official Mandriva Blog ? Blog Archive ? Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1 is available Que le trae: automatic repository configuration and mirror selection in package management tools [...]

  3. becherini says:

    les cd audio ne sont pas reconnus par kscd, ni par Amarok, ni par Kaffeine. mais malgré cela, VLC reconnait tout cd audio.
    A signaler que dans “Périphériques branchés recemment” le cd audio uniquement n’est jamais reconnu.
    A noter que K3b reconnait le cd audio.

  4. [...] Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1 is available [...]

  5. capt says:

    Will TexLive be included? Or is Tetex still default?

  6. [...] La primera versión candidata a definitiva (o “release candidate”, en inglés ) de Mandriva 2009 acaba de ser publicada y pronto estará disponible en todos los servidores de descarga habituales, según informa el blog oficial de Mandriva en esta noticia. [...]

  7. warez crc says:

    Hi,

    Tried out 2009 rc1 on a dual opteron, 2Gb, uatadisk, dual screens, nvidia gfx, etc etc. Seems to work fine until you configure the gfx card to use both monitors, all of a sudden the themes aren’t usable etc etc. same goes for mandriva 2008 powerpack. Isn’t it time to fix this kind of stuff, or am I just doing something wrong ?

  8. [...] Más información: The Official Mandriva Blog [...]

  9. [...] Linux 2009 RC1 Published by Ordo September 6th, 2008 in Mandrake Entre las novedades de esta RC destacan la configuración automática de repositorio y selección de servidor espejo en las [...]

  10. David Masson says:

    Will Mandriva 2009 RC 1 work with the Acer Aspire One? Netbooks are popular these days and it is important to support them.

  11. [...] improved Ia Ora theme for KDE4; others features and bug fixes.” See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Quick download links to the installation DVDs (i586 and [...]

  12. icebag says:

    When I installed Mandriva One 2008 *everything* felt right. It looked good, it was intuitive and it just worked.

    I am very disappointed with 2009 RC1. I am sorry to say the artwork seems poor while the interface seems clumsy and counter-intuitive. I am so unimpressed that I will be not be using this version any further. I am hoping for better things to come.

  13. Interesting version, I tested it on a Thinkpad T20 and old small of 650mhz and 256 of RAM and a HDD with 4GB. The most interesting thing was the automatic elimination of unused locales and hardware drivers not present on the laptop.

    Even I am a GNOME user the KDE 4 interface is clean, and has been tuned up in KDE 3.5 style to not generates traumathic transicion. The best edition ever since Mandrake 10.2. Regards

  14. ReinoutS says:

    @warez crc: Did you file a bug? If you haven’t; don’t expect developers to fix problems they don’t know about.

  15. [...] ao download é por aqui enquanto que a lista completa de modificações pode ser encontrada aqui. E, como sempre, fico à espera das vossas primeiras impressões sobre este novo [...]

  16. Anurag says:

    The volume is very low in the RC1 and there is no availability of refresh window option on right click on desktop which users usually do.
    Moreover I coudn’t get the konsole in the KDeveloper for C/C++…….!!!