The second pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is here. This pre-release brings a near-final snapshot of KDE 4.0 (final 4.0 packages are currently being uploaded to the Cooker repositories), new NVIDIA and ATI drivers, the chance to test the experimental nouveau open source driver for NVIDIA cards, kernel 2.6.24rc7, and more. See here for download information.
Posts Tagged ‘alpha’
Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Alpha 2 “Neottia” released
Friday, January 11th, 2008Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Alpha 1 “Barlia” released
Friday, December 14th, 2007Kicking off the 2008 Spring development cycle in earnest, the first alpha is here. This alpha features X.org 7.3, KDE 3.5.8, KDE 4.0 RC2 (in /contrib), GNOME 2.21, kernel 2.6.24, OpenOffice.org 2.3, new NVIDIA and ATI proprietary drivers, PulseAudio by default and more. Despite being a first alpha, it is also in a fairly stable and reliable state, though as always, we do not suggest you use it in a production environment. It is available in Free and One editions, with i586 and x86-64 DVDs for the Free edition and an i586, KDE-based CD for the One edition. As far as testing goes, for this pre-release we are particularly interested in testing PulseAudio and hardware detection. Please report any problems with sound functionality, and any mis-detected or un-detected hardware, to Bugzilla. Of course, please also report any other problems you run into. You can also discuss the alpha in the official forums. Download locations are available on the Wiki page: it may take a few hours for the files to be copied to all mirrors, so if you do not find them on the first mirror you try, try another.
What’s coming in Mandriva Linux 2008
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007Lots of activity on the Mandriva Linux 2008 release schedule has happened over the last few days. The release schedule, listing the expected dates for the snapshot, alpha, beta and RC releases is now available. You can find a guide to the most interesting planned new features for the release here. And finally, the full technical specifications – listing more minor and less user-facing changes too – have been finalized. The page will updated to monitor the progress of the Cooker developers on each area.
