Linux lover you ..? Using distributions like Mandriva ..?

Prepare to welcome the latest version of this Linux distribution, Mandriva 2009. Mandriva, one of the Linux distribution that is quite popular in the world, announced that they plan to do the release version of Mandriva Linux distribution which is named next Mandriva 2009. This project started with the version released at the end of the negligent June and early July, and development continued with the Mandriva 2009 release a beta version at the end of July and mid-August, and will also release candidate 2 in September to the end will release the final version of Mandriva in October 2009.

With this latest version, Mandriva Linux distribution to try to compete with similar also released the latest version of them, among others, Ubuntu Linux (Hardy Heron) released immediately and that is also the Open SUSE 11, distros will compete to steal the attention Linux users worldwide.

Here is an introduction to the components are found in the Mandriva 2009 which will be released shortly:

* A revamped installer
* Improved boot speed
* Improved DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support) management
Improved language selection *
* Linux kernel 2.6.26
* GCC 4.3
GNOME * 2:24
* KDE 4.1
* Firefox 3.0
* OpenOffice.org 3.0
* Implementation of the PolicyKit and PackageKit technologies
* Improvements to the Mandriva Windows Migration and Parental Control utilities
* Live Upgrade (same as Ubuntu's update-manager tool)
* Initscript improvements
* Splashy will replace the actual boot splashDistro Mandriva
* Lots of desktop improvements

There is also information that X. Org version 7.4 and GRUB will be part of Mandriva 2009 when released later. The following is a schedule of the project development of Mandriva 2009:

* June 25th, 2008 - Alpha 1 release
* July 10th, 2008 - Alpha 2 release
* July 29th, 2008 - Beta 1 release
* August 19th, 2008 - Beta 2 release
* September 3rd, 2008 - Release Candidate 1 release
* September 23rd, 2008 - Release Candidate 2 release
* October 2nd, 2008 - Official Internal release
* October 9th, 2008 - Official Public release of Mandriva 2009

Mandriva 2009 will be distributed to all Mandriva Linux lover in the world, and as usual distribution of these 100% free for alias free edition CD or DVD version that is where there is a platform for 32bit and 64bit versions and to liveCD will use KDE and GNOME. (. / dna)



Author: Willmen TB Panjaitan
FTI - University Atmajaya