Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Review
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On April 10, Mandriva has released it’s popular Mandriva Linux distribution to the public. You can read my previous post to know about some improvements and new features added to this distribution.
Jochem wrote a review in his blog about this new released.
A while ago I took a look at Mandriva 2008 Spring RC1 inside VirtualBox. Today, the 2008 Spring final release was announced. I decided to install it on my main laptop (Acer 5920). Here’s a few quick notes. Perhaps a full review will follow later. This time I downloaded the One GNOME i586 version.
The announcement seems to have been made a bit too soon unfortunately. Not all mirrors listed by Mandriva had the all iso’s up already. I needed to use BitTorrent to download the GNOME One version of the ISO. I was unable to find an x86_64 version. Pretty strange. 64 Bit hardware has been in common use for about three years now here, but software support still seems abysmal
About the install: After starting the Live Install, it complained about not being able to mount an USB stick. I clicked the notice away, an install continued without problems. I noticed the Netherlands is now listed in the “Other countries” list. Thanks Adam and Mandriva team! (see comments on previous review).
You can read a full review in his blog
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