| Mandrake 8.2 update: KDE 3.0 & StarOffice 6.0 [MozillaQuest] |
Apr. 25, 2002
MozillaQuest Magazine reports on MandrakeSoft's plans to add KDE 3.0 and StarOffice 6.0 to Mandrake Linux 8.2 . . .
"Mandrake Linux 8.2 includes the new Linux 2.4.18 kernel, the KDE . . . 2.2.2 windows-like desktop, and StarOffice 6.0, Sun's . . . desktop office productivity suite. However, the current KDE version is 3.0 compared to the 2.2.2 KDE version included with Mandrake 8.2. Additionally, the current StarOffice version is 5.2 compared to the StarOffice 6.0 version included with the Mandrake 8.2 Power Pack and ProSuite editions."
"Gaël Duval, founder of Mandrake Linux . . . told MozillaQuest Magazine: 'We really wanted to ensure a very stable release . . . it would have been possible to wait for KDE 3.0, we preferred to ship with KDE 2.2.2 which is well known and very stable. . . . KDE 3.0 packages for Mandrake 8.2 (and other versions) have been available as soon as KDE 3.0 was released. A recipe for the cleanest possible migration will be posted soon on our website. . . . we also have an informal warning about KDE 3.0 because it seems some users encounter some issues with it. ' "
"At this time Sun is providing StarOffice 6.0 to hardware and software OEMs . . . in this case Mandrake. However, StarOffice 6.0 will not be available directly to end-users until May 2002."
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