| Mandriva sneaks up on Spring 2007 final with RC3 |
Apr. 05, 2007
 Mandriva this week made available the third release candidate of its Mandriva Linux Spring 2007 distribution, nicknamed "Beijing." It features a 2.6.17.13 kernel, choice of KDE, GNOME 2.18, or Fluxbox desktops, and the distro's usual full feature set, the project team said.
"Featuring the most comprehensive support for 3D desktop technologies, a beautiful new theme and enhancements, and refinements to the comprehensive suite of Mandriva configuration utilities, Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring is the best Mandriva Linux release yet," team spokesman Adam Williamson said in the release announcement.
"Beijing features fixes to all major bugs in previous betas and release candidates, the final version of GNOME 2.18, and the full feature set intended for the final release," Williamson said.
Key package updates, according to the team, include:- KDE 3.5.6
- GNOME 2.18
- OpenOffice.org 2.1
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- updated configuration tools
- improved hardware support
- new boot and desktop themes
Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux) was created in 1998 with the goal of making Linux easier to use for everyone, the team said. The "full-featured" distribution currently represents the convergence of the Mandrake (France) and Conectiva (Brazil) distros. It gives users a large range of software options; for example, you can select from among GNOME Office, KOffice, or OpenOffice.org for a business suite; or between Evolution and Thunderbird for an email client.
You can download Mandriva Linux Spring 2007 RC3 at the main mirrors, here. Alternatively, you can download the 3.6GB i586 DVD ISO image from this direct link, or the 3.8GB x86_64 DVD ISO image from this direct link.
Screen shots are available for viewing here, courtesy of LinuxQuestions.org.
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