Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Spring is ready for download (or purchase).
The new Mandriva edition, 2008.1 Spring, arrives with a lot of new features after their previous delivery gained lots of very good reviews.
Among the new features are:
- New parental control system.
- The Elisa multimedia center.
- Support fo many Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Nokia devices to synchronize with GNOME or KDE.
- Support for the Asus EeePC.
Among many, many others.
As usual, you can download the Mandriva One edition for free, and the Powerpack editions are available for purchase at prices ranging from $69 to $89 depending on the package you choose.
SimplyMepis 7.0 final release became available last December 23rd.
The now not so new version features a major base-system upgrade from Ubuntu to Debian stable for the core system and apps compiled from the latest source code available form Debian unstable and Ubuntu.
Among the new features are:
- 2.6.22.14 kernel updated, patched for improved security.
- KDE 3.5.8
- OpenOffice.org 2.3.0
- FireFox 2.0.0.11
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.6
- Java 6
- Amarok 1.4.7
- Acrobat Reader 7.0.9
- Evolution 2.10.3
- Drivers for ATI and nVidia cards.
- Compiz 0.6.3
Two .iso images of the installable LiveCDs are available, one for each of Intel’s architectures, 32-bit and 64-bit, which you can get form the MEPIS download mirror list.
Klaus Knopper, Knoppix founder and lead developer has announced that, after a year’s time of unavailability, the next release, Knoppix 5.3.1 will be ready for download no later than 22/03/2008 –some four days from now.
The announcement comes after Knoppix 5.3.0 was released at Germany’s CeBIT conference some days in order to avoid speculation about a longer delay. The new 5.3.1 version will include may bug fixes and the accesibility features for the visually impaired developed for Adriane Knoppix.
Linux Mint 4.0 KDE community edition is available.
Dont’ get confused: this is not a KDE 4.0 or KDE 4.01 demo LiveCD but a full desktop system in a LiveDVD based on KDE 3.5.
In Linux Mint 4.0 KDE Community edition you’ll find the 2.6.22 kernel (Ubuntu Gutsy’s), KDE with a customized Compiz, many Linux Mint custom apps (mintInstall, mintWiFi, mintUpdate), customized versions of FireFox and Sunbird and many other typical Minty perks such as automatic support for NTFS partitions reading and writing, out-of-the box multimedia codecs.
The bad news is that in order to fit everything into a single disk, it had to be a DVD (996 MB). The good news is that it isn’t so big. Here’s the download mirror list.
Linux Mint 4.0 has been available since last November, which is the reason this post is included in the belated category.
Daryna, as it’s codenamed was released in two editions, standard and light, it’s based in Ubuntu but features some improvements in terms of out-of-the-box experience such as pre-installed multimedia codecs.
The installation LiveCD includes CompizFusion, Gnome 2.20, NTFS read and write support, migration assistant and many other good features have made Linux Mint 4.0 one of the big moves and shakers. Even the guys at distrowatch have hailed Daryna as THE distro for newcomers.
More information in the release notes and download link’s here.
PS. Ok, so GNOME is not your thing… XFCE, Fluxbox and KDE Linux Mint Editions are on the way, so just be patient.
