The first beta of
Mandriva Linux 2008.1 has been released: "The first beta, codenamed 'Ophrys', for Mandriva Linux 2008.1 is now available. Major new features in this pre-release include: new XML-based package meta-information system; out-of-the-box support for the multimedia keys present on many modern keyboards; Perl has been updated to 5.10; reverted to teTeX as the default TeX system; latest NVIDIA (169.09) and ATI (8.45.2) proprietary drivers; KDE 4.0.0 final available in the Cooker; the latest version of Nautilus, the GNOME file and desktop manager; Linux kernel 2.6.24-rc8 with ALSA 1.0.16-rc1." More information can be found on the
2008.1 beta page and also in the official
release notes.
Download the installable live CDs (with either KDE or GNOME) from here:
mandriva...KDE-int-cdrom-i586.iso (671MB,
MD5),
mandriva...GNOME-int-cdrom-i586.iso (679MB,
MD5).
