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MANDRIVA integration with Mobile 5 and 6, Black- staller includes several advanced config- berry, and Nokia devices. uration options and also supports a res- Other improvements include the Elisa cue mode for saving the system in case media center, which is based on the of failure. GStreamer media framework, the OS X– inspired Avant Window Navigator, and Control Center the Miro Internet TV tool. Mandriva’s famous Control Center adds his year marks the 10th anniver- Mandriva has also upgraded the pack- new features and functions with each sary of Mandriva Linux, a classic age management system with perfor- release. The Control Center is a central Tdistro known for easy installation mance improvements and a new system spot for configuring your Mandriva sys- and a sophisticated set of admin tools. for obtaining and displaying package in- tem. From a single-, you With the latest release, Mandriva rolls formation. can manage software, configure hard- out new tools, a new sound infrastruc- The Drakconnect network configura- ware devices, set up network connec- ture, and improved support for wireless tion utility includes better support for tions, configure services, add or remove cards and mobile devices. NDISwrapper, and the Mandriva installer users, manage mount points, configure We are proud to bring you Mandriva adds new options for building a boot personal firewall protection, and set sys- Linux 2008 Spring as this month’s Linux menu. tem boot options. Magazine DVD. Within the windows of the Control Package Rebuild Center, you’ll find dozens of simple and What’s New? According to the Mandriva developers, intuitive GUI-based tools for managing The newest Mandriva comes with “For the first time in a Mandriva release, your system. Many of these tools come Gnome 2.22, KDE 3.5.9, and Linux ker- an automated package rebuild was car- with wizards for easy input. nel 2.6.24. Debuting in the default con- ried out during Mandriva Linux 2008’s figuration is the PulseAudio sound infra- Spring development cycle.” Why Mandriva? structure – a powerful system for manag- The development team rebuilt a vast Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring introduces ing sound streams and sound devices. number of packages, which means that new enhancements for a new generation New mobile support includes enhanced “the overall consistency of the reposito- of Linux. ries will be at its highest for The latest release supports more hard- System Requirements many releases.” ware than any previous Mandriva, and Processor: Pentium and AMD processors. the improved tools for wireless configu- Easy Installation ration and package management make Memory: 512MB recommended. Mandriva’s installer supports this version the friendliest yet. Free Disk Space: 4GB recommended. over 50 languages and auto- We hope you enjoy Mandriva Linux See the Mandriva hardware database (http:// www. matically configures a wide 2008 Spring – this month’s Linux mandriva. com/ hardware) for additional information. range of hardware. The in- Magazine DVD. ■

Figure 1: The KDE 3.5.9 desktop comes with new art and many Figure 2: You can manage sound streams and sound devices with improvements. PulseAudio.

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HIGHLIGHTS MANDRIVA LINUX Linux Kernel 2.6.24 X.org 7.2

KDE 3.5.9

Gnome 2.22

glibc 2.7

PulseAudio 0.9.9

Apache 2.2.8

Samba 3.0.28

Mono 1.2.6

OpenOffice 2.4.0

Firefox 2.0

Thunderbird 2.0

Beagle 0.3.3

K3b 1.0 DEFECTIVE DVD? Scribus 1.3.3 Defective DVDs will be replaced. VirtualBox 1.5.6 Please send an email to Amarok 1.4.8 [email protected]. GIMP 2.4.5

Elisa 0.3.5

Miro 1.2

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES [1] Mandriva: http:// www. mandriva. com HELP & SUPPORT [2] Mandriva Community: http:// wwwnew. mandriva. com/ Mandriva offers several sources for help and support. Start with the websites listed in en/ community the box titled “Additional Resources.” Other help sources include the Mandriva forums: [3] Mandriva Knowledge Base: http:// forum. mandrivaclub. com and the official Mandriva documentation http:// club. http:// club. mandriva. com/ xwiki/ mandriva. com/ xwiki/ bin/ view/ KB/ OfficialDocumentation. bin/ view/ KB/

Figure 3: The Control Center is a central spot for configuring your Figure 4: Keep your devices in line with the Conduit synchronization Mandriva system. tool.

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