Mandriva Linux 2008 is the latest edition of Mandriva Linux, the product of more than than nine years of continuous innovation for desktops and enterprise servers.
In this release, we have integrated the most up-to-date versions of the major components, with the brand new GNOME 2.20 desktop, the latest stable KDE 3.5.7, Compiz Fusion 0.5.2, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, the latest Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.
Mandriva Linux 2008 includes an all-new base system built on version 2.6.22.9 of the Linux kernel, with the best hardware support ever in a Mandriva Linux release. 2008 automatically runs on a wide range of hardware configurations, automatically detected and configured out of the box by the Mandriva tools.
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Contents:
* 1 Updated software
o 1.1 GNOME 2.20
o 1.2 KDE 3.5.7
o 1.3 KDE 4 preview
o 1.4 XFCE 4.4.1
o 1.5 Kernel 2.6.22
o 1.6 Compiz Fusion
o 1.7 Other significant updates
* 2 Interoperability and standards compliance
o 2.1 Complete XDG menu migration
o 2.2 Revised hardware detection system
o 2.3 Freedesktop.org icon theme draft specification
o 2.4 Migrate to XDG user directory system
o 2.5 Liberation font set
* 3 Enhancements to Mandriva tools and applications
o 3.1 Consolidated network configuration / management tool
o 3.2 Windows documents and settings migration tool
o 3.3 Improvements to rpmdrake, the Mandriva graphical software installation tool
o 3.4 Improved layout in urpmi, the Mandriva text software installation tool
o 3.5 New menu layout
o 3.6 RandR 1.2 applet for KDE
* 4 Infrastructure improvements
o 4.1 Open development
o 4.2 Package rebuild project
o 4.3 Improved server packaging
o 4.4 Improved printing-related packaging
