By Gael Duval
Linux-Mandrake 5.2 available.
December 1, 1998
L I N U X M A N D R A K E N E W S
December 1, 1998
ANNOUNCE
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CONTENT: Mandrake 5.2 GPL Edition Release, Mandrake 5.2 PowerPack
Release with Corel Wordperfect 8.0, mailling lists, others.
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Hello,
o Linux-mandrake 5.2 (Leeloo) GPL Edition release
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I’m very pleased to announce that Linux-Mandrake 5.2 (Leeloo) is
available for FTP Download. It’s also already distributed by a few
distributors.
Mandrake 5.2 (Leeloo) is based upon (updated) RedHat 5.2
(Apollo).
Like the 5.1 version, Linux-Mandrake 5.2 integrates KDE 1.0
(ehanced) as its default graphical desktop.
Main components:
- Linux Kernel version: 2.0.36 (final)
- ld.so version: 1.9.5
- glibc version: 2.0.7
- egcs version: 1.0.3a
- gcc version: 2.7.2.3
- RedHat Linux version: 5.2 (with full updates)
- KDE version: 1.0 (ehanced)
- XFree86: 3.3.2
- Gimp version: 1.0.1
- Apache version: 1.3.3
- Netscape Communicator version: 4.5
- Emacs version: 20.3 + XEmacs 20.4
Furthermore, Linux-Mandrake 5.2 integrates several
improvements:
First, you get an international installation procedure
(including en (default), cs, fi, no, tr, ro, sr, sk, de, da, se,
it, fr).
Plus Mandrake 5.2 add-ons:
- kpackage 1.0 (.rpm/.deb packages manager)
- x11amp 0.65 (mp3 player)
- kvirc 0.8 (full featured graphical irc client)
- licq 0.44 (ICQ client)
- aktion 0.2 (mpeg/avi/mov player)
- ksnapshot 0.2 (screenshots program)
- ktelnet 0.61 (K version of telnet)
- ktop 0.9 (graphical system-ressources vizualizer)
- kpilot 3.0 (Pilot synchronization utilitie)
- spacesounds (pre-integrated sound-theme for KDE)
- GPL flash2 plugin (pre-integrated to Netscape)
- krubik 1.04 (nice Rubik’s cube game)
- kfortune 1.11 (get a new fortune each time you start KDE!)
- xkobo 1.9 (a nice spacewar game)
Mandrake-SOHO (Small Office Home Office) extensions:
- klyx 0.9 (WYSIWYG fronted to LaTeX)
- maxwell 0.5 (wordprocessor, nice to import word6.0 and RTF
files) - sane 0.74 (scanning plugin for Gimp – sane 1.0 soon)
- korganizer 0.9 (full personal organizer)
- ksendfax 0.3 (fax utilitie)
- kvoice 0.3 (voice modem utilitie)
X-Server extensions(must be set manually):
XSuse servers (for various new video boards)
XBF server (for i740-based boards)
Locale (must be set manually) extensions:
Italian manpages
French manpages
Xtel 3.2 (French Minitel terminal)
o Linux-Mandrake 5.2 (Leeloo) PowerPack release
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Mid-december, the “PowerPack” version of Mandrake 5.2 (Leeloo)
will be available. It will include:
- the Linux-Mandrake 5.2 installation CD and related floppy
disks. - the Mandrake 5.2 full sources CD
- the Mandrake 5.2 full applications CD
- the Mandrake commercial applications (demos) CD
- the complete Linux-Mandrake User Manual
- 100 days installation support (email and fax)
- a nice add-on: Corel Wordperfect 8.0 personal edition!
o Users
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If you cannot download the Mandrake 5.2 GPL Edition from FTP
(more than 500 Mbytes), you can order a cheap copy from our
distributors. Check http://www.linuxmandrake.com/distributors/
Linux-Mandrake 5.2 (Leeloo) PowerPack will be soon available
there too.
o Distributors
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We are actually looking for new distributors, in all countries
all over the world. Please contact: sales@linuxmandrake.com
o Contributors
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We are actually looking for:
- translators
- hackers
- people with good RPM knowledge
Please contact: mandrake@linuxmandrake.com
o Support
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For questions about Linux-Mandrake 5.2 GPL Edition, users should
use our new mailing-lists:
- newbie@linuxmandrake.com
- newbie-digest@linuxmandrake.com
- expert@linuxmandrake.com
- exper-digest@linuxmandrake.com
(to subscribe, send “subscribe newbie(-digest)” or “subscribe
expert(-digest)” in the body of an email to majordomo@linuxmandrake.com).
Actual subscribers to digest-mandrake@aneri.net
will be moved automatically.
o Screenshots:
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There are new screenshots from Mandrake 5.2 on the Mandrake
website!
o Thank you:
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We would like to thank:
Daniele Medri.
Jean-François Martinez.
Pablo Saratxaga.
All the FTP maintainers.
Gael.
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o What is Linux-Mandrake exactly?
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Linux-Mandrake is an updated Linux-RH 5.2 GPL, with KDE
graphical desktop fully integrated and preconfigured in it. Those
two parts have been modified and improved to work properly
together.
o Main goals of this new distribution:
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– we wish to provide a working and easy-to-install
linux-distribution for people who do not want to spend too much
time in installing and configuring their Linux system : just
install it and USE IT.
– we wish to provide a very attractive, easy-to-use, Linux
System for newbies coming from the very common OS that you know 😉
For example, after having your new Linux-Mandrake installed, just
type `startx’ and your beautiful KDE window-manager comes without
crying 🙂 Now, just click on the cd-rom icon (on your desktop) to
mount and use your cd-rom (it’s the same for floppy disks). This is
very easy and you do not need to be a privileged user for that
!
– we wish to provide a new distribution in a well-known linux
environment (RH 5.1)
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