“Mandriva Flash is a 2GB Dane-Elec USB key loaded with Mandriva
Linux 2007. It gets points for style: the key is an attractive deep
blue surrounded by a sturdy metal fence that leaves room on both
ends to attach the key to a lanyard or keychain. The release notes
say that the operating system and related files only take up half
the space on the USB drive, leaving 1GB for my own files. This
little powerhouse packs a lot of punch, once you get it up and
running.“Mandriva Flash is based on the 2.6.17 kernel, and includes
Glibc 2.4, X.org 7.1, KDE 3.5.4, GCC 4.1, OpenOffice 2.0.3, Mozilla
Firefox 1.5.0.6, Flash Player 7.0.68, and RealPlayer
10.0.8.805…”
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