May, 27 1999 — We are very pleased to announce that
Linux-Mandrake 6.0 (Venus) is released. This is the latest release
of our user-friendly and flexible desktop Linux-based operating
system. It is currently available for download via FTP, in both
traditional and iso9660 image formats. The latter can be burned
directly onto a CDROM.
Thanks to our growing team and the recent merge with BeroLinux,
this new release of Mandrake is an important step in our way to
make Linux distributions better, faster and easier-to-use.
All packages have been recompiled with CPU optimizations for
pentium-class (intel, amd, cyrix, winship…) and higher
processors. This makes your system 5-30% faster!
Linux-Mandrake is 99% compatible with Red Hat(tm) Linux 6.0.
This means that you can install any RPM package made for Red Hat
6.0 in Linux-Mandrake.
Linux-Mandrake is inspired by Red Hat Linux, with many
improvements and pre-configured applications which make it easier
to use for the beginners.
The main goals of this new distribution:
We wish to provide a working and easy-to-install Linux
distribution for people who do not want to spend too much time on
installation and configuration of their Linux system, while still
being configurable for experts. Just install Mandrake and USE
IT!
We wish to provide a very attractive, easy-to-use, Linux System
for both newbies to computers and people who are already
experts.
We wish to provide a rock-stable and fast Linux server system
with many features for Internet servers.
We wish to provide a very attractive distribution in a
well-known linux environment (Red Hat Linux).
Linux-Mandrake 6.0 is currently available for download only, in
standard form and ISO image.
Cheap GPL CD-ROMs as well as PowerPack 6.0 while be available in
a few days. Check our distributors’ pages often!