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MandrakeSoft: Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1 Appears

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 23, 2002

[ Thanks to Kadjo
NDoua
for this link. ]

“Given the choice of enjoying the summer in the beautiful south
of California or working on the Mandrake Linux distribution, the
twisted MandrakeSoft developers chose to stick around and present
Mandrake Linux 9.0 Beta 1.

“As with any Beta, this one is probably loaded with nasty bugs
which may cause serious problems on production systems. Betas are
only suitable for installation on test systems — you’ve been
warned!

“A ‘feature freeze’ will happen soon, so for anyone willing to
put down their bottle of suntan lotion long enough to download
& test the new Beta, you will enjoy:

New desktops:

“KDE 3.0.2 and GNOME 2.0 with

  • new icons on the KDE desktop
  • new user images
  • new wallpaper…”

Complete
Story

Download Mandrake
9.0 Beta 1

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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