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“Mandriva, through Eugeni Dodonov, announced on the
last day of February the immediate availability for testing of the
second Alpha version of the upcoming Mandriva 2011 Linux operating
system.“Mandriva 2011 Alpha 2 is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.37.2,
it features an up-to-date NetworkManager, the iBus input framework
replaced the old SCIM one, lots of updates and bug fixes.“”Among the most noticeable features are the simplification of
the initial setup steps, both when running the image in Live mode,
or before the installation, update to kernel 2.6.37.2, integration
of the latest networkmanager-mdv plugin by Andrey Borzenkov, switch
from scim to ibus for input framework, more indepth systemd
integration into the system, and, of course, lots of packages
updates all around.” – said Eugeni Dodonov in the Mandriva blog
announcement.”