“We’re proud to announce that Mandriva Linux 2008 is now
available for download on the official site, and on the network of
public mirror servers.“The result of six months of heavy development and testing, 2008
includes all the latest software and many enhancements over
previous Mandriva Linux releases. You will find KDE 3.5.7 and the
new GNOME 2.20 already integrated, a solid kernel 2.6.22.9 with
fair scheduling support, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, cutting-edge
3D-accelerated desktop courtesy of Compiz Fusion 0.5.2, Mozilla
Firefox 2.0.0.6, and everything else you’ve come to expect from the
latest Mandriva Linux release…”