Mandriva Linux 2008 RC2 Released | Linux Today

Mandriva Linux 2008 RC2 Released

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 22, 2007

[ Thanks to Adam
Williamson
for this announcement. ]

Mandriva Linux 2008 RC2 ‘Kepler’ was released Sept. 21. New
features since the release of RC1 include the final release of
GNOME 2.20, the inclusion of the new 8.41.7 version of ATI’s
proprietary driver in the non-free repository to support Radeon HD
cards, significant kernel updates that improve support for certain
ATA controllers and many audio chipsets, some new features in the
urpmi and rpmdrake package management tools, and over 500 bug fixes
since RC2. Download information and more is available on the full
release information page
here
, the overall Mandriva Linux 2008 release notes are

here
, and a guide to the new features of Mandriva Linux 2008 is

here
.

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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