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Review: Mandriva Linux PowerPack 2008.0

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“Earlier this week, Mandriva released Mandriva Linux 2008.0, the
latest version of their flagship Linux distribution. Mandriva was
so kind as to provide me with a copy of Mandriva Linux 2008.0
PowerPack, the commercial version. Back when it was named Mandrake,
it was my first ever Linux distribution (I bought a Linux
magazine), so I have always had a special place for Mandriva. Read
on for a review.

“The first version of Mandrake was a Red Hat derivative–Red Hat
5.1, to be specific. It used KDE 1.0 (KDE 1.0 looked like this),
and was released in 1998…”


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