Mandriva Linux 2006 Released

mhrivnak writes "Today, Mandriva Linux 2006 was released to Club members, and the tree will be publicly available on October 13. New features include the Kat Desktop Search Environment, an interactive firewall, and enhanced wifi support with Mandriva being the only Linux distribution certified for Centrino hardware. The integration of technology from Conectiva and Lycoris has led to improved installation (in 40+ languages), better package management, and quicker boot time."

Yawn...

[Anonymous Coward]

This time of morning... if it doesn't make coffee, I don't want to know about it.

Damn, Linux is fast

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not even 2006 and Linux is already there.

Interactive firewall ?

[HawkingMattress]

Knock knock, can i enter ?
I'm sorry sir, but i've been charged to disallow any bad guy to enter this particular port 25.
Uh bad news, but i have a very important message to send my grandma, and couldn't find any open relay to send it to her. it's a matter of life and death.
mmmmmm i see, since i'm not in a bad mood i'll let you pass this time but %@dùù%ù^$
Broadcast message from root (pts/6) :
The system is going down for system halt NOW!

who comes up with this names?

[AnonymousYellowBelly]

I really want the source code for the IA software that 'invents' this names for Linux distributions and every little piece of OS/GNU/libre software out there. What comes next?

- RTFA, an 'HTML' editor?
- CowboyNeat, a file duplicator?
- IMHO, a trolling tool for /. posters?

Just in case some OSS developer reads this post, use the following names for your next text editor: Tlaloc, Escuintle, Vivanderix or Parangaracutirimicuaro. Highly descriptive names, right?

Re:who comes up with this names?

[Al_Lapalme]

Vista?

Release date...

[Mad_Rain]

Mandriva Linux 2006 [...] will be publicly available on October 13.

Funny, that's also Ubuntu's 5.10 (Breezy Badger) final release date. I wonder - does "Ubuntu vs. Mandriva" sound like a knock-off of a Japanese monster movie to anyone else? Or is this a "friendly" competition between linux distros?

Re:Kat vs Beagle?

[Gibberx]

Cats vs. Dogs! Now that's taking a shovel and widening the trench between GNOME and KDE!

:Sighs:

[TubeSteak]

Its GNU/Linux dammit

GNU GNU GNU

:Starts tearing out his hair:

I've spelled it out for you, but there's going to be several hundred posts that only say "Linux"

:Stallman starts pounding his head against a wall, hoping everyone else will follow along:
G......N......U....../......L......I...... N......U......X

Re:Its too soon.

[FullCircle]

I agree with the Firefox team.

Firefox is too much of a high-profile application and web browers are an easily hit target. IMHO, Apache and SSH among others, should be treated similarly. The risk factor is too high not to give them special attention.

The fact that the team wants everyone to keep Firefox updated is just quality control and looking out for the end user. They may have regressions occasionally, but they are trying and it works more often than not.

Re:Mandriva 2006 rocks

[Rinnt]

A lot of the artwork has changed to a much more professional look than 2005LE (You will know what I'm talking about if you installed/used 2005LE).

Yeah, I do know what you mean. I'm assuming you're refering to that crazy, star-eyed looking penguin that is displayed on boot. Man that's embarrassing. My wife seriously though it was Daffy Duck! So now whem I'm booting my LE2005 install at work, I have people thinking that Daffy Duck is built into my OS?

Re:Mandriva 2006 rocks

[chawly]

Daffy Duck you say. You sure that they didn't think it was Daffy Duck that was using the computer ?