Download Mandriva Linux 2009 rc1

The first release candidate of Mandriva Linux 2009 has recently become available. This Linux distribution is equipped with the brand new KDE 4.1.1, Gnome 2.23.91, Mozilla Firefox 3 and the 2.6.27 Linux kernel. In addition, the boot splash that displays graphical elements during startup and shutdown has been replaced. Support for synchronization operations with Windows Mobile 2003 devices has also been added. The short notice on the Mandriva Blog about this first release candidate looks like this:

Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1 is available

Mandriva Linux 2009 Release Candidate 1 (code name camelopard) is available on public mirrors now (or will be in the coming hours). Be careful: this is still a development product, it should not be used in a production environment. You will find more informations about this release on the wiki. The main new features of RC1 (compared to Beta2) are:

• automatic repository configuration and mirror selection in package management tools (powered by aria2);
• ath5k replaces madwifi for Atheros wireless cards;
• new graphical theme (backgrounds, screensavers);
• based on kernel 2.6.27 (rc5 ATM);
• KDE 4.1.1;
• KDE 3.5.10 (not on ISO);
• GNOME 2.23.91 (ie 2.24.0 Beta 2);
• new design for installer (not complete yet);
• improved system-config-printer;
• improved Ia Ora theme for KDE4 (not complete yet);
• and many others features and bug fixes.

All tests are welcome to improve coming releases, especially about list above.