Mandrake Is On The Move
What's New
Kurt Wall
Monday, March 29, 2004 09:07:52 AM
So far, it's been a banner year for MandrakeSoft, makers of
Mandrakelinux. In January, they announced a return to profitability,
followed by a return to the stock market in mid-March. Sandwiched
between these two significant business events, MandrakeSoft released
Mandrakelinux 10.0 Community, an early-adopter's release of
Mandrakelinux 10.0 Official, due out in May. Even though it's only a
public beta, the newest Mandrakelinux is definitely worth the
download, some rough edges notwithstanding. Here's why I think so.
In a phrase, Mandrakelinux 10.0 is chock-full-o-Linux goodness. The
default kernel is 2.6, which gives you a responsive desktop thanks to
kernel preemption. Mandrakelinux also includes the latest
releases of KDE (3.2) and GNOME (2.4); a very attractive default theme,
Mandrakegalaxy 2; a reorganized menu structure; and a new control
center, Mandrakelinux Control Center. Another handy improvement is
Magicdev, which provides auto-play functionality: insert a CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM and Magicdev launches the appropriate application.
If you need a server-class installation, Mandrake boasts numerous
server-friendly features:
- MySQL 4.0.18
- PostgreSQL 7.41
- Apache 2
- Samba 3.0
- Support for Windows' Logical Disk Manager
- Read/write support for the NTFS file system
A comprehensive list of Mandrakelinux 10.0's features is available online.
NOTE: As this article went to press, MandrakeSoft released
Mandrakelinux 10.0 Beta1 for AMD64 (Opteron) platforms. More details
are available at the Mandrakelinux 10.0 for AMD64 Beta information
page.
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