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Mandriva Linux Community Newsletter
Issue # 111 December 2nd, 2005
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Welcome to the Mandriva Linux Community Newsletter - dedicated to
keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandriva-related news & info.
Inside this Issue:
* Top Story - Mandriva Linux 2006 Free released!
* Mandriva News - Mandriva Linux 2006 Installation Party a success
* Mandriva in the news - Mad Penguin reviews Mandriva Linux 2006
* Mandriva Security - Updates - Good For What Ails You
Top Story
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Mandriva Linux 2006 Free released!
Now's the time for everyone who's not a Club member or not ready to
buy a Mandriva pack yet - the free edition of Mandriva Linux 2006,
Mandriva Linux 2006 Free, is now available! Free is both 100% free /
open source software and downloadable at no charge. Because it's 100%
free / open source software it's also freely redistributable - this is
the edition to use to introduce your friends to Mandriva! Free is a
fully functional and comprehensive distribution which comes on three
CDs or one DVD and can be supplemented with all the packages from our
public mirror sites. The community Easy URPMI website can help you to
access packages from the public mirrors through Mandriva's easy
package management tools. Mandriva Linux 2006 features easy desktop
search, our new interactive firewall, improved wireless network
roaming, and updated versions of all your favourite tools and
applications, including kernel 2.6.12, KDE 3.4, GNOME 2.10 and more!
Remember, the commercial versions of Mandriva Linux 2006 include more
packages on the CDs / DVDs and extra commercial software, including
applications, plugins and drivers, which is not available on the Free
edition. Club members can download commercial versions of Mandriva
Linux 2006, and also have exclusive access to GNOME 2.12 and
OpenOffice 2.0 packages. Buy a pack from the Mandriva Store or join
the Club to get access to these commercial editions! To download
Mandriva Linux 2006 Free today, visit the downloads page.
http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
http://store.mandriva.com
http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/en/club/
http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/en/downloads/mirrors
Mandriva News
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Mandriva Linux 2006 Installation Party a success
The worldwide Mandriva Linux 2006 installation party on November 19th
was a great success. Events were held all over the world, and many
new users went home with Mandriva CDs and other goodies! Pictures are
available from several of the events. Denis Carl provided pictures of
the event in Laval, Canada. A report of the event in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan is available, with photos provided by Kirill "KriK"
Fris-Raevskiy and Sklyarevskiy E. S. Pascal Terjan took photos of the
Paris event. Parties were held in 60 cities around the world - if you
missed out this time, be there for Mandriva Linux 2007!
http://deniscarl.com/gulse/
http://freax.homelinux.net/misc/mandriva-install-party-tashkent-uzbekistan-=
2005.php
http://flickr.com/photos/cmoi/tags/installparty/
Mandriva Linux Globetrotter 2.0 released!
Many of you will remember Globetrotter, our innovative portable
Mandriva system. Globetrotter is a customised version of Mandriva
Linux on a portable hard drive. Plug it into any PC that can boot
from a USB device and access your own Linux desktop! A boot CD is
also provided so you can boot the system on PCs which cannot boot
from a USB disk. Now version 2.0 of the Globetrotter is available.
Globetrotter 2.0 is based on a newer version of Mandriva and comes in
higher capacities than the original Globetrotter - 40GB and 80GB
versions are available. You can read more about Globetrotter 2.0, and
buy one from the Mandriva Store today!
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/company/press/pr/mandriva_and_lacie_introdu=
ce_globetrotter_2_0
http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?products_id277
Mandriva hosts LPI examination sessions
For the first time, Mandriva will be hosting testing sessions for the
LPI (Linux Professional Institute) exams. LPI qualifications are
recognised throughout the industry, so this is a great opportunity to
have your Linux skills recognised by colleagues and employers.
Sessions for both LPI 101 (Linux Systems Administration) and LPI 102
(Linux Networks Administration) will be held at Mandriva's head
office - 43 Rue d'Aboukir, 75002 Paris - on December 21st. The LPI
101 exam will be at 9:00am, and the LPI 102 exam at 11:00am. You can
register for the sessions at the Mandriva Store. For more
information, read the announcement on the Mandriva Club site.
http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath74_124&products_id301
http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/Main/LPIexamination
Early posters wanted!
Crazy about the latest Mandriva Linux news? Want everyone to know
about it? Excited about letting the world learn about the fabulous
but not widely known features that make Mandriva users' lives better?
Then join the early poster volunteers team!
Gain nothing more than some enjoyment and the Mandriva Linux
community's eternal recognition, or maybe some Club subscriptions for
the most active volunteers. We are building an international team of
passionate users who want to post all kind of Mandriva Linux news to
Linux community medias. Want to learn more? Contact Ga=C3=ABl at gduval at
mandriva dot com.
Mandriva in the news
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Mad Penguin reviews Mandriva Linux 2006
Adam Doxtater of Mad Penguin takes a detailed look at Mandriva Linux
2006, comparing it to competitive distributions and focussing on
desktop polish, available applications and system configuration. In
the end, he concludes that "while it's not my distribution of choice,
Mandriva 2006 definitely has some serious allure to new and
experienced desktop Linux users alike. It's dead easy to install, a
breeze to use and configure, has enough applications included to keep
even the most die-hards happy, and it's got overwhelming support from
the company and community at large."
http://www.madpenguin.org
http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?mshow&id5600
Mandriva Linux Tips For Free continues to examine Mandriva Linux 2006
The community site Mandriva Linux Tips For Free's extensive look at
Mandriva Linux 2006 continues with part two of a multi-part look at
Mandriva Linux 2006, both as a review and as a guide to getting the
most out of the distribution. Just like part one, this is a must-read
article, with lots of useful advice on scanning, office software,
digital photography and much more.
http://www.mandrake.tips.4.free.fr/review2006pt2.html
Mandriva Security
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Updates - Good For What Ails You
As always, we remind you to update your Mandriva Linux regularly!
Updating not only keeps your system as secure as possible, it can
also improve system functionality and resolve bugs. Along with the
usual important security fixes, the updates released since the last
newsletter include an update for 2006.0 which fixes a bug some users
may have experienced where a bad interaction between acpid, logrotate
and X.org caused the system to stick at 99% CPU usage. The updated
acpid package fixes this problem. Other updates since the last
newsletter include security updates to binutils, GTK+ and PHP and
bugfix updates to various Mandriva configuration tools, so update
today if you haven't already! Remember, Mandriva Online is our
premium update service which makes updating your Mandriva system a
snap, notifying you when updates become available and optionally
automatically installing them for you.
https://online.mandriva.com
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adamw
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