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ReviewLinux.Com: Mandriva Linux 2008 Free First Look
Overview:
We look at the newly released Mandriva Linux 2008 Free i586 from Mandriva! Short image tour plus a video showing the os in action. We loaded the KDE desktop for this quick look at Mandriva 2008 Free!
ReviewLinux.Com: Mandriva Linux 2008 Free First Look
Well it is finally here as they were saying on the Mandriva Blog. Mandriva
Linux 2008 Free has been released on October 9 2007. This
release has been highly anticipated from the Linux community and I am
happy to have a first look at this excellent OS.
What was mentioned on blog:
"The result of six months of heavy development and testing, 2008
includes all the latest software and many enhancements over previous
Mandriva Linux releases. You will find KDE 3.5.7 and the new GNOME 2.20
already integrated, a solid kernel 2.6.22.9 with fair scheduling
support, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, cutting-edge 3D-accelerated desktop
courtesy of Compiz Fusion 0.5.2, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6, and
everything else you’ve come to expect from the latest
Mandriva Linux
release. We have integrated a reworked hardware detection sub-system,
with support for a lot of new devices (particularly graphics cards,
sound cards and wireless chips). Also, the addition of new features and
ongoing improvements to the renowned Mandriva tools continues,
including a wizard to import Windows documents and settings, the new
network configuration center, and improvements to the Mandriva software
management tools."
Downloading the DVD ISO was fast as I hooked up to a France mirror and had the ISO in a
couple of hours. I did a short tour of Mandriva
2008 RC2 several days ago and I do not expect to see too many
changes in the look and feel of this os. This time I am
installing the KDE version of the OS though so the look will be
different from the previous review but still the same software
packaging. KDE is much like the Windows(TM) look and feel and
Windows(TM) users will probably pick up on it's interface more than
GNOME. Mandriva even makes mention to the migration of
Windows documents over to Mandriva Linux 2008 Free in their
installation menus. You will see the image below.
Below are a few images of the install process.
 
Installing Mandriva 2008 Free to my hard drive started off with no
issues. I installed it on to a completely wiped out partition so
choosing the defaults that Mandriva suggest is the easiest way to go.
Users installing for first time on to a "Linux Only" clean
wiped out partition will experience the same setup as I am going to do.
Installing Linux on to a clean system is always the best for
success but if you are doing a dual boot system there are plenty of
resources on the web to help you with that setup.
  
Well
I had a couple of issues when installing and not sure if others
experienced it but once installed and rebooted I came upon a screen
advertising Mandriva but with no way to escape from it. <grin>
Seriously I was confused.. Well all I did was shutdown machine
rebooted and went into another set of questions from Mandriva that I
basically just declined to answer. Finally after all that, I
was at the desktop.
As expected everything I tested worked fine. Loaded up a few programs and they started without any issues.
Short tour, short conclusion. Got it going!
Flash Video of Mandriva Linux 2008 Free i586 in action!
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