Release: Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2 Released!

February 6th, 2010 ADD COMMENTS Share This Release: Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2 Released!

The time has came for the second alpha release for the 2010.1 version of Mandriva Linux. As this is an early pre-release, major changes are mostly in the area of included third-party software. Planned changes to Mandriva’s own tools and systems are not ready for inclusion in this public pre-release. Major new features: many improvements in guest account management – use of restricted shell, restricted access to other user’s files, prevent access to most of Mandriva administration tools; desktop environments – GNOME 2.29.6, KDE 4.4 RC3; desktop applications – Firefox 3.6, OpenOffice.org 3.2 beta 3, Google Chromium; X Server – Nouveau driver is now used as a free driver for NVIDIA graphics cards instead of nv …

More details available at release announcement and release notes for a detailed list of changes.