Mandriva presents its latest release: Mandriva Linux 2009

Paris, 9 October 2008

– Mandriva is proud to present its latest distribution: Mandriva Linux 2009. This new version has been designed to meet the expectations of our users and offers an ever more efficient solution to their needs.

Mandriva Linux 2009 goes further in its innovations and offers a thoroughly modern and cutting-edge graphical environment: KDE 4.1. Personalizable, modular, scalable, and full of visual effects that enhance the environment, KDE's new version is usable everywhere, from the oldest hardware to the newest.

Mandriva’s team has gone to great lengths to integrate this new environment in a way that ensures everyone can jump right in to using it, with a customized graphical theme, careful choice of the most powerful applications, and a default configuration tuned to your system's particular hardware.

Beyond the features that contributed to the success of Mandriva Linux 2008 and Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, Mandriva Linux 2009 integrates the latest innovations, from office applications to the latest virtualization technologies. Mandriva Linux 2009 gives you not only the most advanced and
easy-to-use Linux operating system on the market but also the latest software demanded by the community.

Changes include:

  • An updated set of commercial applications in the Powerpack edition: Fluendo audio and video codecs, advanced touching-up of digital images with LightZone, virtualisation with VmWare, and Google applications;
    • Complete overhaul of the graphic installer;
      • Simplification and improved reliability of application installations and updates: notification of new distribution versions via Mandriva Online, and automatic configuration of official repositories;
        • Latest versions of leading open source applications: integration of KDE 4.1, GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3, Firefox 3;
          • Faster boot time;
            • Improved parental control utility, now with time-based restrictions;
              • Installer now capable of detecting low-resource systems or netbooks, and installing an appropriate environment (GNOME is default for netbooks);

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                • Detection and optional automatic removal of packages known as orphans (packages previously installed which are no longer required) to optimize free space and future updates;
                  • Constantly improving hardware support (kernel 2.6.27) with particular attention paid to netbooks.

                    • Easy, 100% graphical synchronization with mobile devices: Windows Mobile 2002 and 2003 as well as Windows Mobile 5 and 6, all Blackberry devices, and many Nokia devices.

                    Mandriva Linux 2009 is available in three editions: Powerpack (the commercial edition, including exclusive commercial software, support, and services), One (a live CD which can also be installed to the system permanently) and Free (an edition which contains only free / open source software).

                    Pricing and availability

                    All Mandriva Linux 2009 editions are immediately available for download.

                    Mandriva Linux 2009 Powerpack can be ordered for immediate download today at the Mandriva Store, or you can buy a Powerpack subscription and download Mandriva Linux 2009 Powerpack today. Mandriva Linux 2009 Free and One can bedownloaded from the Mandriva web site: http://store.mandriva.com/

                    Mandriva Linux 2009 Powerpack boxed versions are available for 69 euros, or US$89. The slim pack version (containing just the DVD, no documentation) is available for 59 euros, or US$69. The Powerpack subscription, allowing Powerpack download access for twelve months (and so covering two Mandriva Linux releases), is available for 59 euros, or US$69.

                    About Mandriva

                    Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of Mandriva Linux, an easy-to-use and innovative operating system. It is one of the most popular Linux editions in the world. Dedicated to making open source technologies accessible to all users, the company offers a full range of products and services to individuals, enterprises and government organizations. Mandriva products are available online in 80 languages and in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels. Headquartered in Paris, France, the company is publicly traded on the Euronext Marche Libre.
                    More information at : www.mandriva.com

                    Press Contacts

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