First Look at PCLinuxOS 2008 ‘MiniMe’ Edition
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| Overall, this distro really deserves two thumbs way up. It’s well put
| together, it’s easy to use and ready out-of-the box and I think can pleasure
| both beginner and experienced users. I recommend to everyone that values high
| comfort and simplicity in a distribution to give PCLinuxOS a try.
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http://www.linuxlove.org/2008/01/08/first-look-at-pclinuxos-2008-minime-edition/
A glimpse at 43 rue d'Aboukir (the headquarters of Mandriva S.A.)
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| The Ulteo concept certainly looks like an interesting idea, but will it
| succeed? If it weren't dreamt out by Gaël Duval, I would have my doubts. But
| this man has a reputation of creating successful solutions; those of you who
| have been around for a while will remember that in the first few years of the
| 21st century Mandrake Linux was to other distributions what Ubuntu is to them
| today - by far the most popular desktop Linux product. Being innovative often
| means that one has to entered uncharted territories, but this is exactly what
| Gaël did with Mandrake Linux back in 1998. Ulteo is also a new concept and a
| new product, but if it's executed as well as Mandrake Linux was a decade ago,
| it will certainly succeed. Good luck, Gaël!
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080107#report
Ulteo is actually based on Ubuntu (no RPMs like his older Red Hat derivative).
Related:
PCLinuxOS 2008 MiniME
http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php?linux_distribution_sm=PCLinuxOS%202008%20MiniME
Mandriva 2008.1 Alpha 1 Screenshots
http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php?linux_distribution_sm=Mandriva%202008.1%20Alpha%201
Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Alpha 1 Barlia released
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| Kicking off the 2008 Spring development cycle in earnest, the first alpha is
| here. This alpha features X.org 7.3, KDE 3.5.8, KDE 4.0 RC2 (in /contrib),
| GNOME 2.21, kernel 2.6.24, OpenOffice.org 2.3, new NVIDIA and ATI proprietary
| drivers, PulseAudio by default and more.
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http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/20081Alpha1
Mandriva Flash 2008: Bigger and better
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| While several other distros are designed specifically to run off external USB
| drives, Mandriva Flash still offers a good alternative worth paying for.
| First of all, you don't have to get your hands dirty installing a Linux
| distro on a USB stick and spend time configuring it. Unlike other distros,
| Mandriva Flash offers a full-featured desktop with all the frills and fancy
| trimmings, including 3-D desktop effects.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/122980
New 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB Released today
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| Mandriva today introduced the 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB, the newest member of
| the Mandriva Flash family that lets you take your entire desktop with you
| wherever you go. 2008 Mandriva Flash includes a new functionnality: ezBoot
| which reboots under Linux without going through BIOS settings, and the double
| utilization of Windows and Linux system.
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http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/new-2008-mandriva-flash-4gb-released-today
A Taste Of Mandriva
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| Mandriva is truly an elite Linux distribution and this 2008 version further
| strengthened its excellent status. To those who haven’t tried Mandriva, I
| encourage you to have a taste.
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http://junauza.blogspot.com/2007/12/taste-of-mandriva.html
[Mandriva CEO:] An open letter to Steve Ballmer
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| Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their
| mind like this? It’s pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone.
| How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my
| place, they give it various names, I’m sure you know them.
|
| Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning?
|
| Of course, I will keep fighting this one and the next one, and the next one.
| You have the money, the power, and maybe we have a different sense of ethics
| you and I, but I believe that hard work, good technology and ethics can win
| too.
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http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/
Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD
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| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they
| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was
| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with “marketing help”
| to get them to choose Windows.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft
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| "We are sticking with that platform," said the official, who would not give
| his name.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124
http://tinyurl.com/27ycq9
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