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Adam Williamson has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Download: mandriva-linux-2008...cdrom-i586.iso (686MB, MD5) mandriva-linux-2008.1-free-dvd-i586.iso (4,176MB, MD5) mandriva-linux-2008.1-free-dvd-x86_64.iso (4,235MB, MD5)

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. Despite being a first alpha, it is also in a fairly stable and reliable state, though as always, we do not suggest you use it in a production environment. It is available in Free and One editions, with i586 and x86-64 DVDs for the Free edition and an i586, KDE-based CD for the One edition. As far as testing goes, for this pre-release we are particularly interested in testing PulseAudio and hardware detection. Please report any problems with sound functionality, and any mis-detected or un-detected hardware, to Bugzilla. Of course, please also report any other problems you run into. You can also discuss the alpha in the official forums. Download locations are available on the Wiki page: it may take a few hours for the files to be copied to all mirrors, so if you do not find them on the first mirror you try, try another.

Major new features
Major new features in this first pre-release include:


PulseAudio
The PulseAudio sound server is now the default for all installations. Using PulseAudio should allow you easily to control playback from various different applications on various different sound devices in all graphical environments.


X.org 7.3
The full X.org 7.3 version is used in this pre-release, including X.org server 1.4. This has several implications for some drivers and also for input methods.


KDE 4.0 RC2
The latest release candidate of KDE 4.0 is available for this pre-release. It is not currently included on the discs, but is available from the Cooker repositories (which are the appropriate repositories to use with Mandriva pre-releases). To install KDE 4.0 RC2, add repositories in the usual way, and install the task-kde4 package.


Kernel 2.6.24 RC5
This pre-release uses the latest available release candidate of kernel version 2.6.24, providing the widest possible hardware compatibility.


UUID-based drive mounting
This pre-release defaults to using UUIDs (unique identification numbers) for mounting drives and partitions. This should result in the elimination of situations where different drives try to use the same mount point due to being assigned the same device node when plugged in at different times.

Mandriva Team


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