Mandriva Linux 2007 Beta 3 Released

Third beta of Mandriva 2007, named "Tyr" was released yesterday:

"Still available in four different versions (KDE or GNOME, i586 or x86_64) and a Dual Architecture Installation DVD, get a closer look at the next Mandriva Linux 2007 edition. Note that not all of the newfeatures have been implemented yet and that a beta version is notbug-proof, on the contrary. This is why we strongly encourage everyone to test and report any bugs or surprises they may encounter."

You can find more information here.

Known Issues for this release:

￭ Network module b44 is not working properly (fixed in cooker)
￭ Some menu entries are not yet displayed because the XDG migration is not finished
￭ The default index.html page for browser is not correctly generated (fixed in cooker)
￭ Anti Aliasing may not be activated correctly on KDE

What's new in Beta 3?

￭ New 3D desktop support (both with AIGLX and Xgl) and new tool to configure it (drak3d)
￭ New One CD with 3D desktop support (AIGLX and Xgl, both on KDE and Gnome, autodetection of the best 3D solution)
￭ The new rpmdrake is now included
￭ More applications migrated to XDG menus
￭ GNOME 2.16 RC 1
￭ Kernel 2.6.17 (based on 2.6.17.8, with ALSA 1.0.12 rc2, i965 support, and new kernel factorization: normal, enterprise and legacy)
￭ KDE 3.5.4
￭ New 'Ia Ora' Mandriva Theme (still only included in GNOME)
￭ New VPN configuration tool (drakvpn)
￭ New Firewall to configure a redundant firewall with ucarp (invictus-firewall)

You can download and test this third and last beta of Mandriva Linux 2007 now from Softpedia.