14 DAY TRIAL // The third and final alpha of the latest Mandriva Linux, Mandriva Linux 2010.1 "Spring" Alpha 3, has been released and is now available for download and testing. Those wanting to see what the Mandriva team has cooked up for this release will be a bit disappointed, as Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 3 doesn't come with any new or updated features specific to Mandriva and is focusing on third-party packages for now.
That being said, the release brings the very latest of most of the packages it bundles, either for the KDE or Gnome desktop environments, and a lot of updates from the previous Alpha 2.
Highlights of Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 3: · Linux kernel 2.6.33; · X.Org 7.5; · Xorg Server 1.7.5; · KDE SC 4.4.0; · GNOME 2.29.91; · Mozilla Firefox 3.6; · OpenOffice.org 3.2 RC 5; · Amarok 2.3 Beta 1; · Deluge 1.2.0; · Songbird 1.4.3; · Transmission 1.83; · Chromium (on which Google Chrome is based); · Nouveau driver; · Mesa 7.7; · Intel video driver 2.10.901; · NTFS-3G 2010.03.06; · Glibc 2.11; · GDB debugger 7.0.1; · Ruby 1.9.1; · Munin 1.4; · Spamassassin 3.3.0; · QT 4.6.2; · KTorrent 4.0 Beta 1; · Digikam 1.1.1.
Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Release Schedule:
January 9th, 2010 - Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 1
February 6th, 2010 - Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2
February 25th, 2010 - Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 3
March 25th, 2010 - Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Beta 1
April 23rd, 2010 - Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Beta 2
May 13th, 2010 - Mandriva Linux 2010.1 RC
June 3rd, 2010 - Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Final release
As with all alpha builds of Mandriva, this release is only available as a single DVD ISO for both x86 and 64-bit platforms with a traditional installer.
Download Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 3 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only. Please report bugs to the Mandriva Bug Tracker.