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Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring Development Planning

Schedule estimation and various related development information about Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring.

Contents

[edit] Specifications

An overview of new features and packages in Mandriva Linux 2007.1:

[edit] General changes

  • New release extention for packages mdv2007.1.

[edit] Product line

Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring will likely be available in the following editions:

  • Free (3 CDs i586, 3 CDs x86_64, 1 DVD Dual Arch i586/x86_64)
  • One (GNOME and KDE)
  • Discovery (based on One) 1 DVD
  • Powerpack (based on Free) 2 DVD (1 dual layer)
  • Powerpack+ (based on Free) 4 DVD (2 dual layer)

[edit] Core components

  • kernel 2.6.17
  • glibc 2.4
  • gcc 4.1
  • X.org 7.2 (including AIGLX support)

[edit] Desktop

  • KDE 3.5.6
  • GNOME 2.18
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (latest subrelease)
  • OpenOffice.org 2.1
  • 3D desktop with support for compiz, beryl and metisse

[edit] Install

  • Better support for extra sources added before installation.

[edit] Mandriva tools

[edit] Graphical interface configuration

  • More 3D

[edit] Proprietary software

Note: proprietary sofware is not available in Free, because of licensing issues and free software philosophy

[edit] Drivers

  • ATI video card drivers
  • NVIDIA video card drivers
  • Intel wifi ipw2100, ipw2200 and ipw3945 drivers

[edit] Applications

  • Acrobat Reader
  • Flashplayer
  • RealPlayer
  • Opera web browser
  • Sun Java runtime environment

[edit] Notes

[edit] Schedule Estimation

initial date estimated date real date event comment
2006.12.25 2006.12.25 2006.12.25 2007.1 0.2 Hangzhou / Alpha 1 1CD dual arch i586/x86_64, One i586 KDE and One x86_64 Gnome
2007.01.15 2007.01.15 2007.02.15 2007.1 0.3 HuangHe / Beta 1 DVD and One (live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64
2007.02.05 2007.02.26 2007.02.28 2007.1 0.4 Wei / Beta 2 DVD and One (live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64
2007.02.20 2007.03.05 2007.03.15 2007.1 0.5 Xianyang / RC1 DVD and One(live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64
2007.02.05 2007.02.26 2007.03.15 New Versions Freeze
2007.02.05 2007.02.26 2007.03.15 Strings freeze
2007.02.20 2007.03.xx Full freeze
2007.03.05 2007.03.xx 2007.03.31 2007.1 0.6 Beijing / RC3 DVD and One(live) CDs for Gnome and KDE, i586 and x86_64
2007.03.19 2007.03.xx 2007.1 Master discs
2007.04.04 2007.04.xx 2007.1 Public availability
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