Releases/Mandriva/2007.1/Development/RC3
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Release notes for the third release candidate of Mandriva Linux 2007.1 (Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring).
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[edit] What's new
[edit] New since Mandriva Linux 2007
- Major desktop components
- KDE 3.5.6
- GNOME 2.18
- OpenOffice.org 2.1
- Mozilla Firefox 2.0
- Updated configuration tools
- New, simplified MandrivaUpdate updater
- Many enhancements and bugfixes to rpmdrake software installation / removal tool
- Updated drak3d supports configuration of Metisse alongside compiz and beryl
- Improved hardware support
- More extensive and accurate than ever support for the most popular graphics cards: NVIDIA, Intel, and ATI / AMD
- Support for many laptop built-in SD card readers
- Improved and standardized suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk support
- Beautiful new boot and desktop themes
[edit] New since Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring RC1
- All planned features have been implemented
- GNOME 2.18 is now final and official, with the few first bugfixes being integrated too
- Radeon misconfiguration bug fixed
- All major bugs in previous betas and RCs fixed
[edit] Availability
This release candidate is available in several editions:
- Free (standard installer, DVD x86-32 / x86-64)
- One (combined Live CD / installer, KDE, x86-32)
- One (combined Live CD / installer, GNOME, x86-32)
- One (combined Live CD / installer, KDE, x86-64)
- One (combined Live CD / installer, GNOME, x86-64)
The images are available from any official Mandriva mirror site in the /devel/iso/2007.1 subdirectory. For the list of Mandriva mirrors see CookerMirrors. All these images contain non-free drivers and firmware except the Free version, which is purely free.
[edit] Installation
For instructions on writing the ISO files to CD or DVD discs, see Writing CD and DVD images. For installation instructions, see Installing Mandriva Linux.
[edit] Known issues
Known issues are collected on the Spring Errata page. Please check there.
[edit] Testing wanted
You are encouraged to test and comment on this beta release. Feedback should be posted in the form of bug reports to Bugzilla, or if it is not a type of feedback that can be expressed as a bug report, to the Cooker mailing list or to the Mandriva Club forums (which are open to posts from anyone with a my.mandriva account, not just Club members).
- Check that all your hardware is supported. Note that the Free and One GNOME editions only include free software: you may need to check with your hardware manufacturer for the appropriate drivers or firmware (especially for ATI and NVIDIA video cards, Intel Centrino wireless ipw2100/2200 WiFi adapters, Hsf modems and more.)
- Report any missing or unwanted software. Please take care to see if these issues have already been filed.
For help on reporting bugs, consult our general guidelines on Development/Howto/Bugzilla.
Some known issues are identified on the Spring Errata page. Please check there to see if a particular problem has a workaround or has been fixed.
[edit] Miscellaneous
The live editions ("Mandriva One") contain translations only for a limited set of languages. This is a feature.
[edit] Experimental software
If you configure the contrib software repository for your Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring installation (see Installing and removing software for more details), you will have access to experimental KDE 4 packages and experimental packages for X.org server 7.3 and the X.org Intel video driver version 2.0. These packages will install to the /opt directory and so cannot affect the stable versions of these packages. We encourage experienced and interested users to test them out. Please see this page for more detailed instructions on enabling the updated X.org.
