Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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[edit] Introduction

Mandriva Linux 2007 Official is the 19th version of Mandriva Linux.

Mandriva Linux 2007 is available in several different editions:

  • the "One" edition is an installable live CD integrating the latest proprietary drivers, available for download free of charge. Purely free software editions of One are also available in GNOME and KDE flavours.
  • the "Free" edition is a pure free software (free as in speech) version, without any of the non-free packages bundled with other editions; it is also available as a free download.
  • the "Discovery", "Powerpack" and "Powerpack+" products, for beginner users, power users and SOHO users respectively, including support, services and many third-party applications like LinDVD and Cedega.

This document contains information about:

[edit] Errata, Release Notes, and Updates

[edit] Availability

This version is available both in non-commercial editions, available via public torrents or public FTP mirrors, and commercial versions, available via the Mandriva Club or the Mandriva Store. The 2007 tree is also available on the public FTP mirrors, in the /official/2007.0/ directory below the main MandrivaLinux directory. All the ISOs of the 2007 Official edition are described below, with their available resources.

Mandriva encourages you to download, subscribe to the Mandriva Club, buy a Mandriva commercial version, and share the various non-commercial and free software versions (Free and One). You can also participate in the development of future Mandriva products by joining the Cooker project.

[edit] Using the ISO images

To test and use the ISO images, you need to choose the appropriate set. If you choose to download a CD or set of CDs, write them as an image file on a 700 MB blank CD (or any bigger blank media, including blank DVD). If you choose to download a DVD or a DVD set, write the image file(s) to to a blank DVD (each DVD image is sized to fit on a regular single-layer DVD). To use the installation CDs, write each one to a separate blank CD, then boot from the first. For instructions on writing discs, see Writing CD and DVD images.

[edit] Installation

For installation instructions, see Installing Mandriva Linux.

[edit] Main changes from 2006

  • New 3D desktop support (both with AIGLX and Xgl) and new tool to configure it (drak3d), also in the One CDs
  • Overhauled rpmdrake with combined installation / removal interface
  • GNOME 2.16
  • Kernel 2.6.17 (based on 2.6.17.11, with ALSA 1.0.12 final, i965 support, and new kernel factorization: normal, enterprise and legacy)
  • KDE 3.5.4
  • New 'Ia Ora' Mandriva theme
  • New VPN configuration tool (drakvpn)
  • New tool to configure a redundant firewall with ucarp (invictus-firewall)

You can find more information about the software included in the release and technical details at: Mandriva Linux 2007 Release Notes, Mandriva Linux 2007 Errata and Distro Changelog.

[edit] Mandriva Linux 2007 Official Commercial versions

Mandriva Linux 2007 is commercially available in three different versions: Discovery, Powerpack and Powerpack+.

The Discovery edition is aimed at beginners. Powerpack is for regular Linux users or for more "demanding" beginners, while Powerpack+ is designed for experts and / or small companies with important server needs.

[edit] Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007

Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007 is the entry level product for the 2007 commercial product line.

Designed for new Linux users, it includes a live system (on DVD versions only) to help during the discovery of the Linux world. With this version, new Linux users do not need to install the software at first to enter the Linux community. And once they feel more confident with Linux, they can safely and quickly put Linux on their disk with the Live Install feature.

[edit] Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007

Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007:

[edit] Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007

Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007:

[edit] Mandriva One 2007

There are sixteen different medias (CD ISO images) for the Mandriva One 2007: for each architecture (i586, x86_64), for various selection of languages, with either a KDE or GNOME desktop. We also provide two free (as in speech) software editions (one for KDE and one for GNOME) without any of the proprietary software that is now included free of charge on the other CDs. Please notice and do not confuse the different meanings of the word 'free'.

The installation DVD contains all supported languages, while the CD versions only contain what could fit in the available space.

Mandriva One CDs include most of the needed software for a complete office and internet desktop, including OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, 3D desktop (XGL and AIGLX with Compiz), network and hardware configuration tools and drivers (the free version only includes free drivers).

Most of the languages are supported in both the GNOME and the KDE CDs. Some languages however may only be available in the KDE CD because their input method requires KDE. You can find a list indicating which languages are included on each edition in the description below.

Extra language packs can be found on the public FTP mirrors. Thus, once a live CD version of Mandriva Linux is installed on your system, you have the possibility to add new languages by using the rpmdrake tool to configure a public FTP mirror as a Mandriva Linux 2007 urpmi source. To do this, run the Software Media Manager: open the Mandriva Control Center, and go to the Software Management tab. Click the link titled 'Select from where software packages are downloaded when updating the system'. Click 'yes' when asked if it is OK to continue. Now click the 'Add...' button on the right hand side of the new screen. When asked whether to add 'Official updates' or 'Distribution sources', click 'Distribution sources'. Click 'Yes' in reply to the question about the mirror list. When the mirror list appears, choose a mirror close to your geographical location. Wait for the process to complete. If it completes successfully, you're done. If it does not, choose another mirror and try again (since the 2007 release is very new, the mirrors will be very busy and some may not be properly set up for 2007 yet).

Join the TranslationTask sub-project, if you want to help improve support for your own language.

[edit] Mandriva One Free

[edit] Mandriva One KDE

KDE Live CD for i586 and x86_64 processors.

Warning: includes non free software

  • mandriva-one-2007-kde1.iso 679MiB: Breton, Dutch, English, Euskara (Basque), French, German, Icelandic, Occitan, Walon
  • mandriva-one-2007-kde2.iso 691 MiB: Danish, English, Gaelic (Irish), Italian, Norwegian Bokmaal, Norwegian Nynorsk, Sardinian, Welsh
  • mandriva-one-2007-kde3.iso 698 MiB: Catalan, English, Faroese, Finnish (Suomi), Galician, Low Saxon, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Saami, Spanish, Swedish
  • mandriva-one-2007-kde4.iso 691 MiB: Bengali, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Maori, Mongolian, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese
  • mandriva-one-2007-kde5.iso 693 MiB: Afrikaans, Amharic, English, Farsi (Iranian), Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian, Marathi, Tajik, Uzbek (cyrillic), Xhosa
  • mandriva-one-2007-kde6.iso 681 MiB: Croatian, English, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Serbian Cyrillic, Slovak, Ukrainian, Yiddish
  • mandriva-one-2007-kde7.iso 693 [[[:wikipediaen:MiB|MiB]]: Arabic, Azeri (Latin), Belarussian, Bosnian, Czech, English, Esperanto, Hebrew, Russian, Turkish
  • mandriva-one-2007-kde8.iso 684 MiB: Bulgarian, English, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovenian

[edit] Mandriva One GNOME

GNOME Live CD for i586 processors and x86_64 processors.

Warning: includes non free software

[edit] Mandriva Free 2007

Three CDs for i586 compatible processors. You can use them on 32 or 64-bit x86 machines. If you want to run a native 64-bit installation for a 64-bit machine, you must use the x86_64 specific CDs.

Three CDs for x86_64 compatible processors. These can only be used on 64-bit x86 machines. If you want to use a 32-bit installation on a 64-bit machine, you must use the i586 specific CDs.

A dual architecture (i586 and x86_64) DVD. You can use it on both 32- and 64-bit x86 machines, the installer will detect your processor and boot the correct version of the installer. If you want to force a 32 bit installation on a 64 bit machine, you can select it by pressing F3 then F6 at the boot prompt.

A dual architecture (i586 and x86_64) single CD. You can use it both on 32- and 64-bit x86_64 machines, the installer will detect your processor and boot the correct version of the installer. If you want to use a 32 bit installation on a 64 bit machine, you can select it by pressing F3 then F6 at the boot prompt. This CD includes the minimal set of packages for a running system, however you can include an Internet source of packages during the installation or after the installation to add extra packages.

More information and download links on the mandriva.com site

[edit] Checking your download (asc files)

The files with the asc extensions are Mandriva GPG signed checksum files. These files help you to check that your download has been succesfully completed.

To check if the downloaded file is correct, you can either use the md5 file or the sha1 file, which are different checksum methods (each should be equally reliable). In the directory where you have downloaded the file.iso, use the command md5sum -c file.md5.asc to check your file with the md5 checksum, or sha1sum -c file.sha1.asc to check it with the sha1 checksum.

The asc extension, linked to the Mandriva official GPG signature, can also be verified. If you know that the ISO file you have downloaded has a correct sum, and that the checksum file is signed correctly with the Mandriva official GPG key, then odds are high that the ISO file you have is the real official one from Mandriva.

To check the GPG signature you must use the gpg program available in the gnupg package. You must first download the Mandriva Official GPG key, and then type in a terminal gpg --verify file.asc

Alternatively, if you only want to check the checksum of the iso downloaded, you can also use the mkcd program with the option -k. A checksum is included in the header of each iso file and can be verified with mkcd -k file.iso.

[edit] Minimum Hardware Requirements

To use a standard - non 3D accelerated - desktop, Mandriva recommends you have the minimum hardware components:

  • CPU: All Pentium, Celeron, Athlon, Duron, Sempron, K6 and Via C3 processors
  • RAM: 128 MB minimum, 256 MB recommended
  • Hard Drive: 1.5 GB minimum, 4 GB recommended (Discovery/Lx) -OR- 500 MB minimum, 4 GB recommended (PowerPack and PowerPack+)
  • SERIAL ATA: Most Controllers supported in non-Raid mode
  • Graphics cards: NVIDIA® ATI™ Intel® i8xx and i9xx
  • Sound cards: All Sound Blaster and AC97 compatible cards
  • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM required for PowerPack and PowerPack+

To use the new AIGLX/Xgl 3D environment, it is recommended that your system be at least a Pentium III (or equivalent) and have at least 256MB of RAM. It also requires a 3D accelerated graphics card.

There are two 3D graphical environments used in Mandriva's 2007 release. They are AIGLX and XGL. Each of these systems are similar but work slightly different from one another.

To learn more about what graphic cards work best with AIGLX/Xgl, visit the Compatible Graphic Cards wiki page.

[edit] Development

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