The release plan for Mandriva Linux 2009 has been announced

"Mandriva Linux 2009 comes a step closer to reality today with the unveiling of the release schedule and the technical specifications. All this information can be found on the Mandriva Linux 2009 Development page on the Mandriva Wiki. The schedule includes two alphas, two betas, and two release candidates, prior to the final release in early October 2008. The first alpha release is scheduled for June 25th - just a week away. The technical specifications are based on input from both the community and Mandriva staff, with each item assigned to a specific maintainer and given a priority level. Some of the more significant items include:

Improved boot time
Optional automatic removal of 'orphans' (no longer required packages) in the package management tools
The use of the increasingly popular and fast-maturing PackageKit and PolicyKit technologies
Improvements to the Mandriva Windows migration and parental control tools
A live distribution upgrade mode for MandrivaUpdate
A new design for the installer
Migration to KDE 4, OpenOffice.org 3, and Firefox 3"

>> Mandriva Linux 2009 plans announced

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Xfce edition has been released

"Thanks to the efforts of the Mandriva Linux Xfce development community, an Xfce version of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring One is now available. Just like the KDE and GNOME versions of One, this is an installable live CD edition of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, but this time featuring Xfce as the desktop environment. As with the other One versions, three images are available, with different sets of languages on each. This is an unofficial release, but the Xfce development volunteers will attempt to address any problems or questions about this release. "

>> Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Xfce edition released

Howtoforge posted a guide about setting up virtual hosting with PureFTPd and MySQL on Mandriva 2008 Spring

"This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database."

>> Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL On Mandriva 2008 Spring

Howtoforge posted a guide about setting up Mandriva One 2008 Spring as GNOME based desktop Linux

"This document describes step by step how to set up a Mandriva One 2008 Spring (Mandriva 2008.1) desktop (GNOME). The result is a fast, secure and extendable system that provides all you need for daily work and entertainment."

>> The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2008 Spring (Gnome)

Howtoforge posted a guide about setting up virtual users & Domains with Postfix, MySQL & SquirrelMail under Mandriva 2008.1

"This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I will also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords."

>> Virtual Users & Domains With Postfix, MySQL & SquirrelMail (Mandriva 2008.1)

Howtoforge posted a guide about setting up Mandriva 2008 Spring Free as server

"This is a detailed description about how to set up a Mandriva 2008 Spring Free (Mandriva 2008.1) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of Mandriva 2008.1, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well."

>> The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2008 Spring Free (Mandriva 2008.1)

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring has been released

"Based on Mandriva’s on-going development, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring offers the latest updates and open source software.
Mandriva, the leading European publisher of Linux, today announces the launch of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, the major new version of Mandriva Linux boosted by more than 100 improvements which make for a quicker and more powerful application.

Endowed with a new, simplified user interface designed to be more intuitive and accessible, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, introduces new tools, including an entirely revised office.

Changes to Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring include:

- Improvements made to the RPMdrake graphics interface for the installation of packets (the delivery of more information, sorting functionality, etc),
New parental control, allowing parents greater supervision of their children’s activities on the Internet by automatically identifying any improper content before authorising access to a website which enables temporal limits to computer use,
- A new Elisa multimedia center, a new intuitive functionality which affords management of your photos, music and videos,
Coherence's application, which allows you without any installation to share multimedia documents between either two PCs or with a gaming console or a media center,
- New support for telephones and smartphones for synchronisation with the GNOME and KDE environments. Telephones and PDA on Windows Mobile(R) are recognised as well as Blackberry devices and Nokia telephones,
- The Codeina framework has been introduced for the installation of adequate codecs to facilitate the use of multimedia files,
- A new integrated graphic theme, on KDE allows the screen to progressively change colour as the hours go by,
- KDE 4.0.2 is available in depots."

>> Mandriva presents its latest distribution: Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring

Mandriva Linux 2007.0 will be discontinued on April 13, 2008

"This is a quick note to remind people that Mandriva Linux 2007.0 is scheduled for removal from receiving further updates on April 13, 2008. After this date, Mandriva Linux 2007.0 will no longer be receiving updates and will be moved on the mirrors from the actively-supported distributions to the "old" tree.

At the same time, Mandriva Linux 2007.1 will be moving into the "base" support phase and will no longer be receiving updates for desktop-related components; only core packages (such as the kernel, etc.) and other networked components (web server, database, etc.) will receive updates for an additional 6 months, until October 13, 2008."

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring RC2 Aceras has been released

"The sixth pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is here. This pre-release includes support for easy synchronization of Windows Mobile 5+, Blackberry and Nokia devices, the Codeina multimedia codec installation system, support for Radeon HD 3xxx series graphics cards, more improvements to the Mandriva software installation tools, the finalized 2008 Spring theme, a new metapackage for easily installing a complete LAMP setup, and available KDE 4.0.2. See here for download information."

>> Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring RC2 Aceras released

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring RC 1 has been released

"The fifth pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is here. This pre-release includes the all-new artwork for the 2008 Spring release, further improvements to the Mandriva software management tools, WPA-EAP support in the network configuration tools, KDE 3.5.9 and available 4.0.1, some new default applications in KDE and GNOME, and the latest pre-release of OpenOffice.org 2.4. See here for download information. The beta is available in Free and One editions, with i586 and x86-64 DVDs for the Free edition and i586, KDE-based and GNOME-based CDs for the One edition. As far as testing goes, for this pre-release we are particularly interested in testing the NTFS support, making sure RPMdrake has no problems, PulseAudio, multimedia keyboard support, hardware detection and hibernation support. Please report any problems with sound functionality, and any mis-detected or un-detected hardware, to Bugzilla. Of course, please also report any other problems you run into. You can also discuss the release candidate in the official forums. It may take a few hours for the files to be copied to all mirrors, so if you do not find them on the first mirror you try, try another."

>> Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring RC 1 Serapias released

Howtoforge posted a guide about setting up munin and monit on Mandriva 2008.0

"In this article I will describe how you can monitor your Mandriva 2008.0 server with munin and monit. munin produces nifty little graphics about nearly every aspect of your server (load average, memory usage, CPU usage, MySQL throughput, eth0 traffic, etc.) without much configuration, whereas monit checks the availability of services like Apache, MySQL, Postfix and takes the appropriate action such as a restart if it finds a service is not behaving as expected. The combination of the two gives you full monitoring: graphic that lets you recognize current or upcoming problems, and a watchdog that ensures the availability of the monitored services."

>> Server Monitoring With munin And monit On Mandriva 2008.0

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Beta 2 Orchis has been released

"The fourth pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is here. This pre-release brings recognition of other installed distributions during installation, NTFS-3G (with write support) by default for all NTFS partitions, significant improvements to the Mandriva graphical software management tool and more. See here for download information. The beta is available in Free and One editions, with i586 and x86-64 DVDs for the Free edition and i586, KDE-based and GNOME-based CDs for the One edition. As far as testing goes, for this pre-release we are particularly interested in testing the NTFS support, detection of other installed distributions during installation, PulseAudio, multimedia keyboard support, hardware detection and hibernation support. Please report any problems with sound functionality, and any mis-detected or un-detected hardware, to Bugzilla. Of course, please also report any other problems you run into. You can also discuss the beta in the official forums. It may take a few hours for the files to be copied to all mirrors, so if you do not find them on the first mirror you try, try another."

>> Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Beta 2 Orchis released

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Beta 1 has been released

"The first beta, codenamed Ophrys, for Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (2008.1) is now available. There is information about the new release in various places:
Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring release notes: these will be updated to reflect the status of the current pre-release.
Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Errata: these will be updated to reflect the status of the current pre-release.
A guide to some major new features of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring
The fully detailed technical specifications for Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring: all of these may not be implemented."

>> Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Beta 1

Howtoforge posted a guide about Virtual Users and Domains with Postfix, Courier and MySQL

"This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I will also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota (quota is not built into Postfix by default, I will show how to patch your Postfix appropriately). Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database (most documents I found were dealing with plain text passwords which is a security risk). In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses."

>> Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Mandriva 2008.0)

Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring Alpha 2 has been released

"The second pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is here. This pre-release brings a near-final snapshot of KDE 4.0 (final 4.0 packages are currently being uploaded to the Cooker repositories), new NVIDIA and ATI drivers, the chance to test the experimental nouveau open source driver for NVIDIA cards, kernel 2.6.24rc7, and more. "

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The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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