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Welcome to the Mandrakelinux Community Newsletter - dedicated to keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrakelinux-related news and info.
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Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter
Issue # 100 February 10, 2005
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Welcome to the Mandrakelinux Community Newsletter - dedicated to
keeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrakelinux-related news and
info.
Inside this Issue:
* Top Story -- Corporate Server 3.0 and Desktop released
* What's cooking at Mandrakesoft? -- Mandrakelinux 10.2 Beta process
started
* Business News -- New U.S. partner program
* Mandrakelinux in the news -- HP to sell pre-installed Mandrakelinux
systems in Europe
* Mandrakelinux Information -- Mandrakelinux for Itanium 2 Beta
* Software Update -- Keeping Mandrakelinux up to date
Top Story
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Corporate Server 3.0 and Desktop released
This issue's top story is the release of Mandrakesoft's new Corporate
Server and Corporate Desktop products. These combine the great
features of Mandrakelinux witha longer development cycle and
five-year maintenance commitment, giving business customers the
stability they need. With cutting-edge server technology like Samba 3
and Apache 2, and advanced technology for remote terminals like
Crossover Office Server Edition and NoMachine NX Server,
Mandrakelinux Corporate Server is a modern, reliable server solution.
Mandrakelinux Corporate Desktop builds on the Mandrakelinux desktop,
adding much-needed business features. These include Exchange Server
and Active Directory integration, along with multiple remote desktop
options including Citrix, VNC and NoDesktop NX. You can read up on
features and pricing for these new business products here.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/business/corporate-server
What's cooking at Mandrakesoft?
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Mandrakelinux 10.2 Beta process started
Mandrakelinux progress is never-ending, and already the beta process
for the next release has begun! The second beta is available now for
eager testers. This release includes new revisions of the kernel,
KDE, GNOME, Xfce and also Firefox 1.0 as the default browser. The
early stage of installation has been overhauled, and some new
features added as well, such as saving all packages to the hard disk
before installation. The Control Center has been redesigned and some
new tools introduced. You can help squeeze the bugs out of the next
release before it's too late - read about and download the new betas
here!
--> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/102beta.php3
Business News
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New U.S. partner program
In January, Mandrakesoft announced the new Mandrakelinux Solution
Provider Program, teaming up with IT services companies around the
U.S. to provide Linux products and services to small- and
medium-sized businesses. Mandrakesoft will provide sales, marketing
and technical support to its partners in the program, giving them the
expertise they need to promote open source software into the world of
the small business. You can read about the new program in the press
release. Linux Today's editor Brian Proffitt is very happy about the
news - here's his take.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n/pr/business/2528
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn2005-01-21-022-26-OP-BZ-MD
Mandrakelinux in the news
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HP to sell pre-installed Mandrakelinux systems in Europe
Just ahead of the Solutions Linux conference in Paris, HP announced
that it plans to provide and support pre-installed Mandrakelinux
solutions across its entire range in France from February onwards. In
the announcement, HP praised Mandrakesoft's comprehensive product
range, saying that it was this diversity that guaranteed the ability
to adapt to all HP's products, from the portable to the server. As
well as Mandrakelinux itself, HP will be pre-installing Corporate
Server, Corporate Desktop and Multi Network Firewall on some systems.
This will ensure for the first time that French customers can buy a
full range of high-quality, tested and supported systems running open
source software. This announcement is just the start of the program,
which HP intends to extend throughout Europe in the near future. You
can read the announcement (in French) here.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n/pr/business/2531&lgfr
Mandrakelinux 10.1 reviews
There's been a bumper crop of Mandrakelinux 10.1 reviews since the
last issue. LinuxForums has a month-long look at 10.1 Official here.
The popular OS News took a look at the x86-64 version, and PPCNerds
took on the PPC release here. It seems like Mandrakelinux 10.1 is a
success on every platform!
http://www.linuxforums.org/news/article-30174.html
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id9402&page1
http://www.ppcnerds.org/article235.html
OFB.biz interviews Ga=EBl Duval
OFB.biz, the site specialising in open-source software in the business
world, last caught up with Mandrakesoft co-founder Ga=EBl Duval in
2002. To find out what's changed with Mandrakesoft and Mandrakelinux
since then, they interviewed him again. Interested in how
Mandrakesoft is doing? Find out what Ga=EBl has to say here.
--> http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?nameNews&filearticle&sid349
Mandrakelinux Information
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Mandrakelinux for Itanium 2 Beta
In the third release of the issue, we bring you news of Mandrakelinux
on Itanium 2! Readers with Itanium 2 systems (yes, both of you) can
now help test Mandrakelinux out on a whole new platform. This release
is part of the Hyades project, aimed at high-performance computing
tasks. You can read more about the beta and download it here.
http://www.hyades-itea.org/
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/itanium2.php3
Interview with Warly
Over on the Mandrakeclub, a new feature has started - a series of
interviews with Mandrakelinux developers. Warly, the development
co-ordinator, bravely volunteered to be the first interviewee, and
just about survived the process. He reveals a little about how
Mandrakesoft works, what he likes about Mandrakelinux, and even his
own system - IceWM with 24 virtual desktops! Head on over to the Club
to read more.
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid3168&modenocomments
Places to go, things to do...
This issue, we'd like to remind you of some great
Mandrakelinux-related sites. If you're interested in Mandrake
development - including the new Mandrakelinux 10.2 betas - be sure to
visit the Mandrakelinux development wiki, full of information on
Mandrakelinux development and the progress of the next version. And
don't forget the Mandrakestore, the one-stop shop for everything
Mandrakelinux - from boxed sets of Mandrakelinux 10.1 to Tux plush
dolls. In fact, Mandrakelinux 10.1 packs - from the Discovery pack up
to the PowerPack+ - are all on sale right now, and you get a Tux
plush for free!
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/wiki
http://www.mandrakestore.com
Mandrakelinux and Interoperability
You might have heard that Microsoft's latest bright idea in the PR war
against Linux is interoperability. In a public memo, Bill Gates
claimed that "the open source development approach encourages the
creation of many permutations of the same type of software
application, which could add implementation and testing overhead to
interoperability efforts". Mandrakesoft wishes respectfully to
disagree, and we're not alone - this story on ZDNet quotes analyst
group Ovum dismissing the argument, along with a comment from our own
Ga=EBl Duval. To underline the point, news recently arrived that the
new Corporate Server 3.0 product has gained Linux Standard Base (LSB)
2.0 certification. You can read more about this here.
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39180308,00.htm
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/press/pr?n/pr/corporate/2534
Software Update
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Keeping Mandrakelinux up to date
There have been several security updates since the last newsletter, so
remember to run MandrakeUpdate regularly and keep your system safe!
Recent updates to KDE have also fixed several bugs, so remember that
updating not only keeps your system safe, it makes it work better
too. And if even MandrakeUpdate is just too much work for your hectic
lifestyle, there's always Mandrakeonline - with update notifications
in your email and on your desktop, scheduled updates and even
automatic updates, it's the perfect system for stress-free updating.
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/mandrakeonline
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