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FYI, just in case anyone interested... Neil Stone Tel: 01752 565870 Mob: 07866 368318 Fax: 0870 7061160 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Mensys announces the release of new versions of 2 leading Linux distributions 1. Mandrake 8.2 - available 26th April 2002 2. SuSE 8.0 - available 22nd April 2002 ------------------------------------- 1. MANDRAKE 8.2 Packed with new desktop and server features amongst which: Desktop: The Control Center is redesigned Mandrake FirstTime, an easy-to-use wizard. Server: An encrypted filesystem and "Enterprise" kernel delivers SMP (Symmetric Multi Processing) and Hi-memory support (above 1024 MB) for high-end servers. Software/applications: Staroffice 6.0 (is included with the ProSuite and PowerPack Editions), Apache 1.3.23 and Evolution 1.02 (a full-featured personal information manager and advanced E-mail client and much more). Core System Components * Kernel 2.4.18 * Improved Firewire support * Support for USB2, ECC memory, i830 DRM, ATA133, Geforce3 * XFree86 4.2 provides 3D acceleration for many video cards previously only supported in 3.3.6 * Glibc 2.2.4 To pre-order mandrake 8.2 please follow the following link: http://shop.mensys.nl/uk/Mandrake/ ------------------------------------- 2. SUSE 8.0 The new SuSE release highlights increased security, KDE 3 desktop, seamless installation and expanded multimedia capabilities for professional and private desktop and workstation users. Some of the new features and improvements: * YaST Improvements and New Features * Complete revision of the SuSE Help Center * Now DVDs can be written (from the command line) * New sound driver software Alsa 0.9! Software and Applications * StarOffice 5.2 * New exciting games: Racer and Vegastrike * gphoto * Completely revised scanning program Kooka Core System Components * Kernel 2.4.18 * glibc 2.2.5 * KDE 3.0 * GNOME 1.4.1 RC1 To pre-order SuSE 8.0 please follow the following link: http://shop.mensys.nl/uk/SuSELinux/ Regards, Mensys BV tel: +31 (0)23 5482020 fax: +31 (0)23 5482030 e-mail: info@xxxxxxxxx -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.