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It's a new month. :)

Our Hardware forum is for Mandriva problems relating to hardware - whether the hardware is at fault doesn't enter into the equation. :)

For Mandriva Linux 2009.0, developers decided to try to improve boot time again (mostly full boot time and perceived boot time) by trying to fix bottlenecks, after testing many different systems. An interesting exposition on Frederic Crozat's blog.

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Mandriva 2009 Release Candidate 2 is now available on public mirrors. The main new features of RC2 (detailed on the wiki) are: * Improved boot speed * Support for encrypted partitions in installer and DiskDrake using LUKS * Improved support for netbooks hardware * Support for Intel G41 graphics chipset * GNOME 2.24 * KDE4 theming complete (still some small issues to fix) * kernel 2.6.27rc7 * installer new design is finalized.

Adam has blogged about it here. RC2 is/was scheduled to be released today.

As Symbian prepares to vanish into Nokia and open source its own mobile OS, VP Panagrossi argues that in adopting Linux, mobile phone makers are taking the industry in the wrong direction. They're creating more fragmentation, not less. More at The Register.

Things go wrong. Hard disks fail and whole servers crash. Luckily, many Linux-based distributions are available to help systems administrators handle minor catastrophes. Linux.com looks at four of the most portable, all of which fit on a 210MB mini CD -- SliTaz, Parted Magic, GParted, and RIPLinuX.

Supercomputer maker Cray have announced a new desk-side, low-end, bladed office supercomputer in conjunction with chip partner Intel and software partner Microsoft. The new CX1 supercomputer is the first product to come to market after Cray tapped Intel as its future strategic chip supplier, dissing long-time chip partner Advanced Micro Devices. While technically speaking, the CX1 minisuper is certified to run Red Hat's Enterprise Linux 5 and can certainly run Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (which is the preferred Linux on Cray's high-end, massively parallel Opteron boxes, the XT4 and XT5, and which has not been certified on the CX1), Red Hat and Novell were not invited to the CX1 launch party... More at The Register.

Each board has its idiosyncracies - we use the main forums (like Installing Mandriva) for asking questions, and Everything Linux for general discussions, reviews, news, etc. :)

Ian, have you read the paper? You do qualify as a geek... <--- ianw1974

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Anti-virus companies play a losing game. Casting their nets wide, they catch common, malicious viruses and worms (known to the industry as “malwareâ€), but it may take days before their software updates can prepare your computer for the next attack. By then it could be too late. And some insidious programs prove immune to anti-virus software, residing inside your computer for months or even years, collecting personal information and business secrets. But Prof. Avishai Wool and his graduate student Ohad Ben-Cohen of Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Engineering are taking a different approach. They recently unveiled a unique new program called the “Korset†to stop malware on Linux, the operating system used by the majority of web and email servers worldwide. Prof. Wool’s technology puts a new spin on Internet security, and once it reaches its full potential it could put anti-virus software companies out of business. The research was presented at the Black Hat Internet security conference in Las Vegas this summer. More at www.sciencedaily.com. The paper presented to the symposium is here (pdf). Warning: for geeks only!

I usually try Konqueror when this happens. The Change Browser Identification function is on the Tools menu - it's an KDE add-on, but I think it's loaded by default in Mandriva. ;)

I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but have you tried changing the browser identification?

You could wait and see if you get other suggestions, but Mandriva 2007 is no longer supported, so you may want to try a newer version anyway. :)

Welcome to the board. :) See this Errata item, which suggests disconnecting USB devices as a work-around. To solve the problem completely, you may have to upgrade to a newer version.

Congratulations! B)

I did read to the end before moving it. As it's a heartwarming tale rather than a question, it belongs in Everything Linux. If you'd given it a different title, I could have put in it Tips & Tricks. :)

Red Hat has bought Qumranet, the company behind KVM virtualisation technology, for about $107m in cash. The acquisition means open source software giant Red Hat will be able to offer a virtualised platform to Windows desktop customers without having to play nice with Microsoft. Red Hat said the buyout does not spell the end for the Xen hypervisor – at least not yet. More at The Register.

Mandriva 2009 Release Candidate 1 is now available on public mirrors. The main new features of RC1 (detailed on the wiki) are: * automatic repository configuration and mirror selection; * ath5k replaces madwifi for Atheros wireless cards; * new graphical theme (backgrounds, screensavers); * based on kernel 2.6.27 (rc5 ATM); * KDE 4.1.1; * KDE 3.5.10 (not on ISO); * GNOME 2.23.91 (ie 2.24.0 Beta 2); * new design for installer (not complete yet); * improved system-config-printer.

As dexter says - The Register

Google is releasing an open source browser called Google Chrome which it promises will be small, fast and stable. The Windows version launches in 100 countries today, and Mac and Linux versions will follow soon. The development team thanked Mozilla and Web Kit for their contribution. More at The Register.

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