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In Mandriva Control Centre, select Boot - Set up how the system boots. Click the Advanced tab below the Main options. Set 'Clean /tmp at each boot'. That will get rid of a lot of stuff. :)

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Sun Microsystems is to pay $1bn for open source database developer MySQL. MySQL's open source databases are widely used online, but Sun is hoping to increase their use in more traditional IT and enterprise settings. The database is used by many websites - 50,000 copies a day are downloaded. More at The Register.

As usual, I was unable to find any reference to this on the Mandriva site. The press release is here.

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PC vendor Lenovo has promised ThinkPads with pre-installed Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for some time now. This week, they will release pre-installed SLED 10 on the Intel Centrino processor-powered ThinkPad T61 and R61 14-inch-wide notebooks. In February, Lenovo's pre-integrated Novell Linux offering will expand to include some Penryn-based ThinkPads. More at DesktopLinux.

What operating system are you using? What applications were open when the incident occurred?

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The Observer claims to know why Intel and OLPC fell out:

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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday. It's a brand new development for the XO laptops, as the low-cost notebooks are known, and came about because of Microsoft's friendlier attitude toward open-source software. More at ComputerWorld.

TechRepublic has discovered a social networking site called Mugshot, created by Red Hat.

No problem. B)

Mandriva 2008 Spring is currently in development. The pre-release Errata can be found at wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Errata.

The pre-release Notes for Mandriva 2008 Spring are at wiki.mandriva.com/en/2008.1_Notes.

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You're in good company - ianw1974 has been caught out like that. B)

You may have a long wait, Jon. Bob hasn't logged in for 2 years... :P

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Each forum has a Configure Repository announcement, for example here. :)

Thanks for reporting back. ;)

The detailed specifications for 2008.1 are here. :)

This is due to appear in 2008.1.