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Well, my bittorrent is steadily climbing since I started it 30 mins ago to 100KB/s at this moment. Should be there tomorrow morning.

 

Whoops, checking again, seems it's moved up to 150KB/s.

 

Good to have MDV2005LE final, I have a new server, a PIII 800 that's been waiting to replace my old server (PII 350, uptime as we speak: 445 days)...

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An unrelated (sort of!) question.

For how long will 10.1 continue to be supported (as official updates)? I want to skip out 10.2, because I have perfectionised 10.1 for my needs as it is now.

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I got this newsletter in my mail today.

 

But what's this about Xbox support? I thought there *was* no xbox emulator for Linux?

 

Flash Newsletter: Mandriva Linux Limited Edition 2005 is available!

 

Following the recent new roadmap announcement, Mandriva (pronounced

"Man-dree-vah"!) Linux Limited Edition 2005 is a transitional release

between 10.1 Official and 2006 Official which will be released by the

end of this year.

 

Limited Edition 2005 is the ideal product for Linux users who need the

most up-to-date and exciting features at the earliest opportunity,

without sacrificing stability and performance.

 

Mandriva Linux Limited Edition 2005 is immediately available for all

Club members and contributors and provides:

 

- Linux kernel 2.6.11.6

- KDE 3.3.2 (with some backports from version 3.4, including kpdf)

- GNOME 2.8.3

- Firefox 1.0.2

- GCC 3.4.3

- The GIMP 2.2

- Cdrecord 2.01.01a21 (with DVD+R dual-layer support)

- OpenOffice.org 1.1.4

- MySQL 4.1.11

- and many others!

 

Limited Edition 2005 is built to increase amd optimize performance: it

has been designed with x86-64 technology in mind and has support for

dual-core technology, allowing the use of the most powerful

applications on advanced new processors.

 

Special optimizations also enhance the overall speed delivered by the

system. For instance, KDE is 10% faster, thanks to special tuning by

Mandriva!

 

Limited Edition 2005 also provides better support for removable

devices such as digital cameras, CD-ROM drives and USB keys through

immediate detection of devices as they are plugged in, and by allowing

you to boot the installation from a USB key. Additionally, this

release offers full support for Adaptec Host RAID controllers (RAID,

SCSI, SATA) and extended recognition for the most recent flat screen

monitors, including widescreen resolutions. Additionally, the support

of the XBox console will certainly appeal to gamers and enthusiasts!

 

Also available is DKMS which allows kernel modules to be

dynamically built for each kernel on your system in a simplified and

organized fashion.

 

Mandriva Club members and Mandriva's contributors have immediate

access to LE 2005 through Bittorrent or HTTP download! If you are not

yet a Mandriva Club Member, subscribe now:

http://www.mandrivalinux.com/en/club

 

Limited Edition 2005 is also available for preorder as a DVD set at

the price of 65 USD (59 euros). Preorder your DVD at:

http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php...products_id=217

 

Discover all the features of Limited Edition 2005 at:

http://www.mandriva.com/products/limited-edition

 

A free download version of Limited Edition 2005 will be made publicly

available at a later date.

 

 

        Mandriva Online Team.

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For folks like me that have chosen for one reason or another, to not join the mandrake club, if you want CD's or a DVD now, head to http://www.cheapbytes.com

 

The have for sale, all of the following.

2CDmini-install

 

4 CD standard

 

6 (4+2contrib) CD set

 

9CD major set (Includes the 2cd mini, the 4+2, and a CD of commercial drivers) Buy the 9CD major and get a free Tshirt

 

DVD I believe this to be equivilant to the 6CD set with commercial drivers, but I'm not certain.

 

 

AMD64 users, sorry, I didn't see one for you.

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I hope they're only distributing the non-free drivers etc. that are freely redistributable according to the license terms...it'd be a good idea for them to have a 'legal info' page, I think :)

 

btw, the other way for non-Club members to get at 2005 is to do a network install from an FTP site. Or you could just mirror an entire FTP site and generate your own CDs, if you're feeling adventurous ;)

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I have no idea what version they are offering, but they've been selling mandrake CD's the day after release since before the club was created. I'm sure if they were illegaly re-distributing something, they'd have been stopped by now.

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btw, the other way for non-Club members to get at 2005 is to do a network install from an FTP site. Or you could just mirror an entire FTP site and generate your own CDs, if you're feeling adventurous ;)

 

I was planning to do that (mirror the FTP site, at least just the A64 tree and burn it into a DVD). However, it seems that the x86_64 tree for 2005 is not up yet on official. It is still in devel tree and looking at the dates, it was updated 2 days ago. Is the x86_64 version still in development or the one in the devel is actually official?

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