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Mandriva 2009 has been released on 9th,October 2008. The Mandriva 2009 comes with redesigned installer and new KDE 4.1 as default desktop.

The 2009 version includes kernel 2.6.27, X.Org 7.3, GNOME 2.24, KDE 4.1.2 (and 3.5.10 in / contrib), Mozilla Firefox 3 and Open Office 3.0.

Adam Williamson writes "Mandriva has today released Mandriva Linux 2009, the new major release of the popular distribution. 2009 is a bold release which brings the new KDE 4 as the default desktop, along with a re-designed installer and Mandriva Control Center and many other new features.

Other significant updates include GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3, Mozilla Firefox 3, and kernel 2.6.27. Key features include new graphical in-line upgrade capability, netbook compatibility, class-leading hardware support, and further improved support for working with mobile devices.

Mandriva Linux 2009 has been released: "We have released Mandriva Linux 2009, the new release of our distribution. 2009 is a bold release which brings the new KDE 4.1 as the default desktop, along with a re-designed installer and Mandriva Control Center, and many other new features.

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Mandriva has today released Mandriva Linux 2009, the new major release of the popular distribution.2009 is a bold release which brings the new KDE 4.1 as the default desktop, along with a re-designed installer and Mandriva Control Center and many other new features.

Other significant updates include GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3, Mozilla Firefox 3

Last week marked the release of GNOME 2.24. Those who already use GNOME will appreciate the new additions, but there's nothing compelling enough in the new version to convince fans of other desktop environments to make a switch.

Although the upcoming releases of several Linux distributions will be including GNOME 2.24 as the default desktop, you

The first release candidate version of Linux Mandriva 2009 has KDE 4.1.1 as default desktop. The new version brings a greatly improved package management tool, with automatic mirror selection and repository configuration.

You may recall an article I wrote entitled “Diet Ubuntu - The basics”...This weekend I decided to go about the same process a little differently, so far working well.

I like using Ubuntu, the way it just…works. However, it is very bloated on a default desktop install.

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So, if you don't want to download an openSUSE-based KDE 4.1 Live CD or to wait until a stable distribution is released with KDE 4.1.0 as the default desktop, we will teach you how to install it on your existing Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.04.1 LTS desktop.

O'Reilly News: "For those not familiar with Vector Linux it's a decade old distribution based on Slackware that provides many of the user friendly tools and features offered by the largest and most popular distributions.

I've often compared the Standard edition to Xubuntu with it's relatively lightweight Xfce default desktop while the SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) edition is comparable to Kubuntu, with a fully integrated KDE desktop."