Mandriva Linux 2006.1-0.3 (i586)

by: Mandriva S.A.

Publication date: 2005-12-25

Topics: mandriva, 2006.1, 2007, linux, distro, beta, iso

Language: English

Okay, this is a weird build. This is the i586 CD set of the first public beta build of what claims to be Mandriva 2006.1. The thing is that Mandriva 2006.1 was never released; the version after Mandriva 2006 was Mandriva 2007. Additionally, this build is half a year older than the Mandriva 2007 alpha release, and only three months newer than the final Mandriva 2006 release. Still, this features quite a few new things over 2006:

* The kernel remains at version 2.6.12, though it has apparently gotten some fixes backported from 2.6.13 and later.
* GNOME and KDE have been upgraded to versions 2.12.2 and 3.5.0 respectively.
* OpenOffice.org has been upgraded to version 2.0.
* X.Org has been upgraded to the final 6.9 release, instead of the dev version used in Mandriva 2006.
* A lot more package updates and inclusions, including a surprise appearance of XFCE 4.2.2 in the default CD set!

Despite this being called "2006.1", I'll be tagging this as a Mandriva 2007 beta as well, due to Mandriva 2007 being the eventual result of Mandriva's dev repos at this time. Have fun!