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Mandriva Linux 2007 released
Correction: As some commenters have pointed out, there is a free version available for download - they just don't make it easy to find. We blew it, and regret the error.
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Mandriva Linux 2007 released
Posted Oct 4, 2006 19:26 UTC (Wed) by gravious (subscriber, #7662) [Link]
From the Marketing blurb on Intervideo's LinDVD site...
"Not only that, Microsoft has designated InterVideo as a provider of their Windows Media Technology for Linux based CE devices, further leveraging InterVideo's cross-platform strengths."
What on earth can that combination of words mean?
Mandriva Linux 2007 released
Posted Oct 4, 2006 22:11 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
`InterVideo produces software that can play .WMVs. Look! They write stufffor Windows too!'
--- N., dedicated interpreter of managementspeak since 1976
Mandriva Linux 2007 released
Posted Oct 5, 2006 2:08 UTC (Thu) by boklm (subscriber, #34568) [Link]
"It has all the new stuff, but also a certain amount of proprietary software (LinDVD, for example), so there is no downloading without purchasing the distribution first."
What ? That's totally wrong. Mandriva 2007 is available for free, and you don't have to purchase anything to be able to download it. You can get a commercial version including some commercial software (such as Cedega, which allows you to play video games made for Windows) if you want, but there is also a free version which includes only free software. It is free and gratis, and it includes all the nice features. You can get it from this page, throught bittorrent (and probably throught ftp mirrors later) :
http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/free
There is also the Mandriva One version, a live-cd which allows you to do an install if you want (but you don't have to, you can use it from the CD, so it's nice for testing). There are differents versions, depending or wether you want Gnome or KDE, only free software or also some proprietary drivers. And you don't have to pay anything for any of them, you can download them from this page :
http://www.mandriva.com/en/download/mandrivaone
There's more details on this page (better than the press release I think) :
http://corp.mandriva.com/webteam/2006/10/04/ia-ora-world-...
Please correct the News !
Mandriva Linux 2007 released... and FREE
Posted Oct 5, 2006 16:42 UTC (Thu) by amazingblair (subscriber, #2789) [Link]
Right you are, boklm. Mandriva always has a totally free version available for download. (The BitTorrent is problematic, but they say reular FTP will be ready for those with problems.)
Correct your announcement, LWN!
-Amazing Blair
Mandriva Linux 2007 released... and FREE
Posted Oct 21, 2006 3:22 UTC (Sat) by csamuel (subscriber, #2624) [Link]
Kudos to LWN for making an obvious correction and apologising rather thanjust silently fixing the error.
Mandriva Linux 2007 released
Posted Oct 5, 2006 21:33 UTC (Thu) by lamikr (subscriber, #2289) [Link]
http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2...
has good summary from all different versions (free, non-free, cd, dvd, gnome, kde, etc.)