Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring: Spring Is Here!

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Paris, April 10th, 2007 - Today Mandriva is proud to announce the
release of its brand new distribution that provides up-to-date and
freshly released open source software: Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring.

Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring integrates the latest innovations in the
fields of office suite applications, Internet, multimedia and
virtualization technologies. Not only does Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring
bring to users the most advanced Linux operating system, it also
includes some very special new features:

   * WengoPhone, an open source software developed by OpenWengo that
     uses the open SIP protocol to provide competitive and high
     quality phone calls!

   * Google Picasa, an application for organizing and
     editing digital photos, and Google Earth, the famous virtual
     globe;

   * Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring is compatible with the Wii remote.
     Users can therefore use it instead of a regular joystick on
     Linux games!

   * Drakvirt, a Mandriva-developed configuration tool to help users
     configure virtualization;

   * Updated and improved versions of the Mandriva configuration
     tools;


Metisse is not a 3D desktop...

However, the key innovation of Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring is Metisse,
the unconventional new window environment developed by the French In
Situ project. Metisse is designed to implement highly innovative
features which improve the usability of the desktop, giving you
completely new ways to interact with your system! Mandriva Linux 2007
Spring also provides the newest versions of the Compiz and Beryl
3D-accelerated desktops. Together, Metisse, Compiz and Beryl - with
the convenient Mandriva configuration tool - make Mandriva Linux the
must-have distribution for cutting-edge graphical technologies.

Join the FON community!

Mandriva and FON, the largest WiFi community in the world, have teamed
up to develop DrakFON. This application allows Mandriva users to
easily install the FON firmware on any compatible WiFi router and
convert it into a FONspot, thus enabling the user to share his/her
WiFi with the FON Community and in return to connect for free to more
than 100,000 FONspots around the world. DrakFON can also be downloaded
for free on FON's website: http://www.fon.com.

With Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring, users can manage their IT
infrastructure by running many virtualized Linux and Windows®
operating systems simultaneously on a single physical machine powered
by Mandriva Linux. 2007 Spring integrates four major virtualization
technologies: VirtualBox, VMware, Xen and QEMU with KVM.

Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring provides users with all the latest key open
source desktop environments and applications such as:

   * X.org 7.2
   * KDE 3.5.6
   * GNOME 2.18
   * OpenOffice.org 2.1
   * Mozilla Firefox 2.0
   * Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0

A new dimension for laptops

And finally, 2007 Spring has a special focus on laptop power
management: new graphical desktop applets (KPowersave and GNOME Power
Manager), better frequency scaling (frequency is adjusted on demand),
new suspend tools framework (from freedesktop.org), bootsplash support
when hibernating and intensive hardware testing to improve support on
a wide range of laptops.

As usual, Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring is available in five editions:
Free (the purely free Mandriva Linux), One (the live/install CD),
Discovery (for Linux beginners), Powerpack (for advanced users) and
Powerpack+ (for small businesses).

Learn more about Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring at:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/linux/spring

"Mandriva has decided to give its customers the best product yet by
sharing freshness and innovation. We are therefore proud to be the
only leading distribution to integrate outstanding, visionary
technologies such as Metisse, as well as the more common Compiz and
Beryl. At the same time, we have not forgotten the basics, and 2007
Spring provides everything customers need: stable, useful and friendly
applications", declared Camille Repussard, Marketing Manager of
Mandriva.

"Don't look too hard at the kernel version number - look at the
ChangeLog. Our kernel team continuously adds patches from newer
kernels, extending our compatibility. We currently support a huge
range of different hardware and are working on supporting even more
in the future," said Francois Bandet, Quality Assurance Engineer at
Mandriva.

About Mandriva

Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of the
popular Mandriva Linux operating system, one of the most full-featured
and easy-to-use Linux systems. The company offers enterprises,
governments and educational customers a complete range of GNU/Linux
open source software and related services. Mandriva products are
available in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels and
from Mandriva Store, the company's online store. Born in 1998, the
company has offices in the United States, France and Brazil. More
information at: http://www.mandriva.com