KDE developers receive Mandriva Flash Linux keys at aKademy 2007

Paris, June 28th, 2007 - For Immediate Release
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Mandriva today announces its sponsorship of the 2007 aKademy KDE
conference, which is taking place in Glasgow from June 30th to July
7th. As well as sponsoring the conference, Mandriva is arranging to
provide special edition Mandriva Flash USB keys to developers
attending the conference as a token of appreciation for their work.

"We are very happy to welcome Mandriva as a silver sponsor for aKademy
2007", said Jonathan Riddell of the aKademy Team. "As a long term
supporter and distributor of KDE the summit organising team is looking
forward to giving our developers, contributors and industry partners
at the conference a special present from Mandriva."

aKademy is the official annual meeting of the KDE community, where KDE
developers and users come together for presentations, talks, and
workshop sessions. Mandriva is proud to help in supporting this vital
and significant event. Mandriva's involvement in aKademy will run far
beyond sponsorship: Mandriva staff will be taking advantage of the
event to support the NEPOMUK social desktop project, a collaboration
between researchers, developers and users to bring new and innovative
social features to existing desktops, particularly KDE. Some of the
products of the NEPOMUK project will feature prominently in the
upcoming KDE 4. Mandriva is one of the major participants in
NEPOMUK.

Helio Chissini de Castro, a leading member of the Mandriva KDE team,
will be presenting on the topic of OEM deployment, drawing on his
years of experience of large KDE deployments with Conectiva and
Mandriva.

Mandriva Flash, the Linux key, is a complete Mandriva Linux desktop on
a bootable USB key. Mandriva Flash is designed to allow the user to
take their desktop and all their vital documents with them wherever
they go. The Mandriva Flash provided to aKademy participants will be a
special edition based on Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring and including the
very latest version of KDE, 3.5.7, along with some unique special
features.

"We are very proud to be in a position to support this important event
and to give something back to the KDE community", said David Barth,
Mandriva Vice-President of Engineering. "Our staff and contributors
are looking forward both to spreading the word about Mandriva and
being involved in important work on the future of KDE."

You can find out more about Mandriva Flash here:
http://www.mandriva.com/en/individuals/products/flash

You can read about NEPOMUK here:
http://nepomuk.semanticdesktop.org

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 its enterprise,
government, and educational customers a complete range of GNU/Linux
and open source software and related services. Mandriva products are
available in more than 140 countries through dedicated channels and
also from Mandriva Store, the company's online store. Born in 1998,
the company has offices in the United States, France and Brazil. In
May 2007, Mandriva finalized the acquisition of Linbox, an open source
pioneer specializing in turnkey IT infrastructure solutions.
More information at: http://www.mandriva.com

Press contacts

Camille Repussard - crepussard@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 17 58
Guillaume Martin - gmartin@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 17 64
Caroline Garlatti - cgarlatti@mandriva.com - +33 (0)1 40 41 67 67


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