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Release Candidate 2 of Mandrake Linux 9.0 has arrived

From:  MandrakeSoft <kadjo@mandrakesoft.com>
To:  lwn@lwn.net
Subject:  Release Candidate 2 of Mandrake Linux 9.0 has arrived
Date:  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 03:10:12 -0700 (PDT)

MandrakeSoft is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the second
Release Candidate of the upcoming Mandrake Linux 9.0. This RC2 is the last
chance to influence 9.0's development by contributing reports and suggestions.

For this final testing session, the development team requests that beta
testers focus on recent improvements to the installation "Upgrade" mode.
Please test the ability to upgrade from previous versions of Mandrake Linux
to 9.0 RC2, then send us your feedback.

To prove that beta testing isn't all drudgery, 9.0 RC2 offers a bevy of
exciting applications to play with, including:

* New DrakConf
* Many new & improved configuration utilities
* XFree86 4.2.1
* KDE 3.0.2
* GNOME 2.0
* Mozilla 1.1
* Apache 1.3.26 & Apache 2.0.40
* Evolution 1.0.8
* Galeon 1.2.5
* OpenOffice.org 1.0.1
* KOffice 1.2
* Shorewall firewall utility
* GCC 3.2 
* And lots more waiting to be discovered

To read the full announcement and download Mandrake Linux 9.0 Release
Candidate 2, please go to:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/90rc.php3


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