Mandrake Linux [LWN.net]

MandrakeSoft announced 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.

The Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter -- Issue #58 contains information about the 9.0 Release Candidate and much more.

Open for Business interviews Mandrake co-founder Gaël Duval about the company's past, present, and future. "...I think the commercial dynamics around Mandrake Linux, and the creation of MandrakeSoft, have been key factors for its development and long-term success. But as you know, Mandrake is much like a Free Software project that is financed by a commercial company. This approach makes great difference when compared to other Linux distributions!"

Last week's update to cdrecord had a few problems. In some situations, noteably with xcdroast, the mkisofs utility creates pseudo-empty filesystems. The filesystem is the proper size, but the contents of the filesystem are not available. New xcdroast packages are available that are compatible with this version of cdrecord.