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Mandriva is proud to introduce its brand new release: Mandriva Linux 2010, code name Adelie. Take a look on a new desktop: smart, innovative and open!

Your desktop is smart

Included in this new release, “Smart desktop” technology, coming from european research project. Your desktop is tasks oriented. Organize your personal data (mails, documents, images, videos). Notate it, add your comments and tags. Now your data are easy to find through your projects. This is an exclusivity for Mandriva.

Fast and attractive

Don’t wait to have your desktop ready to work! Boot time has been improved again.  Mandriva Linux 2010 comes also with a 3 brand new designs: choose the one you prefer. You can also choose one of the 11 extra backgrounds contributed by community members.

Choose your own environment

We believe a linux distribution should reflect open source diversity. Mandriva Linux is the only distribution including both KDE (4.3.2), GNOME (2.28.1)  all integrated. Your hardware is a bit old: use lignt environment LXDE. You are netbook user: check our integration, it’s all included in our distribution. Have a look also in Moblin, a new environment dedicated to mobile use.

Take advantage of Mandriva Control Center

Another exclusivity for Mandriva! Your system is easy to administrate. In a few clicks you can:

• migrate your data from Windows
• configure your network connection very easily (ethernet, wifi, 3G…) and manage your network profiles using an all redesigned tool
• security is easy: parental control, interactive personal firewall, security policies tool
• use guest account so that everybody can use your system in avery secure way for your data
• … and many other functionnalities

The best of up to date open source software

• Kernel 2.6.31
• Xserver 1.6.5
• KDE 4.3.2
• GNOME 2.28.1
• Firefox 3.5.3
• OpenOffice.org 3.1.1
• VirtualBox 3.0.8

Find more information here:

• 2010 tour: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Tour
• 2010 release notes: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Notes
• 2010 Errata: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Errata
• Choose your edition: http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Mandriva_Linux_2010

Mandriva Linux 2010 is available through

• Powerpack DVDs (including additional software and support): buy it on Mandriva Linux Store
• One CDs (live edition): choose your environment and your language – available 6 iso images for GNOME and KDE
• Free DVDs (100% open source edition): both 32 and 64 bits architectures supported

All Mandriva iso images are hybrid isos. You can dump it on an USB key using Mandriva Seed (Linux | Windows)

Thanks again to all Mandriva Linux community efforts who made this new release possible.

Enjoy Adelie!

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