English Mandriva Linux 2007 Official version

Media release notes

   This document describes the different versions and available media for
   the Mandriva Linux 2007 release.

   Mandriva Linux 2007 Official is the 19th version of Mandriva Linux.

   Mandriva Linux 2007 is available in several different editions:
     * the "One" edition is an installable live CD integrating the latest
       proprietary drivers, available for download free of charge. Purely
       free software editions of One are also available in GNOME and KDE
       flavours.
     * the "Free" edition is a pure free software (free as in speech)
       version, without any of the non-free packages bundled with other
       editions; it is also available as a free download.
     * the "Discovery", "Powerpack" and "Powerpack+" products, for
       beginner users, power users and SOHO users respectively, including
       support, services and many third-party applications like LinDVD
       and Cedega.

   This document contains information about:
     * how to get Mandriva Linux in general with multiple download
       alternatives
     * a summary of the major changes in this release
     * the package lists for the three main Mandriva Linux 2007
       commercial products
     * links to download the Mandriva One edition
     * links to download the free software edition of Mandriva Linux 2007
     * how to verify and use the downloaded images

Availability

   This version is available both in non-commercial editions, available
   via public torrents or public FTP mirrors, and commercial versions,
   available via the Mandriva Club or the Mandriva Store. The 2007 tree
   is also available on the public FTP mirrors, in the /official/2007.0/
   directory below the main MandrivaLinux directory. You can perform
   network installations directly from the public FTP tree using the
   boot.iso installer image available in the
   /official/2007.0/{arch}/install/images/ directory, where {arch} is
   i586 or x86_64, as appropriate. All the ISOs of the 2007 Official
   edition are described below, with their available resources.

   Mandriva encourages you to download, subscribe to the Mandriva Club,
   buy a Mandriva commercial version, and share the various
   non-commercial and free software versions (Free and One). You can also
   participate in the development of future Mandriva products by joining
   the Cooker project.

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Main Changes

   Please  refer  to the pages below for important general information on
   changes and known problems with the Mandriva Linux 2007 release.

     * MandrivaLinux2007ReleaseNotes
     * MandrivaLinux2007Errata

Main changes from 2006

     * New  3D  desktop support (both with AIGLX and Xgl) and new tool to
       configure it (drak3d), also in the One CDs
     * Overhauled rpmdrake with combined installation / removal interface
     * GNOME 2.16
     * Kernel  2.6.17  (based  on 2.6.17.11, with ALSA 1.0.12 final, i965
       support,  and  new  kernel  factorization:  normal, enterprise and
       legacy)
     * KDE 3.5.4
     * New 'Ia Ora' Mandriva theme
     * New VPN configuration tool (drakvpn)
     * New   tool   to   configure   a   redundant  firewall  with  ucarp
       (invictus-firewall)

   You  can  find  more  information  about  the software included in the
   release   and  technical  details  at:  MandrivaLinux2007ReleaseNotes,
   MandrivaLinux2007Errata and DistroChangelog.

Mandriva Linux 2007 Official Commercial versions

   Mandriva  Linux  2007  is  commercially  available  in three different
   versions: Discovery, Powerpack and Powerpack+.

   The  Discovery edition is aimed at beginners. Powerpack is for regular
   Linux  users  or  for  more "demanding" beginners, while Powerpack+ is
   designed  for  experts  and / or small companies with important server
   needs.

Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007

   Mandriva  Linux Discovery 2007 is the entry level product for the 2007
   commercial product line.

   Designed  for  new  Linux  users,  it  includes  a live system (on DVD
   versions  only)  to help during the discovery of the Linux world. With
   this  version,  new Linux users do not need to install the software at
   first  to enter the Linux community. And once they feel more confident
   with  Linux,  they can safely and quickly put Linux on their disk with
   the Live Install feature.

     * Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007 Box i586 Package list x86_64 Package
       list

     * Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007 DVD for i586 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007 DVD for x86_64 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007 CD for i586 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Discovery 2007 CD for x86_64 Package list

Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007 Box i586 Package list x86_64 Package
       list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007 DVD for i586 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007 DVD for x86_64 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007 CD for i586 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2007 CD for x86_64 Package list

Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007

     * Mandriva  Linux  Powerpack+  2007  Box  i586  Package  list x86_64
       Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007 DVD for i586 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007 DVD for x86_64 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007 CD for i586 Package list

     * Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007 CD for x86_64 Package list

Mandriva One 2007

   There  are sixteen different medias (CD ISO images) for the 2007 "One"
   edition:  for  each architecture (i586, x86_64), for various selection
   of  languages, with either a KDE or GNOME desktop. We also provide two
   free  (as in speech) software editions (one for KDE and one for GNOME)
   without  any  of the proprietary software that is now included free of
   charge  on  the  other  CDs.  Please  notice  and  do  not confuse the
   different meanings of the word 'free'.

   The  installation  DVD  contains all supported languages, while the CD
   versions only contain what could fit in the available space.

   Mandriva  One  CDs  include most of the needed software for a complete
   office   and   internet  desktop,  including  OpenOffice.org,  Mozilla
   Firefox,  3D desktop (XGL and AIGLX with Compiz), network and hardware
   configuration  tools  and drivers (the free version only includes free
   drivers).

   Most of the languages are supported in both the GNOME and the KDE CDs.
   Some  languages  however  may  only be available in the KDE CD because
   their  input method requires KDE. You can find a list indicating which
   languages are included on each edition in the description below.

   Extra  language  packs  can  be found on the public FTP mirrors. Thus,
   once  a live CD version of Mandriva Linux is installed on your system,
   you  have  the  possibility to add new languages by using the rpmdrake
   tool  to  configure a public FTP mirror as a Mandriva Linux 2007 urpmi
   source.  To do this, run the Software Media Manager: open the Mandriva
   Control  Center, and go to the Software Management tab. Click the link
   titled  'Select  from  where  software  packages  are  downloaded when
   updating  the system'. Click 'yes' when asked if it is OK to continue.
   Now  click  the  'Add...'  button  on  the  right hand side of the new
   screen.  When asked whether to add 'Official updates' or 'Distribution
   sources',  click  'Distribution  sources'. Click 'Yes' in reply to the
   question about the mirror list. When the mirror list appears, choose a
   mirror  close  to  your geographical location. Wait for the process to
   complete.  If  it completes successfully, you're done. If it does not,
   choose  another  mirror  and try again (since the 2007 release is very
   new, the mirrors will be very busy and some may not be properly set up
   for 2007 yet).

   Join  the  TranslationTask  sub-project,  if  you want to help improve
   support for your own language.

Mandriva One Free

     * mandriva-one-2007-free-gnome.iso  697  MiB, GNOME Live CD for i586
       and x86_64 processors, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese
       Brazil, Russian, Spanish
     * mandriva-one-2007-free-kde.iso  698  MiB,  KDE  Live  CD  for i586
       processors and x86_64 processors, English, French, German, Polish,
       Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Russian, Spanish

Mandriva One KDE

   KDE Live CD for i586 and x86_64 processors.

   Warning: includes non free software

     * mandriva-one-2007-kde1.iso   679   MiB:  Breton,  Dutch,  English,
       Euskara (Basque), French, German, Icelandic, Occitan, Walon
     * mandriva-one-2007-kde2.iso   691   MiB:  Danish,  English,  Gaelic
       (Irish), Italian, Norwegian Bokmaal, Norwegian Nynorsk, Sardinian,
       Welsh
     * mandriva-one-2007-kde3.iso  698  MiB:  Catalan,  English, Faroese,
       Finnish  (Suomi),  Galician,  Low  Saxon,  Portuguese,  Portuguese
       Brazil, Saami, Spanish, Swedish
     * mandriva-one-2007-kde4.iso  691  MiB: Bengali, Chinese Simplified,
       Chinese  Traditional,  English,  Hindi,  Indonesian, Malay, Maori,
       Mongolian, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese
     * mandriva-one-2007-kde5.iso  693  MiB: Afrikaans, Amharic, English,
       Farsi  (Iranian), Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian,
       Marathi, Tajik, Uzbek (cyrillic), Xhosa
     * mandriva-one-2007-kde6.iso  681  MiB: Croatian, English, Estonian,
       Latvian,   Lithuanian,   Macedonian,   Maltese,   Polish,  Serbian
       Cyrillic, Slovak, Ukrainian, Yiddish
     * mandriva-one-2007-kde7.iso   693   MiB:   Arabic,  Azeri  (Latin),
       Belarussian,  Bosnian, Czech, English, Esperanto, Hebrew, Russian,
       Turkish
     * mandriva-one-2007-kde8.iso  684  MiB:  Bulgarian,  English, Greek,
       Hungarian, Romanian, Slovenian

Mandriva One GNOME

   GNOME Live CD for i586 processors and x86_64 processors.

   Warning: includes non free software

     * mandriva-one-2007-gnome1.iso   665  MiB:  Dutch,  English,  Gaelic
       (Irish), German, Icelandic, Italian, Low Saxon, Sardinian, Welsh
     * mandriva-one-2007-gnome2.iso  680  MiB:  Breton, Catalan, English,
       French, Galician, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazil, Spanish, Walon
     * mandriva-one-2007-gnome3.iso  678  MiB:  Afrikaans,  Arabic, Azeri
       (Latin),   Bengali,   English,  Farsi  (Iranian),  Hebrew,  Hindi,
       Indonesian, Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Kurdish, Malay, Maori, Marathi,
       Mongolian, Tamil, Uzbek (cyrillic), Vietnamese
     * mandriva-one-2007-gnome4.iso  689 MiB: Danish, English, Esperanto,
       Faroese,  Finnish  (Suomi),  Greek,  Norwegian  Bokmaal, Norwegian
       Nynorsk, Swedish
     * mandriva-one-2007-gnome5.iso   691   MiB:   Bulgarian,   Croatian,
       English, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian
     * mandriva-one-2007-gnome6.iso 696 MiB: Belarussian, Bosnian, Czech,
       English,   Estonian,  Latvian,  Lithuanian,  Macedonian,  Maltese,
       Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Yiddish

Mandriva Free 2007

     * Mandriva Free 2007 CDs for i586 4x700 MiB Package list

   Three  CDs  for  i586 compatible processors. You can use them on 32 or
   64-bit  x86  machines. If you want to run a native 64-bit installation
   for a 64-bit machine, you must use the x86_64 specific CDs.

     * Mandriva Free 2007 CDs for x86_64 4x700 MiB Package list

   Three  CDs for x86_64 compatible processors. These can only be used on
   64-bit  x86  machines.  If  you want to use a 32-bit installation on a
   64-bit machine, you must use the i586 specific CDs.

     * Mandriva  Free  2007  DVD for i586 and x86_64 4.3 GiB i586 package
       list x86_64 package list

   A  dual architecture (i586 and x86_64) DVD. You can use it on both 32-
   and  64-bit x86 machines, the installer will detect your processor and
   boot  the  correct version of the installer. If you want to force a 32
   bit installation on a 64 bit machine, you can select it by pressing F3
   then F6 at the boot prompt.

     * Mandriva  Free  2007 Mini for i586 and x86_64 700 MiB i586 package
       list x86_64 package list

   A  dual  architecture (i586 and x86_64) single CD. You can use it both
   on  32-  and  64-bit  x86_64  machines, the installer will detect your
   processor  and  boot the correct version of the installer. If you want
   to use a 32 bit installation on a 64 bit machine, you can select it by
   pressing  F3  then F6 at the boot prompt. This CD includes the minimal
   set  of  packages  for  a  running  system, however you can include an
   Internet  source  of  packages  during  the  installation or after the
   installation to add extra packages.

   More information and download links on the mandriva.com site

Checking your download (asc files)

   The  files  with  the  asc extensions are Mandriva GPG signed checksum
   files.  These  files  help  you  to  check that your download has been
   succesfully completed.

   To check if the downloaded file is correct, you can either use the md5
   file  or  the  sha1  file,  which are different checksum methods (each
   should   be  equally  reliable).  In  the  directory  where  you  have
   downloaded the file.iso, use the command
md5sum -c file.md5.asc

   to check your file with the md5 checksum, or
sha1sum -c file.sha1.asc

   to check it with the sha1 checksum.

   The  asc extension, linked to the Mandriva official GPG signature, can
   also  be  verified.  If you know that the ISO file you have downloaded
   has a correct sum, and that the checksum file is signed correctly with
   the  Mandriva  official  GPG key, then odds are high that the ISO file
   you have is the real official one from Mandriva.

   To  check  the GPG signature you must use the gpg program available in
   the  gnupg  package. You must first download the Mandriva Official GPG
   key, and then type in a terminal
gpg --verify file.asc

   Alternatively,  if  you  only  want  to  check the checksum of the iso
   downloaded,  you  can  also use the mkcd program with the option -k. A
   checksum  is  included  in  the  header  of  each  iso file and can be
   verified with mkcd -k file.iso.

Using the ISO images

   To  test  and  use these ISO files, you need to choose the appropriate
   set.  If  you  choose  to download a CD or set of CDs, burn them as an
   image  file on a 700 MB blank CD (or any bigger blank media, including
   blank  DVD).  Do not burn the .iso file as a file to the disc. Most CD
   burning  applications have an option for writing image files correctly
   to  a  disc.  If  you  choose to download a DVD or a DVD set, burn the
   image  file(s)  to to a blank DVD (each DVD image is sized to fit on a
   regular  single-layer DVD). To use the installation CDs, burn each one
   to  a  separate blank CD, then boot from the first. You must configure
   your  computer  to boot from the CD/DVD drive. This can be done in the
   BIOS - see your computer or motherboard manual for instructions on how
   to  access and use the BIOS configuration screen. Once booted, you can
   check  that  your  hardware is correctly supported. If you used one of
   the  One  CDs  and you now want to install to your hard drive, you can
   use the 'Live install' function available on the desktop.