Software update: Mandriva Linux 2010.0 alpha 2

The developers of Mandriva Linux recently released the second alpha of version 2010.0. This release includes KDE 4.3 RC 3, Gnome 2.27.5, Amarok 2.1.1 and Xorg 1.6.3. In addition, Linux kernel 2.6.31 rc4 and OpenOffice.org 3.1 based on Go-OO are included. The announcement on the developers blog looks like this:

Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 2 is now available

Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 2 is now available on public mirrors. This Alpha is available only through Free version, 32 and 64 bit DVDs.

Despite our planning modification (if you didn’t heard it already, Mandriva Linux 2010 will be released on November 3rd, 2009), we were able to provide this alpha 2 release sooner than expected.

Among many things, the following components have been updated in Alpha 2:

• KDE 4.3 RC 3
• GNOME 2.27.5, including new client-side window GTK+ feature (help to prevent flickering)
• Kernel 2.6.31 rc4
• Xorg 1.6.3 with latest driver for Intel graphic chipset (should improve performance and stability)

You will find detailed informations about Alpha 2 on Mandriva Wiki.

Please help us by testing this second alpha release and report bugs to Mandriva.

Enjoy!