I wonder if existing users of Linux Mandrake 7.0 PowerPack that purchased the package recently will receive a free update CD? Mark Potochnik wrote: > > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/pr-helium.php3 > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/71feat.php3 > > > We are very pleased to announce the immediate > availability of Linux-Mandrake 7.1 (Helium). > > Linux-Mandrake 7.1 continues to build-on and > refine the many innovations first introduced in version 7.0 and adds > many new > features certain to please both beginners and > experts alike. > > The Linux-Mandrake 7.1 GPL archive now spans one > or two Cd-Roms to bring you the best and most up-to-date applications > available. > > The 7.1 highlights include: support for multiple > Cd-Roms at installation time, a new journalized filesystem, a highly > tuned Apache web > server and a web-based configuration tool that > allows remote configuration of a Linux-Mandrake system through a > network. > > "Linux-Mandrake 7.1 is our latest offering which > provides a complete and powerful operating system ideal for most needs > - from the > home user to the demands of an enterprise with > high-performance servers, and all at low cost. With the ergonomic > improvements and > server solutions provided with this release, > Linux-Mandrake 7.1 has a great chance of becoming the new Linux > standard for both > enterprise and home use." declared Jacques Le > Marois, President of MandrakeSoft. > > Linux-Mandrake 7.1 is now available for download > from many locations throughout the Internet. The boxed version, > including > commercial applications, printed manuals and > support will be available in retail outlets at the end of June, 2000. > > Here's a sampling of some of the most noteworthy > benefits: > > Linux-Mandrake 7.1 introduces a new menuing > system. Applications now appear in the same categories under all > graphical > environments and update automatically as new > packages are installed or removed. > Linux-Mandrake 7.1 offers the new Reiser > journalized file system as an option within the new DrakX graphical > installer and > after installation with DiskDrake, the > graphical hard drive partitioning application. > A highly customized version of Webmin is > included. Webmin uses the familiar interface of a web browser to > easily setup user > accounts, configure Apache, DNS, FTP, view > system statistics and most other system/server tasks. Webmin can be > used > remotely from another PC and even from other > operating systems simply by using a web browser. > Apache 1.3.12 is enhanced with the latest > high-performance offerings from the "Accelerating Apache Project" and > provides > out-of-the-box support for Php3, Perl and > Ssl extensions. > Cutting-edge XFree 4.0 servers with new > modular architecture is available in the "Expert" installation class, > XFree 3.3.3.1 is > standard for other classes. > The Grub user-friendly bootloader is now > provided as default. Lilo is an optional bootloader in an "Expert" > install. Both Grub > and Lilo now overcome the 1024-limit. > Helix Code Gnome improvements are > incorporated into the Linux-Mandrake 7.1 Gnome-Sawfish desktop > environment. > DrakFont is our new open-source font manager > for Linux-Mandrake 7.1. This utility provides an easy and convenient > way to > manage fonts on a Linux system. DrakFont can > add, remove and even retrieve Ms-Windows fonts (if located on the same > > machine) and make these fonts available to > Linux applications. > Kernel 2.2.15 with Linux-Mandrake extensions > (secure kernel, supermount option). > Ata 66 (Udma 66) is supported for users > seeking the highest-performance from Ide hard drives. > i810-based mainboards are now supported in > Linux-Mandrake 7.1. > Enhanced USB support for modems, printers, > Zip drives, keyboards and mice. > "Wheel" mice are fully functional within > most applications (Netscape, Gnome, Kde, many others). > > Linux-Mandrake 7.1 continues to provide features > that aren't available in any other Linux > distributions such as Supermount (transparent > access to removable media), LSec (Linux security > levels), multi-language support and processor > optimizations. Try Linux-Mandrake 7.1 today and > see for yourself why Linux-Mandrake is becoming > the preferred choice for both new and > advanced users alike. > > MarkP
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