Appeared in a second version of the new release candidate distribution Mandriva 2009.0. It is probably the last unstable release, within the next few weeks we can expect the official premiere.

In the new Mandriva, inter alia, improved speed boot. Introduced support for encrypted partitions, with the possibility of managing through, already during the installation, the tool diskdrake and LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup). Improved handling devices Netbook an implementation driver rt2860, as well as graphics systems with the Intel G41 series. In addition to this system is an edition published yesterday stable environment GNOME 2.24, also completed work on the subject of an official graphical KDE4.

The second candidate version is available in editions of Free (standard setup) and One (CD versions of KDE and GNOME). Images can be found at the official mirrorach.

Download Link Mandriva 2009 RC 2

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