Mandriva Linux 2009 RC2 is available

Hi all,

Mandriva Linux 2009 RC 2 (code name Sophie) should be available on public mirrors now (or in the coming hours). You will find the following isos:

• 2 DVDs isos: 32 and 64 bit
• mini-dual arch iso (32/64 bit)
• 2 CDs isos: 32 bit
• One KDE4 (various iso images available, based on languages included)
• One GNOME (various iso images available, based on languages included)

Warning: these ISOs are still development images, they should not be used in production environments.

You will find below more informations about this release, errata, on our Wiki.

Main features of RC2 (compared to RC1) :

• Improved boot speed
• Support for encrypted partitions in installer and DiskDrake using LUKS
• Improved support for netbooks hardware
• Support for Intel G41 graphics chipset
• GNOME 2.24
• KDE4 theming complete (still some small issues to fix)
• kernel 2.6.27rc7
• installer new design is finalized

and many others features and bugs fixes.

All tests are welcome to improve final release, especially about list above.

Warning: we had last minute notice there might be EEPROM corruption on PXE part of e100 network cards, similar to the EEPROM corruption seen on e1000e cards (e1000e support is disabled in 2009.0 RC2 to prevent any damage). We advise people with such cards to not test Mandriva 2009.0 RC2 or to backup their netword card EEPROM, as explained by Adam on our blog.