Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring unveiled

LINUX DISTRIBUTOR MANDRIVA, has announced the release of Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring.

The latest release of Mandriva includes features like full support for the Asus Eee, has synchronization with Windows Mobile 5, Blackberry and Nokia handsets, a program called Codeina for automatically installing necessary media codecs, PulseAudio and quite a bit more.

Included in their new software updates are KDE 3.5.9 (4.0.2 is apparently available too), GNOME 2.22, OpenOffice.org 2.4, Linux kernel 2.6.24.4, X.org 7.3 and Compiz 0.7.

As well as having what Mandriva calls its “new, simplified user interface”, there is also a new function allowing for parental control, which lets parents spy on their children’s internet activity, block certain sites, and even put time limits on computer use.

It apparently took six months to come up with the new version, and Mandriva CEO, François Bancilhon, seems proud of his team’s work. “Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is the most advanced distribution we have ever produced”, he gushed. µ