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[kevin at mandrakesoft.com (Kevin P. Lawton)]

Glenn Burkhardt wrote:

> Mandrake 7.0 omits:
>     - rsh, rexec (previous RPM from Mandrake 6.1 works)
>     - HOWTO's  (readily available on the net)
> 
> Mandrake 7.0 includes these nice features:
>     - rpmdrake (best GUI front end to rpm that I've used).
>     - uses 'supermount' for CDROM and floppy access (real cool!)
>     - includes dosemu
>     - includes gcc 2.95.2

Sounds like you found rsh etc.  Just as a FYI,
Mandrake 7.1-BETA (Hydrogen) is available now.  Here's the
posting:

-Kevin

> Hi everybody!
> 
> in the case you wouldn't have noticed, Mandrake 7.1 is available for
> download and tests.
> 
> New features include:
> 
> * Hardware
> 
>  - Enhanced USB support for modems, printers, Zip drives 
>  - i810 based video cards now supported 
>  - ATA 66 (UDMA 66) interface 
> 
> * Mandrake specific tools
> 
>  - DrakX graphic installation procedure has been improved to ease
> installation it now fully handles multi-CD installation 
>  - If Windows is also on the computer, DrakFont gives the user access
> to his Windows fonts under Linux. 
>  - DrakBoot allows for easy graphical configuration of boot loader
> (lilo and grub) 
>  - PrinterDrake (printer configuration) now supports more printer
> types and options. 
> 
> * Desktop evironement
> 
>  - All Helix Code GNOME improvements incorporated 
>  - New menu system. Menus now look the same under all graphical
> environments and updates automatically when new packages are
> installed. 
>  - Modified Qt library (foundation of KDE applications) supporting
> Chinese 
> 
> * New software
> 
>  - Now includes brand new XFree 4.0 servers, with new modular
> architecture. 
>  - For professional environments, now shipping ReiserFS, a new
> journalized file system. 
> 
> Several mirrors are already ok, from which ISO images on Tucows. If
> you have good bandwidth and time, your comments, tests and bug reports
> will be greatly appreciated on the [Cooker] mailling-list and will
> contribute to improve Linux-Mandrake!
> 
> Infos and mirrors are available on:
> 
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hydrobeta.php3
> 
> Thank you!
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