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The new version of Mandriva is out. I just booted the livecd (Mandriva One 2009 - KDE) and it seems very promising, especially for beginners. Everything works out of the box, includes propietary drivers, codecs and plugins for firefox.

By default uses the "classic" menu style (for those like me who don't like kickoff, the "vista like" menu). Also, it includes Lancelot, a menu applet that is what kickoff should have been. Plus, the new KDE4 theme is great, very nice.

Go get it at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/download

have just read from the mandriva site that you could play windows games is that true??
here is what is stated could anyone clarify this

Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2009 offers more than just the distribution: a selection of the best open source software with added exclusive software. With these exclusive applications, nothing is easier than playing your favorite Windows games, listening to your audio files and watching videos without worrying what format they're in. As well as this additional software, you get support which lets you get the best out of your distribution. Powerpack is the all-in-one edition for all Linux users, beginners as well as advanced users.

heres the link
http://mandriva.com/en/product/mandriva-linux-powerpack

drw, you can play Windows games and run Windows software on just about any Linux distribution using thanks to Wine and Crossover:

http://winehq.org
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxlinux/

So the claim is true :)

John, I think it is.

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To each his own really drw. I always recommend users to try different distributions to find the one they like best :)

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