Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 23:43:55 +0200
From: Jacques Le Marois <lemarois@mandrakesoft.com>
To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: dist section: Mandrake PowerPack available

Hope it's not too late...

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We are pleased to announce the availability of the new Mandrake 6.0 PowerPack
now in retail:

a Quick Install-Guide 
a Complete User-Guide 
100 Days Installation Support by email 
CD1: Linux-Mandrake 6.0 (Venus) installation CD
CD2: sources of CD1 
CD3: more than 1800 various applications in RPM format 
CD4: sources of CD3 
CD5: 34 commercial applications (personal edition and demos).

The distribution itselfs (CD1): 
- Pentium-class optimization: this has been compiled with i586 instructions
(which increases speed from 5% to 30%). Most major Linux distributions are
compiled for an old i386.
- Ultra-DMA IDE hard-drive optimization
- Linux-Kernel 2.2.9, Glibc 2.1.1 and XFree86 3.3.3.1 with full scalable
True Type fonts support
- KDE 1.1.1 (final) and Gnome 1.0.9, the two leading desktop managers that
provide an intuitive graphical interface/environment for users.
WindowMaker, Afterstep and IceWM are provided for people seeking an
alternative look and feel.
- Improved hardware support (ISDN, CD-Writers)
- 21 languages for installation and much more with KDE and Gnome.  

More features here:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/venusfeat.php3

The Commercial CD contains more than 34 commercial applications like:
-  StarOffice 5.1 personal edition - the last one! (complete office-suite
for Linux able to read Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
-  Corel Wordperfect 8.0 Download Edition - the award winning
wordprocessor, 
-  IBM Lotus E-Suite DevPack 1.5 - Java office suite of Lotus. Mandrake 6.0
is the first Linux distribution to include it.
- Java Development Tool Kit
- Games such as Hopkins FBI and Quake
and much more...

A complete list is available here:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fpowerpack.php3                   

A list of resellers here:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fsinglecd.php3