Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:27:30 +0000
From: Gael Duval <gael@linux-mandrake.com>
To: announce@linux-mandrake.com, expert@linux-mandrake.com,
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

Aug, 31 1999 ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download
and tests
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We at MandrakeSoft are very pleased to announce that Linux-Mandrake
6.1pre (Cassini) is available now for download.

This pre-release version has been made upon the stable parts of Cooker
(the openly developed version). It is already available from several
FTP mirrors. We encourage users to test it and report bugs by
subscribing to the Cassini mailling-list:

 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cassini/

The purpose of Cassini is to improve the stability of Linux-Mandrake
6.1 which will be released next week pending the status of this beta
test.

* WHAT'S NEW IN MANDRAKE 6.1pre?

- Linux Kernel 2.2.11-ac3 + 2.3.15
- KDE 1.1.2 (last CVS)
- XFree 3.3.4
- New and improved MandrakeUpdate for an easy and automatic update of
Mandrake.
- New Linux4Windows system which allows the user to install Mandrake
directly on top of a windows partition by avoiding the painful stage
of repartitioning.
- New and improved Desktops for KDE and Gnome with the famous
"Mandrake Touch"
- New easy secured access to maintenance programs (for users that know
the root password), as well as the automatic detection of Windows
partitions that puts a link on the desktop. Enjoy!
- New, highly customized and powerful Apache 1.3.9 with mod_perl 1.21
and extended PHP3.0.12. With this version of Apache, you can easily
download and plug cryptographic module like open_ssl etc. 
- MySQL GPL version.
- New pre-configurations for Emacs, XEmacs and Vi.
- A bunch of new KDE applications and Gnome applications.
- All the recent programs are upgraded and well configured.

* HOW TO TEST IT?

 Everything is on:

  http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cassini/

* ABOUT LINUX-MANDRAKE

Linux-Mandrake is a user friendly Linux operating system, that can be
used at home or in the office. Linux-Mandrake is 100% compatible with
Red Hat(tm) Linux. Linux-Mandrake won two awards at LinuxWorld Expo in
August 99 for Best Product of the Year and Best Linux
Distribution/Server, and a was finalist for the Linux
Distribution/Client Award.  Linux-Mandrake 6.0 features the "Mandrake
touch", MandrakeSoft's signature graphical interfaces that give users
selected desktop icons including easy CD-Rom and floppy disk access
and easy Internet upgrades using the "Mandrake Update" icon.  It also
features Pentium optimization with performance enhancement from 5 to
30%, scalable font support and KDE/Gnome.  LinuxMall, the largest
online reseller of Linux products, reports that Linux Mandrake was its
best selling in July.

 
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