This is excellent news. I run Bero at home in my K6 266 - it will be a fantastic addition to thre mandrake lineup. Dunc Gael Duval wrote: > Hello, > > we - Gaël Duval from the Linux-Mandrake project and Bernhard > Rosenkränzer from the new BeroLinux project - are very pleased to > announce that we have decided to merge the two projects because we > have similar goals and products. > > We want to make the best Linux distribution for the beginner, we want > to be 100% compatible with Red Hat Linux and Un|x configuration > standards, we want it easy-to-use: we want to put Linux on the > desktop! > > Bernhard Rosenkränzer will now be employed at MandrakeSoft - the > company which produces Linux-Mandrake - and be responsible for the > official Linux-Mandrake distribution. The new resulting distribution > will integrate the new ideas and features from BeroLinux as well as > all the new stuff that is actually developped by the Linux-Mandrake > team. > > For example, in the next release, our users will have the choice > between both KDE and Gnome for the desktop manager, with new nice > interoperability features. They will also be given the possibility to > get special optimized version for their hardware too (Pentium I/II, > K6...). > > We last plan to integrate some nice features like full 2.2.x kernel > support, Euro support, scalable fonts support etc. > > Last but not least, we plan to open the Linux-Mandrake development so > that users can contribute and decide what they want for their Linux > distribution. Expect more details by the end of the week. > > Gaël Duval - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Bernhard Rosenkränzer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > More information about Linux-Mandrake at http://www.linux-mandrake.com > More information about BeroLinux at http://www.berolinux.za.net/ > > -- > < Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://linuxmandrake.com > > QPL : "With the release of this license, KDE and the Qt Free Edition > are truly Open Source(tm)". Bruce Perens, Opensource.org.
