[newbie] Re: Mandrake 7.1

[Mark Potochnik]

Mandrake 7.1 Beta is out with some new features....


                     Here are several new features that have been introduced
in this new release:


                         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.


MarkP