http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/102beta.php3
Life on the bleeding edge..................... Have fun!
"Mandrakelinux 10.2 Beta information page. Beta 1
Three 700 MB ISO files via bittorrent or list of FTP mirrors below. More
than 1700 packages.
Report bugs at Bugzilla.
Some package versions & new features: kernel 2.6.10 Glibc 2.3.4 and gcc
3.4.3
New KDE 3.3.2 is compiled with the '-fvisibility=hidden' option of gcc to
accelerate the linkage step at the program start (this option hides all
the internal symbols of the application and eases the linker work to start
the binary), the latest version of Gnome, 2.8.1, as well as GTK 2.6.1. New
features during the installation procedure, including a new, more
efficient package-processing algorithm and the capability to copy all
packages to the hard drive before installation completion. Installation
may boot from a USB key
Mozilla-firefox replaces Mozilla
Gimp 2.2, cdrecord 2.01.01a21 with DVD+R Dual Layers support,
OpenOffice.org 1.1.4, Postgresql 8.0, MySQL 4.1.9 new tool: Drakstats
AND
"Known troubles:
- unknown
Testing & debuging
Beginning with the 10.0 development cycle, MandrakeSoft has expanded the
scope of testing beta releases. In addition to the traditional 'Bugzilla'
system, beta-testers now have the opportunity to use 'Testzilla' to ensure
that tests are performed consistently and accurately for main features.
Testzilla is a powerful new system for validating large-scale systems in a
collaborative way over the Internet. It is designed to work in
collaboration with Bugzilla and adds hardware coverage capabilities to the
testing process.
Testzilla enables testers to:
Use pre-existing test procedures to detect bugs Create new test procedures"
Regards
Gordon
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