From /.:

"Another big name looks like it's going to shack up with Linux. Shuttle, the maker of those small little cube looking PCs, is adopting Mandrake Linux with their newest network appliance XPCs. You can check out a review of the machine at Sudhian."

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Posted to the Cooker Mailing List by Helge Hielscher (edited for view and spelling errors):

Here is a summarized list of questions and suggestions from our Volunteers, Contributors and Members and the answers of MandrakeSoft.Please feel free to add your comments, suggestions and feelings. Thanks.

A. Relation with contributors

1) Some contributors seem frustrated by the lack of communication with Mandrakesoft reps. What is the position from Mandrakesoft for contributors? Is their work considered only as an addon ?

It's like a win-win relation: MandrakeSoft higly respects contributors' work and considers it very important for all Mandrake products. On theother hand, contributors have the opportunity to contribute to a dynamic Open Source project and of course benefit in return. In short: do you wanta better quality product? Test it more and report possible solutions... Want a new feature? submit it, convince us about the opportunity to builtit and integrate it. As a result, Mandrake Linux answers contributers needs, and the product improves, for the benefit of all. That's the spiritof Open Source Software.

From the Cooker mailing list:

http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/torrent/MandrakeLinux-10.0-beta2.torrent

Soon on mirrors.

kernel 2.6.2 rc3
mozilla 1.6
kdebase 3.2 pre
XFree86 4.4 pre

- Test the new drakconnect (which should still breaks somehow).
- Help and use the testzilla to widen the hardware test. To do so install the testzilla-clients package from contrib, run testzilla_add_system and perform the hardware related procedures at http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/test_index.cgi?direct_test=1
- The diskdrake bag bug has been fixed, you can now perform a clean install with new partitions.
- See the new menu structure, now in final version.

Altadena, CA; Paris, France; February, 2nd 2004 - MandrakeSoft today announced a major evolution in the way that future Mandrake Linux distributions will be engineered and released. The purpose of this new development process is to provide the highest level of new features, as well as maximizing the quality of new products. This new release road map will be effective for the upcoming Mandrake Linux 10.0.

Read the more here

We have good news for the Mandrake Linux user community. During the latest fiscal quarter ending December 2003, MandrakeSoft reported a net profit for the first time since 1999. If you would like to learn more, please see the latest shareholder letter at: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/company/investors/newsletter/sn040123

Gaël Duval and Mike Angelo discuss the Mandrake finances good news. MozillaQuest Magazine (mozillaquest.com) reports: For the first time in five years MandrakeSoft, producer of the very popular Mandrake Linux distribution, has shown a profit. It now appears that MandrakeSoft will be out of its bankruptcy in March 2004. Gaël Duval and the entire Mandrake Linux crew deserve lots of credit! Mandrake Linux ran into some financial problems and had to seek bankruptcy protection. The Mandrake folks rolled-up their sleeves, and set about to keep Mandrake alive and financially well. And they have done it. Not surprisingly the Mandrake crew got lots of help from the GNU-Linux community too. Congratulations to all the Mandrake people and the members of the Linux community that helped to keep Mandrake alive, and to make it financially well again.

Check MozillaQuest.com for the full story and links!

Due to numerous requests from Club members, MandrakeSoft is happy to announce that special ISO images of Mandrake Linux 9.2 -- with all official updates -- are now available just for Club members. We've also added some packages built for the Club such as Gaim 0.74 (which now supports Yahoo messenger), the latest Mozilla 1.5, and a new OpenOffice with additional patches and improvements.

Please note that these ISOs are not official versions and thus have not received the same Q/A cycle as official releases.

* Standard Club members have immediate access to the first 3 Download Edition ISOs
* Silver members (and above) may also download the first 3 PowerPack ISOs (complete with commercial plugins and drivers)
* Corporate Club members can download all of the above plus DVD ISOs

From the Cooker mailing list:

http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/torrent/MandrakeLinux-10.0-beta1.torrent

*kernels 2.6.1 and 2.4.25pre6
* glibc 2.3.3 with NPTL support
* pre version of XFree86 4.4
* pre version of KDE 3.2
* Mozilla 1.6
* new MCC
* new mdkwebadmin (to launch webmin locally)
* New menu structure after poll on Mandrakeclub

Welcome to the Mandrake Linux Community Newsletter -- dedicated tokeeping you up-to-date with the latest Mandrake-related news & info.

In this issue:

* Product News -- 'MandrakeMove' Available for Download
* Sponsor of the Week - Thawte: Free Step-by-Step SSL Guide for Apache
* What's Cookin' at MandrakeSoft? -- Cooker Snapshot #2
* Mandrake in the News -- OSnews.com, OfB.biz, LinuxElectrons.com
* MandrakeClub -- New Year's Greetings from the CEO
* All Mandrake 9.2 Documentation Now Online
* 'BizCase' of the Week -- How to 'fix' MS-Exchange Server
* Software Updates -- kernel, drakxtools, proftpd, XFree86
* Russian Newsletter Translation Available