Mandriva, through Eugeni Dodonov, announced today, June 1st, the immediate availability for testing of the third and last Beta version of the upcoming Mandriva 2011 Linux operating system. This unexpected release is here to make Mandriva 2011 a more stable OS.

Read the full thing at http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mandriva-2011-Beta-3-Looks-Awesome-Screenshot-Tour-203668.shtml

As announced previously, here comes the last development release for Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring. This is essentially a bug fix release. Again isos are available on all public mirrors

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2010/06/02/mandriva-linux-2010-spring-rc2/

Here comes the last development release for Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring. A few days left now before final release planned for 3rd of June. These isos are available on all public mirrors

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2010/05/20/mandriva-linux-2010-spring-rc-isos-are-available/

We are now very near from final release. Here comes the second beta release for 2010 Spring version of Mandriva Linux. As usual you will be able to test it as it’s available on your favorite public mirror:

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2010/04/30/mandriva-linux-2010-spring-beta2-is-available-for-tests/

Time has came for first beta release for 2010 Spring version of Mandriva Linux. It’s now available through 32 and 64 DVD isos, as well as live-CD isos for GNOME and KDE on public mirrors

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2010/04/02/mandriva-linux-2010-spring-beta-1-available/

The time has came for second alpha release for 2010 Spring version of Mandriva Linux. It’s now available through 32 and 64 DVD isos on public mirrors

Read the announcement at http://blog.mandriva.com/2010/02/06/mandriva-linux-2010-spring-alpha2-available/

Read the release notes at http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.1_Alpha_2

Many improvements and new functionnalities are planned for this new version: your desktop will be smart and connected! Smart desktop is still one of the focus of main version, you can have a look on the coming roadmap. But you will find also easy home encryption so that your personal data are secured even whereever you are. Also planned a big work on our tools to manage softwares installation and update to give more useful information and help user in choosing the best of open source softwares.

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2010/01/09/on-the-road-again-with-mandriva-linux-2010-spring-alpha1-2/

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2, last development version, is now available on public mirrors. This RC2 version is available through following images:

* Free version, 32 and 64 bit DVDs
* One version, KDE or GNOME (available on monday)
* Virtual images based on One images (available on monday)

These isos are hybrid isos which means you can dump it on an USB key to install it. Use Mandriva-seed available in isos repository, it’s as easy as a click!

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2009/10/10/mandriva-linux-2010-rc2-is-available-now-for-tests/

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC1 version is now available on public mirrors. This RC1 version is available through

* Free version, 32 and 64 bits DVDs
* Dual arch CD (both 32 and 64 bits)
* One versions, KDE or GNOME
* Virtualbox image

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2009/09/19/mandriva-linux-2010-rc1-is-now-available-for-tests/

Using recordmydesktop (to be exact, qt-recordmydesktop), I was able to create a quick video on Mandriva 2010 Cooker.

It is saved in Theora (ogv), but YouTube excepts this video format, so it only took a couple minutes to upload and was converted automagically.

Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dxai2lFUFg