Mandrake Questions

[Infected]

Hello, I'm new here. As you may have guessed I'm a newbie. Anyway, I have Mandrake 7.2 sucessfully installed and running RP-PPPoE (great program BTW) :). Anyway, I was wondering if Mandrake 8.0 was still beta? If so, when will it be a final release? Also, what are the big differences between 7.2 and 8.0?

Thanks in advance :)

[demetrius]

8.0 is in RC1 right now, which is Release Candidate 1. So, it is kinda out of beta, but not released yet. There will more than likely be a RC2 before actual release so it's at least a couple weeks off probably ... though I dont work for or have anything to do with Mandrake so thats just a guess.
As far as difference from 7.2 ... the biggest is it is based on 2.4.x kernel where 7.2 is 2.2.17. Its also will include X 4.0.3, KDE 2.1.1, and lots of other updated packages.

[navy-linux]

I bought the mandrake 8.0 beta from www.cheapbytes.com. (http://www.cheapbytes.com.) I love it. I have used mandrake 7.1, and 7.2
8.0 had no problems with my sound card. This is a new system compared to what 7.1 and 7.2 was on. I am happy with the install, and operation of drake 8.0
I would recommend it to anyone wanting to try linux.
:D

[Infected]

So, do you think I should just keep 7.2 and update the kernel and some other things until 8.0 is final? Or just leave 7.2 alone and wait for 8.0?

[demetrius]

If you update all the stuff you're gonna use yourself with a good install of 7.2 then what's the need for 8.0 at all?