Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2011 Hydrogen (I586) | 4.25 GB
Mandriva 2011 - A new version of the popular Linux-distribution, code-named «Hydrogen». It was made most of the planned changes associated with the user interface and desktop environment, a built-in StackFolders, a new program launcher and other features.

The only desktop by default in the distribution is KDE, while support for GNOME, even if it is integrated, it is only informally. Mandriva configuration tools are centralized in the control center KDE, with the Mandriva Linux Control Center from the system disappeared. In Mandriva 2011 included a new package manager that works on a client-server architecture, MPM (Mandriva Package Manager). A simplified installer will allow you to install the distribution in the background. In terms of interface, a new graphic design theme and ROSA own improvements in the KDM and the file manager Dolphin.

Features of Mandriva Linux 2011:
The new package manager MPM (Mandriva Package Manager).
A simplified installer.
New graphical design theme ROSA.
Improvements in KDM and Dolphin.
Kernel Linux 2.6.38.7.
Standard software: X. Org 1.10.3, KDE 4.6.5, Firefox 5.0, Thunderbird 5.0, LibreOffice 3.4.2, MySQL 5.5.15, GCC 4.6.1.

Extras. Information:
More than a year since the release of the last great version was announced release of Mandriva Linux release 2011.
Mandriva 2011 release was prepared by an international team of developers, consisting of specialists from the Russian company "ROSA", Brazilian and French Conectiva Mandriva.

Submitted issue as never before has considerable innovations, both at the organization level user interface, and the level of the system components. For example, the transition to the package manager and system initialization RPM5 Systemd, added a new interface to run programs and redesigned various parts of the desktop environment. Revised the installation process: instead of selecting the components in the installer, installed by default formed the base of the applications for which the selected one carefully selected and tested applications for each task.

Under the new training cycle releases major new version of Mandriva will be issued once a year. The base period of support and updates are released will be a half years. Every few years, will form the LTS-release, featuring long-time updates are released (3 years). In particular, the next LTS-release form will be based on Mandriva Linux 2011 and released at the end of the year