After being delayed for more than one month (scheduled to be released in June, 3rd), Mandriva Distribution teams officially announced the availability of Mandriva 2010 Spring code-named as ‘Farman’.

There are many improvements and new features have been added to the new release such as:

• encrypt your data in one click, it is just easy
• parental control allows you now to check not only web sites but also applications used by your children
• configure your network profile and switch from home to work in a click
• smart desktop makes your desktop clever: ginkgo helps you to manage your data in a very efficient way
• discover one of the largest choice for scientific and education applications

and many others!

The new release also comes with a lot of updates of some applications like GNOME 2.30.1, KDE 4.4.3, Firefox 3.6.6, OpenOffice.Org 3.2.

Choose the edition that suits best your needs:

• Powerpack edition: the best of open source including some complementary softwares (audio/vidéo codecs, DVD reader, Adobe applications…)
• One edition: easy to test and to install, choose you environment and your language
• Free edition: the 100% open source edition

Coming soon the Flash edition, 2010 Spring on a USB key for a very mobile and secure desktop.

Source: Official Mandriva Blog