Mandriva 2010 Spring ‘Farman’ Officially Released

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