Mandriva Linux 2008.1 Spring have up-to-date version of the major components such as KDE 3.5.9(KDE 4.0.3 also available), GNOME 2.22, Compiz Fusion 0.7.2, OpenOffice.org 2.4.0, Linux Kernal 2.6.24.4. Mandriva support vast varieties of hardware, it automatically detects and configure most of the hardware.

The desktop is polished and clean. The artwork and sounds are improved, with addition of new screensaver, which shows some close-up photos of flowers. Mandriva Linux 2008 now include new sound system, PulseAudio. The taskbar is loaded with many applets. Mandriva Control Center gives total control over the desktop and the system.

With PulseAudio many sound applications can use sound system at once. It can also enable you to use the sound device in another network computer(with some simple configuration). Mandriva 2008 is the first Mandriva Linux version to include Pulse Audio, by default.

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