The second pre-release of Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring is now available. This alpha 2 version concentrates on updating to the major desktop components of the distribution, including KDE 4.2 RC 1, GNOME 2.25.4, Xfce 4.6 Beta 4, X.org server 1.5, Python 2.6.1

Alpha 2 will propose also a complete rewriting of msec, the security framework of Mandriva Linux, which allows even beginners to configure a secure system.

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