Mandriva Linux 2008 has been released: We are proud to announce that Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available for download. The result of six months of heavy development and testing, 2008 includes all the latest software and many enhancements over previous Mandriva Linux releases. You will find KDE 3.5.7 and the new GNOME 2.20 already integrated, a solid kernel 2.6.22.9 with fair scheduling support, OpenOffice.org 2.2.1, cutting-edge 3D-accelerated desktop courtesy of CompizFusion 0.5.2, Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6, and everything else you've come to expect from the latest Mandriva Linux release. We have integrated a reworked hardware detection sub-system, with support for a lot of new devices." Read the release announcement and visit the release tour page for further details. Mandriva Linux 2008 is available (download page, torrents) in the form of a combined live and installation CD, as well as the traditional installation DVD; here is a quick link to the i586 live CD: mandriva-linux-2008-one-KDE-cdrom-i586.iso (694MB, MD5).