Mandrakelinux includes in its distribution by default the latest version of kernel 2.6.3 The new operating system software is a major release of a new Linux production kernel. The last time this happened was with the 2.4 version of the kernel release in January 2001.

The significant enhancements are:

 Improved scalability to 16 CPUs or more, with improved performance, using the new O(1) scheduler
 Improved file-system performance, with full inclusion for four journaling file systems (Ext3, ReiserFS, JFS and XFS) for real-time data backup and recovery capabilities.
 Improved threading support
 Added memory support up to 64GB
 Enhanced disk drive performance and storage access
 Enjoy low latency support especially for Studio-quality sound
 Support for USB 2.0.
 Firewire and much more!

New authentication system
The internal authentication system has been almost completely rewritten. Most of the changes are internal, but the new authentication system is also very configurable and supports LDAP account storage out-of-the-box. Support for storing samba account details in XML files (mainly for backup purposes) and MySQL is available by installing the samba-passdb-xml and samba-passdb-mysql packages respectively.

When using the LDAP backend, you can also support domain groups, and map unix groups to Windows domain groups (required for the migration of NTdomains to Samba/LDAP). It should also be possible to use the Windows user management tools (User Manager for Domains for Windows NT) on Windows clients to manage groups and users.

 Full support for client and server SMB signing to ensure compatibility with default Windows 2003 security settings.

It allows:
1) Clients to access resources on Windows 2003 servers
2) the joining of Windows XP machines to a samba domain without any configuration changes on the XP clients.
3) Allows samba servers in Windows domains to serve WindowsXP clients without reducing security setting  Samba now negotiates NT-style status32 codes on the wire This improves error handling

Mandrakelinux 10.0 integrates the third major release of KDE desktop platform.
Here are the main improvements:
 Kwallet
This tool is providing integrated, secure storage of passwords and web form data
 Personal Information Management: Kontact
A unified interface that draws KDE's email, calendaring, address book, notes and other PIM features together into a familiar configuration.Kgpg
It is providing an easy-to-use KDE interface to industry-standard encryption tools,KSVG A viewer for SVG files, Inline spell checking for web forms and emails.

New design for Mandrakelinux Control Center the new Design of Mandrakelinux Control Center. It includes 62 tools to configure easily and quickly your computer.

Mandrakeonline - Easily update your pack! Mandrakeonline provides quick access to a wide range of services for easily updating your Mandrakelinux distribution. To help keep your system up-to-date and secure, a new notification system alerts you when new packages become available. Easily locate and download the latest releases of your favorite applications. With the automated update option you no longer need to worry about updating your operating system.

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