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Today Mandriva released a new version called "2009.0". This features the new kernel 2.6.27, KDE 4.1 or GNOME 2.24, OpenOffice.org 3.0 and Firefox 3.0. It also boasts better compatibility with netbooks such as the Asus EEE PC, the Acer Aspire One and the MSI Wind.

Arch Linux has been having hard lockups recently, so I decided to try out a new distro. I had a look at Distrowatch for a different distro to try. I'm very picky with my distros...here's what I said about each:

• Ubuntu - It's Gnome...
• openSUSE - Tried it, I don't really like the package management
• Fedora - Too Gnome orientated
• Mint - Gnome orientated
• PCLinuxOS - Way outdated
• Debian - No updater for KDE or Xfce - It's very Gnome dependent

I was on Windows and noticed that Google had already released the beta for Google Chrome. So I thought, why not try it out?