Mandriva 2010.2 and Wallpaper Contest Winners Announced
Mandriva announces their latest Linux release, Mandriva 2010.2 and the winners of their 2010.2 wallpaper contest today.
Mandriva Linux Free 2010.2, the latest Linux release from Mandriva, is now available for download. Other Mandriva Linux 2010.2 downloads, Powerpack and One can be found on the Mandriva downloads wiki.
In addition to the release, Mandriva announced the winners of their wallpaper contest. Winners include Paul Blackburn (image show), Tanner Helland, pistetpat, Gunera, Patrick.2, Matou2010, sylvain.haye, |M| Фотомистецтво, and Sven Schumacher, thecomplete list of winners and images of their wallpapers submissions are listed on the Mandriva Blog site.
More information on the the release and contest winners can be found on the Mandriva site.
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