Mandriva always stands one step ahead of other distribution in terms of overall experience.. Though ranked #6 in Distrowatch.. Mandriva features and utilities makes it one of the best newbie friendly distro out there.. The best feature of Mandriva is that the developers try to re master the new release from the scratch.. Not only in terms of Hardware and Software.. but Mandriva also focus to provide the best possible eye candy to its distro.. With latest wallpaper, theme, Log In/Off Scree, Boot Splash.. As a result of the above Mandriva proudly released their spanking new gun in town i.e Mandriva 2008.1 ..