Mandriva 2008 is a nice build once you get it installed
The liveCD is the standard on my work issued notebook when not at work and it runs great.
Have you installed from the DVD Free and had any issues? I keep getting missing packages until I can get past the first boot and add network repositories then urpmi them. (gnome mandriva theme pacakge, kde mandriva theme package and a package of icons with my minimal install selection)
Hopefully the next build of the DVD ISO will correct the issue. I'm not complaining since it's a 2008 version available Sept (or Oct) of 2007. I'm just curious to understand if it's just me getting a bad DVD ISO or if other's have had the issue.
I can't wait too cut my servers and workstation over to 2008 but servers won't be changed over until updates for 2007 stop coming through. I probably won't be able to hold off on the workstation once I see a clean install from the DVD Free ISO. That will also give the 2008 repositories a bit more time to bulk up.