Mandriva Linux
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Mandriva Linux 2011
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| Developer | Mandriva |
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| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Open source (with exceptions) |
| Initial release | 23 July 1998 |
| Latest release | 2011 / 28 August 2011 |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Update method | urpmi (rpmdrake) |
| Package manager | RPM |
| Platforms | Current: x86 (i386, i486, i586, i686), x86-64, sparc64 Historic: PowerPC (32-/64-bit), MIPS, ARM, Xbox, IA-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | KDE Plasma Desktop (official) |
| License | Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs. |
| Official website | Archived 23 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine. |
Mandriva Linux (a fusion of the French distribution Mandrakelinux or Mandrake Linux and the Brazilian distribution Conectiva Linux) was a Linux distribution by Mandriva. It used the RPM Package Manager.
Each release lifetime was 18 months for base updates (Linux, system software, etc.) and 12 months for desktop updates (window managers, desktop environments, web browsers, etc.). Server products received full updates for at least 5 years after their release.
The last release of Mandriva Linux was in August 2011. Most developers who were laid off went to Mageia. Later on, the remaining developers teamed up with community members and formed OpenMandriva, a continuation of Mandriva.
The first release was based on Red Hat Linux (version 5.1) and K Desktop Environment 1 in July 1998. It has since moved away from Red Hat's distribution and has become a completely separate distribution in its own right. Mandriva now includes a number of original tools, mostly to ease system configuration. Mandriva Linux is the brainchild of Gaël Duval, who wanted to focus on ease of use for new users.
This goal was met as Mandrake Linux gained a reputation as "one of the easiest to install and user-friendly Linux distributions". At this time Internet Explorer held a dominant share of the web browser market, and Microsoft a near monopoly in operating systems. Web browsers for Linux were limited to Mozilla, followed by a variety of poorly performing Linux-specific browsers such as Konqueror or Galeon. Mandrake Linux earned praise as a Linux distribution that users could use all the time, without dual booting into Windows for compatibility with web sites or software unavailable under Linux.CNET called the user experience of Mandrake Linux 8.0 the most polished available at that time.
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