Also known as
  • Mandriva,
  • Mandrake
Mandriva Linux (formerly Mandrakelinux or Mandrake Linux) is an operating system created by Mandriva (formerly Mandrakesoft). It uses the RPM Package Manager. The product lifetime of Mandriva Linux releases is 18 months for base updates and 12 months for desktop updates. The first release was based on Red Hat Linux (version 5.1) and KDE (version 1.0) in July 1998. It has since diverged from Red Hat and has included a number of original tools mostly to ease system configuration. Mandriva Linux... full article at wikipedia
First Released
  • Jul 1998
Latest Version
  • 2007.1
Latest Release Date
  • Apr 17, 2007,
  • Oct 9, 2007
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