Mandriva Linux

For the type of plant, see Mandrake

Mandriva (formerly Mandrake Linux) is a Linux distribution.

The last release was the 2011 version released in August that year. Most Mandriva Linux developers who were laid off went to Mageia.

In May 2015, Mandriva went into administration. 

 Brief history 
Mandriva was first made public by a French software company MandrakeSoft. Its first release was based on Red Hat Linux 5.1 and was released in July 1998. Mandriva Linux was originated by Gaël Duval, and intended to focus on ease of use for new users.

From its first release to version 8.0, Mandrake named its flagship distribution Linux-Mandrake. From version 8.1 to 9.2 it was called Mandrake Linux.

In February 2004, MandrakeSoft lost a court case for infringement. It renamed its products. Starting from version 10.0, Mandrake Linux became known as Mandrakelinux, and its logo changed accordingly. Similarly, MandrakeMove became Mandrakemove.

In April 2005, Mandrakesoft announced the corporate acquisition of Conectiva,. As a result of this acquisition and the legal dispute with Hearst Corporation, Mandrakesoft announced that the company was changing its name to Mandriva, and that their Linux distribution Mandrake Linux would henceforward be known as Mandriva Linux.

Versions
Since 2007, Mandriva was released on a 6-month fixed-release cycle, similar to Ubuntu and Fedora. However, while newer features are added during each release, the timing of the Spring release stays the same as the first release, so as to ensure stability each year.

Latest version
The latest stable version is Mandriva Linux 2011.0 (2011.0), released on 2011-08-28.

Development version
The development tree of Mandriva Linux has always been known as Cooker. This tree is directly released as a new stable version.

The current release is named 2009.1 and was released in April 2009.

Table of versions
 Year Number Name19985.1Venice19985.2Leeloo19995.3Festen19996.0Venus19996.1Helios20007.0Air20007.1Helium20007.2Odyssey (called Ulysses during beta)20018.0Traktopel20018.1Vitamin20028.2Bluebird20029.0Dolphin20039.1Bamboo20039.2FiveStar200410.0Community and Official200410.1Community200410.1Official200510.2Limited Edition 200520052006.0Mandriva Linux 200620062007Mandriva Linux 200720072007.1Mandriva Linux 2007 Spring20072008.0Mandriva Linux 200820082008.1Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring20082009.0Mandriva Linux 200920092009.1Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring20092010.0Mandriva Linux 201020102010.1Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring2010 2010.2Mandriva Linux 2010.22011.02011.0Hydrogen2012.02012.0Bernie Lomax

Related pages
List of Linux distributions

 References 

 Other websites 
Mandriva Official website 
Mandriva Community Wiki 
Mandriva Development Community Wiki (Cooker)

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Category:X86-64 Linux distributions