Mandriva Linux

Also known as DrakX

Linux distribution

AI overview

Mandriva Linux is a free operating system based on Linux that was designed to be user-friendly and easy to install for personal computers. It matters because it provided an accessible alternative to other operating systems, making Linux more approachable for everyday computer users who weren't necessarily technical experts.

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Key facts

Developer: Mandriva
Os family: Linux ( Unix-like )
Working state: Discontinued
Source model: Open source (with exceptions)
Initial release: 23 July 1998 ; 27 years ago ( 1998-07-23 )
Latest release: 2011.0 / 28 August 2011 ; 14 years ago ( 28 August 2011 )
Latest preview: 2011 rc2 / 27 July 2011 ; 14 years ago ( 27 July 2011 )
Available in: Multilingual
Update method: Long-term support
Package manager: urpmi ( command-line frontend), rpmdrake ( GTK frontend), .rpm (package format)
Supported platforms: amd64 , i686 , i586 , i486 , i386 , sparc64 , ppc64 , MIPS , arm , ia64 , Xbox
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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: Linux distribution
Series: Linux
Developer: Mandriva
Platform: x86-64
Distribution format: CD-ROM
Official website: web.archive.org/web/20150524002157/http://www.mandriva.com/en
Image: Mandriva 2010.png

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derivative work: Mageia
Commons category: Mandriva
software version identifier: 2011 rc2
topic's main category: Category:Mandriva Linux
Commons gallery: Mandriva Linux
copyright license: GNU General Public License
different from: Mandriva
inception: 1998-07-23
GUI toolkit or framework: Q1431
package management system: RPM Package Manager
update method: urpmi

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Encyclopedic overview

Mandriva Linux, a fusion of the French distribution Mandrake Linux and the Brazilian distribution Conectiva Linux, is a discontinued Linux distribution developed by Mandriva S.A.

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 five years after their release.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mandriva Linux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.