Mandriva Linux
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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.
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Developer | Mandriva |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Open source (with exceptions)[1] |
Initial release | 23 July 1998; 26 years ago (1998-07-23) |
Latest release | 2011.0[2] / 28 August 2011; 12 years ago (28 August 2011) |
Latest preview | 2011 rc2[3] / 27 July 2011; 13 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) |
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.[1] |
Official website | Archived 23 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine |
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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.[4]
The last release of Mandriva Linux was in August 2011. Most developers who were laid off went to Mageia.[5] Later on, the remaining developers teamed up with community members and formed OpenMandriva, a continuation of Mandriva.[6]