Running Mandriva Before becoming Mandriva Linux, Mandrakelinux was
Running Mandriva Before becoming Mandriva Linux, Mandrakelinux was created as a fork of Red Hat Linux (in 1998). It initially had such tight ties to Red Hat Linux that the Mandrakelinux installer even stated that you were installing Red Hat. After those early days, Mandrakelinux became a solid distribution in its own right, with the main focus on an easy-to-use desktop distribution. It is often mentioned along with Linspire when people talk about the easiest distributions for someone new to Linux to install and use. From the beginning of 2005 to now, Mandrakelinux has gone from the brink of bankruptcy to its current incarnation as Mandriva, after MandrakeSoft (the parent company of Mandrakelinux) merged with Conectiva Linux in February 2005. Conectiva Linux is a South American based Linux company with goals similar to those of Mandrakelinux. MandrakeSoft and Conectiva announced the name change in April 2005. As a result, a large number of services have not yet been converted to the new name at the time of this writing. For this reason, you ll find references to both Mandriva and Mandrakelinux both in this chapter and within the Mandriva Limited Edition 2005 distribution. Mandriva is not on the DVD that comes with this book. To get a copy, visit the Mandrivaclub site (www.mandrivaclub.com/), where you are asked to join the Mandriva Users Club. You do not have to join the club to download, but the folks at Mandriva strongly encourage your financial participation. Alternatively, you can go to the Mandriva store (www. mandrivastore.com) and purchase boxed sets or pre-installed versions of Mandriva. Free downloads are available for the Mandriva Limited Edition DVD or three-CD set from FTP sites accessible from the Mandriva Linux Downloads page (www.mandrivalinux.com/ en/ftp.php3). Note 1C H A6P6T E R . . . . In This Chapter Exploring Mandriva The Mandriva community . . . .
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