NewsForge: Review: Mandriva Limited Edition 2005 | Linux Today

NewsForge: Review: Mandriva Limited Edition 2005

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 28, 2005

“Shortly after announcing the merger of Mandrakesoft and
Conectiva into Mandriva, the newly combined company released a
transitional ‘limited edition’ GNU/Linux distribution to bridge the
gap between the two parent distributions. Mandriva Limited Edition
2005 may look a little different, but it’s the same great
Mandrakelinux desktop distribution that you’re used to.

“Mandriva has changed more cosmetically in this version than
Mandrakelinux has in the past several releases. While the Galaxy
theme is still the default, there are new splash screens and
graphical changes here and there that make you feel like you’re
using a different–or at least newer–distribution…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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