Mandriva 2011: Dusk or Dawn of Linux Legend? | Linux Today

Mandriva 2011: Dusk or Dawn of Linux Legend?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 2, 2011

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Did developers who started Mandrake project back in
1998 knew that their baby would become world famous operating
system? But fate of this baby is not the easiest.

It was renamed to Mandriva, remarketed, and finally split into
at least two. I am talking about recent fork between Mandriva and
Mageia.

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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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