Mandriva Linux Compendium
Mandriva, formerly known as Mandrakesoft, is the publisher of Mandriva Linux, an easy-to-use and innovative operating system. It is one of the most popular Linux editions in the world. Dedicated to making open source technologies accessible to all users, the company offers a full range of products and services to individuals, enterprises and government organizations.
The newest Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (2008.1) is the 22nd release of Mandriva Linux. It was released on April 9th, 2008. Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring is available in three editions: One (LiveDVD), Powerpack and Free, for both i586 and x86-64 architectures. One and Free can be downloaded free of charge from official Mandriva mirrors and via BitTorrent. Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring marks ten years of Mandriva Linux, the leader in innovative and easy-to-use desktop Linux. Mandriva 2008 Spring automatically runs on a wide range of hardware configurations, automatically detected and configured out of the box by the Mandriva tools. Mandriva has a deserved reputation for following the cutting edge of free/open source software development, introducing exciting and interesting new applications and technologies almost as they are developed. The Mandriva build system is one of the more sophisticated in the Linux distribution industry. It was adopted from Conectiva after the Mandrake / Conectiva merger.
From its inception to version 8.0, Mandrake named its flagship distribution Linux-Mandrake. From version 8.1 to 9.2 it was called Mandrake Linux. In February 2004 MandrakeSoft lost a court case against Hearst Corporation, owners of King Features Syndicate. Hearst contended that MandrakeSoft infringed upon King Features' trademarked character Mandrake the Magician. As a precaution, MandrakeSoft renamed its products by removing the space between the brand name and the product name and changing the first letter of the product name to lower case, thus creating one word.
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