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(formerly Mandrakesoft).
Mandriva Linux, an RPM based distribution is useful for various types of implementations - from typical desktop use to development and server roles. The first release was based on Red Hat Linux (version 5.1) and KDE (version 1.0) in July 1998. It has since diverged from Red Hat and has included a number of original tools mostly to ease system configuration. Mandriva Linux (at the time named Mandrake Linux) was originated by Gaël Duval, and intended to focus on ease of use for new users
. Duval was also a co-founder of Mandrakesoft, but was laid off from the company in 2006. Mandriva Linux uses the Mandriva Control Center for administration of Linux rather than using a text editor to change settings.
It has many programs known as Drakes or Draks, collectively named drakxtools, to configure many different settings.
Examples include MouseDrake to set up a mouse, DiskDrake to set up disk partitions and drakconnect to set up a network connection.
They are written using GTK+ and Perl, and most of them can run in both graphical and text mode using the ncurses interface. Mandriva Linux uses a package manager called urpmi, which functions as a wrapper to the RPM package management system.
It is similar to apt-get in that it allows seamless installation of a given software package by automatically installing the other packages needed.
It is also media-transparent due to its ability to retrieve packages from various media, including network/Internet, CD/DVD and local disk.
Urpmi also has an easy-to-use graphical front-end called rpmdrake, which is integrated into the Mandriva Control Center. Remote sources for urpmi / rpmdrake can be added during the installation of recent Mandriva Linux versions.
After installation, they can be added through an option in the Software Sources Manager, or by using console commands generated either manually or by one of several helper sites such as Easy URPMI.
This functionality allows the user to choose some or all of the various software repositories available for their version of Mandriva Linux and can greatly expand the amount of software that the user can install through the urpmi system.
Instructions on adding repositories and installing software can be found on the Mandriva Wiki. 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. Starting from version 10.0, Mandrake Linux became known as Mandrakelinux, and its logo changed accordingly.
Similarly, MandrakeMove became Mandrakemove. In April 2005 Mandrakesoft announced that after the corporate acquisition of Conectiva, and the legal dispute with Hearst Corporation, the new company name would be Mandriva, and that Mandriva Linux would be the new name covering products. Mandriva provides multiple editions of Linux. Some are freely-distributable, while others are sold online and via a network of authorized resellers. Mandriva also provides the Mandriva Club, which allows paying members to download commercial editions at no additional cost (depending on membership level).
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