Mac Hardware Gets Mandrake Linux Upgrade
News MandrakeSoft has released the second beta-test version of Mandrake Linux 8.2 for the PowerPC platform, the first update of Mandrake for Macintosh hardware since version 8.0 in August 2001. The release on Wednesday follows on from the first beta...
[March 28, 2002, 14:01]
Introduction To Msec
White Papers The Mandrake-Security package, more commonly known as msec, has been one of the base packages in Mandrake Linux since it was first introduced in version 7.0. This paper describes how to fine-tune and configure msec under Mandrake Linux 8.2.
[April 27, 2004, 0:05]
Linux Gets A Facelift
News Mandrake Linux 8.2, likely to arrive in the next few days, is a relatively minor revision, introducing technology like encrypted filesystem support and a "minimum installation mode" that squeezes the essential parts of the operating system into...
[March 18, 2002, 13:20]
MandrakeSoft Adds Office Software To Linux
News Mandrake 8.1, launched last autumn, was considered a major step in the right direction for Linux ease-of-use. When the boxed product ships in April, version 8.2 will be the first Mandrake Linux version to include the office suite StarOffice 6.0 and...
[March 19, 2002, 11:45]
Mandrake Linux Download Policy Angers Club Members
News Days after MandrakeSoft launched a controversial "club" to boost its bottom line, the Linux distributor has angered many in its user community by changing the rules of the Mandrake Club programme. MandrakeSoft finalised version 8.2 of Mandrake...
[March 22, 2002, 13:39]
Mandrake Defends User Club
News MandrakeSoft has defended its drive to sign up members to the "Mandrake Club", saying that new kinds of software demand new business models. Mandrake Club is aimed at more advanced Linux users who have no need of the CDs and manuals included in the...
[April 5, 2002, 15:32]
Mandrake Linux: Join Our Club
News Mandrake, a French company that sells Linux, is encouraging users to join for-fee clubs to provide enough money to keep the company in business. The Mandrake Linux distribution's short-term future is in jeopardy due to a simple factor: money," the...
[March 12, 2002, 12:10]
MandrakeSoft Sees Revenues Jump
News The improved situation was largely due to higher revenues, which hit 1.6m euros for the quarter, following the release of Mandrake Linux 8.2 in April. In June the company said it would provide server software to the French government, and in July...
[July 23, 2002, 12:05]
MandrakeSoft Clears Up Downloads Confusion
News Linux distributor MandrakeSoft officially announced the availability of StarOffice 6.0 for Mandrake Club members on Monday, making it the first major Linux distributor to offer the final version of the office suite to its users.
[March 26, 2002, 12:43]
SuSE To Sell Linux PCs Online
News Wal-Mart later added a line of Mandrake Linux-based PCs. SuSE is expanding its efforts to attract consumer-desktop users through a distribution deal with low-cost PC maker Microtel and retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, which will see PCs preloaded with...
[July 15, 2003, 11:32]
Penguins Pick Up Certification
News Last week three versions of Linux -- Red Hat 7.3, SuSE 8.0 Professional and Mandrake ProSuite 8.2 -- became the first products certified to comply with the guidelines of the Linux Standard Base (LSB).
[August 19, 2002, 8:00]
Sun Adds Price Tag To StarOffice 6.0
News In the UK, StarOffice is bundled with some low-cost PCs and MandrakeSoft has announced it will ship StarOffice 6.0 with Mandrake Linux 8.2 next month. Sun Microsystems will bundle StarOffice 6.0, its productivity software, with additional services...
[March 21, 2002, 13:59]
Red Hat Flagship Backs Linux Standard
News In August last year, three versions of Linux -- Red Hat 7.3, SuSE 8.0 Professional and Mandrake ProSuite 8.2 -- became the first products certified to comply with the LSB guidelines. Dominant Linux-provider Red Hat has given a boost to Linux...
[December 11, 2003, 14:40]
KDE Polishes Linux Look
News Mandrake Linux 8.2, released last month, comes with a beta version of KDE 3.0. The KDE Project on Wednesday finalised a major update to the K Desktop Environment (KDE), its graphical user interface for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems...
[April 4, 2002, 12:49]
