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Mandriva fires Adam Williamson
Blog Mandriva has been struggling recently, to say the least, and they brought on a new CEO a month or so ago. Adam has been a visible, helpful, and extremely knowledgeable resource at Mandriva. He has commented on a number of my blog posts about Linux...
[December 10, 2008, 8:26]
Mandriva One 2010 RC2 Available
Blog For the Mandriva users who have been waiting anxiously (hi, Ator! the iso images for Mandriva One 2010 RC2 are now available. The Mandriva Free version has been available since the end of last week, but the One version always lags a few days behind.
[October 13, 2009, 8:52]
Mandriva 2010.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Available
Blog For those who are still waiting anxiously, the first release candidate for Mandriva One 2010.0 is available for download. As with the Beta, there are DVD images of the "Free" distribution, and LiveCD images of the "One" distribution.
[September 22, 2009, 15:23]
Mandriva One 2010.0 Beta LiveCD Images Available
Blog For those who have been waiting with bated breath, the LiveCD iso images for Mandriva One 2010.0 Beta are now available. The Mandriva Free DVD images have been out for almost a week, of course. This one is definitely not, but that does not say...
[August 28, 2009, 10:03]
Mandriva acquires Lycoris Linux assets
News Mandriva, the Linux seller formed by Mandrake's acquisition of Conectiva earlier this year, said on Wednesday it has acquired assets from another smaller company in the same business, Lycoris. Lycoris CEO Joseph Cheek will join Mandriva to develop...
[June 16, 2005, 17:45]
Mandriva co-founder booted from Linux firm
News Gael Duval, a co-founder of Linux seller Mandriva, is among employees who lost their jobs at the company after it became unprofitable in its most recent financial quarter. Mandriva, so named after MandrakeSoft acquired Brazilian Linux company...
[March 16, 2006, 9:35]
Mandriva fires Adam Williamson
Blog Comment I have to say that I have never tried Ubuntu, or Mandriva, but I appreciate Adam's participation in this forum, always helpful, he gave me confidence in his distribution and I was planning in trying Mandriva very shortly.
[December 11, 2008, 9:16]
Mandriva Linux gets flashy
Blog I've been using Mandriva's new Linux-distribution-on-a-USB-stick, Mandriva Flash, and most impressive it is too. On a small 2GB USB key, you get a fully portable Linux desktop comprising the Linux Kernel 2.6.17 plus KDE 3.5.4, Mozilla Firefox...
[January 4, 2007, 11:13]
Mandriva: Microsoft changed Nigerian minds over Linux
News The chief executive officer of Mandriva, François Bancilhon, has taken Microsoft to task over the Nigerian government's alleged decision to wipe Mandriva Linux software from 17,000 school computers and install Windows instead.
[November 1, 2007, 16:31]
Mandriva aims for the enterprise
News Mandriva has been no stranger to trouble since the dot-com crash of 2001. Like many, the company went from crisis to crisis and Mandriva — then MandrakeSoft — filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2004.
[September 20, 2006, 14:00]
Mandriva fires Adam Williamson
Blog Comment Adam Williamson's supporters speak of how highly visible he was as a Mandriva roadie, yet those supporters turn a blind eye to Williamson's very petty and public spit at Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth.
[December 10, 2008, 21:30]
Mandriva virtualises enterprise server
News Mandriva, formerly MandrakeSoft, has released Corporate Server 4.0, its latest bid to move beyond its roots as an end-user-oriented Linux distribution to challenge Red Hat and Novell in the market for business servers.
[September 18, 2006, 12:50]
Mandriva Flash review
Reviews To use Mandriva Flash, you simply insert the 2GB Dane-Elec-designed USB stick in a suitable port and reboot the computer. The OS and software that comprise the Mandriva Flash distribution only occupy half of the 2GB drive's capacity, leaving 1GB...
[January 5, 2007, 13:53]
Mandriva Linux 2006 review
Reviews Mandriva 2006 PowerPack+ (€199, or ~£136) comes with two large paper manuals, each with a different purpose: one is presented as a 'starter guide' for newcomers, while the other is a 'server administration guide' for old hands.
[November 21, 2005, 15:50]
Mandriva Linux - Wonderful and Maddening
Blog Comment I think that you will be pleased with your choice, both for Linux in general over XP and specifically for Mandriva Linux. Good for you, I'm really pleased to hear that. I'm just about finished installing it on my primary laptop (Fujitsu Lifebook...
[July 2, 2008, 11:51]
Mandriva is Crying Wolf Over Loss To Microsoft in Nigeria
Blog I have decided to post the press release issued by Mandriva on the contract to install Mandriva Linux OS in the Intel-powered Classmate PCs donated or supplied to Nigeria, because an anonymous respondent said I was conflating a different contract...
[November 3, 2007, 23:54]
Mandriva Linux - Wonderful and Maddening
Blog The next candidate is Mandriva Linux, currently on what they term their "Spring 2008" distribution. The first thing I noticed was an interesting variation in the installation procedure - Mandriva simply boots the Live CD, and once it is up and...
[July 1, 2008, 11:07]
Mandriva One 2010 RC2
Blog I set about installing the new Mandriva One 2010.0 RC2 distribution today, on all of the various netbooks and notebooks around here. It has all the wonderfully useful Mandriva bits and bobs that make things nice, pleasant and easy.
[October 14, 2009, 14:12]
Mandriva releases netbook Linux distro
News Mandriva has introduced a version of its Linux operating system that is optimised for netbooks, the increasingly popular class of low-cost subnotebooks. Aimed at manufacturers, Mandriva Mini offers faster boot times, a smaller footprint, more...
[September 22, 2008, 11:44]
Mandriva latest to spurn Microsoft
News Mandriva has followed other Linux distributors, such as Canonical and Red Hat, in publicly spurning Microsoft's advances for a patent-protection deal. François Bancilhon, Mandriva's chief executive, wrote in a blog on Tuesday that, despite rumours...
[June 22, 2007, 11:39]
