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It’s A Binary World 2.0

Eric’s insights on politics, technology, free software, photography and everything else

Why Mandrakesoft bought Conectiva

Eric Mesa | April 23, 2005

A while back I posted that Mandrakesoft had bought Conectiva and changed its name to Mandriva. What I didn’t both researching at the time was the reason for this move. Apparently, Conectiva made the most popular commercial distribution of Linux in Latin America. In fact, it had contracts with the Brazilian army [...]

Mandraksoft is now Mandriva!

Eric Mesa | April 9, 2005

One of the most well-known Linux distributions has recently changed names! After their recent merger with Connectiva, Mandrakesoft is changing its name to Mandriva. No more Mandrake Linux! It’s Mandriva Linux now. Their URL will soon be changing to reflect this, so make sure to update your bookmarks.
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