Mandriva Linux lives on with OpenMandriva

May 28, 2015 21:03 GMT  ·  By

Softpedia was among the first to report a few days ago the sad news that the French Mandriva S.A. company that developed, maintained, and distributed the popular Mandriva Linux operating system was in the process of being liquidated.

A decade ago, Mandriva Linux was one of the biggest distributions available on the market. It was a mix of the Mandrake Linux and Conectiva Linux operating systems. It used the RPM Package Manager from the well-known Red Hat Linux OS.

Unfortunately, the Mandriva S.A. company encountered financial problems after some years, and many of its employees left the nest and formed the Mageia community-based Linux distribution, which was derived from Mandriva.

On the other hand, another community was established, OpenMandriva Association, to offer us a completely open-source version of the Mandriva Linux operating system, called OpenMandriva Lx, a fun flavored distro designed to be user-friendly.

OpenMandriva Lx 2014.2 promises to keep the Mandrake spirit alive

Today, we are happy to report that the next major version of the OpenMandriva Lx Linux distribution will be released in the coming days and that it will be dedicated to the Mandrake and Mandriva Linux operating systems. OpenMandriva Lx 2014.2 promises to keep the Mandrake spirit alive and to offer attractive new features.

"OpenMandriva‘s history is well known. It was born at the tail of 2012 with the help of the community and Mandriva SA to continue the work on the distribution after Mandriva SA could not  continue that," reads the press release. "We thank Mandriva SA for their support at the start and wish the remaining Mandriva employees well for the future."

We will come up with updates as soon as the OpenMandriva Lx 2014.2 operating system is released, so you can download and install it and relive the good ol' times of the Mandrake and Mandriva Linux distributions. Do not hesitate to follow us on Twitter, Google+, and Facebook for the latest Linux news, reviews, and software updates.

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