Editing Mandriva Linux (section)

==History==
The first release of Mandrake was based on [[Red Hat Linux]] (version 5.1) and [[K Desktop Environment 1]] in July 1998. After that, it moved away from the Red Hat standard and Red Hat inspiration and influence on its own design and implementation, and became a completely separate distribution. Mandrake included a number of original tools that make system configuration less difficult. It was the brainchild of [[Gaël Duval]], who wanted to focus on ease of use for new users.

This goal was met as Mandrake Linux gained a reputation as "one of the easiest to install and user-friendly Linux distributions".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/52240-review-mandrake-linux-90|title=Review: Mandrake Linux 9.0|newspaper=Extremetech |date=21 October 2002 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010342/http://www.extremetech.com/computing/52240-review-mandrake-linux-90|archive-date=2014-05-28|author1=Bmasinick }}</ref> Mandrake Linux earned praise as a Linux distribution that users could use all the time, without [[dual booting]] into [[Microsoft Windows]] for compatibility with web sites or software unavailable under Linux.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mozillaquest.com/Linux02/Mandrake_Linux_9-0_FirstLook_story-01.html |title=Mandrake Linux 9.0, Desktop Magic You Can Use: A First Look |quote=Many people have multi-boot boxes with both the Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems installed on them. They do some tasks in Linux and some in MS Windows – from time to time rebooting into Linux from Windows, or from Windows to Linux. With Mandrake Linux 9.0, there is little need to boot into Microsoft Windows. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219210613/http://mozillaquest.com/Linux02/Mandrake_Linux_9-0_FirstLook_story-01.html |archive-date=2014-02-19 }}</ref> [[CNET]] called the [[user experience]] of Mandrake Linux 8.0 the most polished available at that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnet.com/products/linux-mandrake-8-0-standard/ |title=Linux Mandrake 8.0 Standard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010118/http://www.cnet.com/products/linux-mandrake-8-0-standard/ |archive-date=2014-05-28 }}</ref>

Duval became the co-founder of Mandrakesoft, but was laid off from the company in 2006 along with many other employees.

===Name changes===
[[File:Mandrake 8.0 install screenshot.png|thumb|Installation screen of Linux-Mandrake 8.0]]
From its inception until the release of version 8.0, Mandrake named its flagship distribution Linux-Mandrake. From version 8.1 to 9.2 the distribution name was reversed and 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' [[trademark]]ed 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 (a [[Live CD]] version) became Mandrakemove.

In April 2005, Mandrakesoft announced the corporate acquisition of [[Conectiva]], a Brazilian-based company that produced a Linux distribution for Portuguese-speaking (Brazil) and Spanish-speaking Latin America. As a result of this acquisition and the legal dispute with Hearst Corporation, Mandrakesoft announced that the company was changing its name to Mandriva, and that their Linux distribution ''Mandrake Linux'' would henceforward be known as Mandriva Linux.<ref>{{cite web |title=Behind the New Mandriva |url=http://linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/5811/1/ |publisher=linuxplanet.com |access-date=2008-03-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601100919/http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/5811/1/ |archive-date=2008-06-01 }}</ref>

===Forks===
Mandriva has been forked many times.

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 |1=[[Red Hat Linux]]
 |2=[[DemoLinux]]
 |3=[[ALT Linux]]
 |4={{clade sequential
    |1=[[TinyMe]]
    |2=[[Granular Linux]]
    |3=[[Phinx]]
    |4=[[PCLinuxOS]]
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 |5=[[SAM Linux]] → [[SAMity Linux]]
 |6=[[BlackPanther OS]]
 |7=[[OpenSLS]] → [[Annvix]]
 |8=[[Unity Linux (Mandriva fork)|Unity Linux]]
 |9=[[Mageia]]
 |10={{clade
     |1=[[OpenMandriva Lx]]
     |2='''Mandrake Linux''' → '''Mandriva'''
     }}
 |11=[[ROSA Linux]]
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