http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:30:25 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/25490/Mandriva_Faces_Bankruptcy_-_Again/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25490/Mandriva_Faces_Bankruptcy_-_Again/ Somewhere in 2001, I bought a computer magazine which came with a Linux CD. I had heard of Linux before, but while we did have broadband back then and was technically capable of downloading a Linux distribution, this method was far easier. This was my first foray into Linux - it was Mandrake. Now, though, it seems the curtain has really dropped for the French Linux company. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:03 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 69 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News davidiwharper http://www.osnews.com/story/25113/Mandriva_2011_Linux_Release_Finally_Comes/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25113/Mandriva_2011_Linux_Release_Finally_Comes/ "While the Mandriva Linux distribution lost most of its charm when many of the developers left to form Mageia Linux and the remaining stakeholders switched to just doing one official release per year, the 2011 final release was published on Sunday. While Mandriva no longer carries the popularity it did in its early days or back in the Mandrake days, the 2011.0 release is an improvement. Mandriva 2011.0 provides the mandriva Package Manager (a new package manager under heavy development), MandrivaSync (a cloud service for Mandriva that's similar to DropBox, iCloud, and Ubuntu One), LibreOffice 3.4, and adopts the system service manager." Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:30:24 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 25 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News http://www.osnews.com/story/25002/Mandriva_To_Start_Distributing_Flash_Player/ http://www.osnews.com/story/25002/Mandriva_To_Start_Distributing_Flash_Player/ Unlike Apple and Microsoft, and despite numerous demands from their users, Linux distributions have been traditionally unable to directly ship the popular Adobe Flash Player with their packages, due to the closed source nature of the software and the restrictive license chosen by Adobe. While it does seems shorter than a regular EULA made by Microsoft with all the legalese that goes with it, it does still restrict redistribution in most cases, and the FAQ seemed to be clear about that point. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:50:14 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 50 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News V. Deseinture http://www.osnews.com/story/23820/Mandriva_Fork_Announced_by_Former_Employees/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23820/Mandriva_Fork_Announced_by_Former_Employees/ It's been a troubling couple of weeks for Mandriva, but I decided not to report on it since I found it hard to unravel the events leading up to all this. Now, though, the story has come to its (logical) conclusion: now that most of Mandriva's employees have been laid off, they came together and forked Mandriva. Enter Mageia. Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:18:50 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 60 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News gireesh http://www.osnews.com/story/23534/Mandriva_2010_1_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23534/Mandriva_2010_1_Released/ Embattled Linux vendor Mandriva released version 2010 Spring, after a delay that only underscored the uncertainty around the distro's future. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:20:02 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News http://www.osnews.com/story/23475/Mandriva_Saved_By_New_Investors/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23475/Mandriva_Saved_By_New_Investors/ After weeks of concern about the "catastrophic state of its finances" and an indefinite delay in the release of version 2010.1, the French website LeMagIT is reporting that Mandriva has been saved by new investors. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:17:10 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 4 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News visconde_de_sabugosa http://www.osnews.com/story/23472/Community_Asking_Mandriva_More_Directions/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23472/Community_Asking_Mandriva_More_Directions/ Following the previous article on the Mandriva situation, the various users communities, notably the French and German ones ( among others, as there is more and more people who express their support with the initiative ) have issued an open letter to Mandriva SA about the future of the distribution, asking for clarification about the possible deal, and their impact on the community. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:22:09 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 7 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News E. Hermechals http://www.osnews.com/story/23450/Mandriva_in_the_Storm/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23450/Mandriva_in_the_Storm/ It seems that the previous news about Mandriva SA being for sale have been more than simple rumors. Frederic Cuif* (incorrectly unaccented due to limitations in our CMS), active member of the French-speaking Mandriva User Group has summed up the various outcomes and proposed projects he found after contacting several key members of the company in order to gather information. The result of his investigation can be found on his blog, along with a detailed analysis of the Mandriva business model and the proposed outcomes, from a renewed interest in the distribution and the community from Linagora, potential buyer, to what could be the end of the Mandriva adventure if nothing is done. (Thanks to everybody who submitted this) Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:37:56 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Kroc Camen) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 55 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News E Herchemals http://www.osnews.com/story/23276/Mandriva_S_A_For_Sale/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23276/Mandriva_S_A_For_Sale/ If there's one Linux company that has seen lots of ups and downs it's the Paris-based Mandriva S.A. They have a great distribution, but as a company, they've always been on shaky grounds. First a rumour, now confirmed: the company has put itself up for sale - which, as the community points out, isn't necessarily a bad thing. Tue, 11 May 2010 13:48:37 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 47 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News http://www.osnews.com/story/23107/First_Glance_at_Mandriva_Enterprise_Server_5_1/ http://www.osnews.com/story/23107/First_Glance_at_Mandriva_Enterprise_Server_5_1/ Mandriva recently released an update to their Enterprise Server product line. This new version, 5.1, is focused on improving virtualization and providing easy-to-use administrative tools. According to Mandriva's website, the new Enterprise Server is compliant with Linux Standard Base 4.0 and comes with five years of support. The company has provided trial versions in the form of installation discs and VirtualBox images. For my journey into the Enterprise side of Mandriva, I downloaded an image for VirtualBox. Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:45:29 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 13 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 Feature Jesse Smith http://www.osnews.com/story/22434/Mandriva_2010_0_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22434/Mandriva_2010_0_Released/ The boys and girls in the Mandriva team have released Mandriva Linux 2010.0. This new Mandriva release obviously brings the latest and greatest from the open source and Linux communities, including the latest KDE and GNOME releases. Among other things, boot time has been a priority. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:03:37 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 23 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News visconde_de_sabugosa http://www.osnews.com/story/22350/Mandriva_Adds_Moblin_Poulsbo_Support/ http://www.osnews.com/story/22350/Mandriva_Adds_Moblin_Poulsbo_Support/ Mandriva's second release candidate for Mandriva 2010 adds a Moblin UI option, and (in the paid version) auto-detected support for the closed GPU in Intel's Poulsbo companion chip. So, if you've got one of those teensy CompuLab FitPC2s, an early Dell netbook, or perhaps a MID or single-board computer based on Menlow, it might be worth a look. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:53:31 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 6 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News Henry http://www.osnews.com/story/21709/_Mandriva_Linux_2010_Alpha_1_Available_for_Download_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21709/_Mandriva_Linux_2010_Alpha_1_Available_for_Download_/ "Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 1 is now available on public mirrors. This first alpha is available only through Free version, 32 and 64 bits DVDs. This development release is the first one realized without mkcd, our historical build tool, but using bcd available also on Mandriva svn. This new tool should improve global quality of our release and make tests much easier and efficient... Final release of 2010 version is due the 21st of October." Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:48:23 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Jordan Spencer Cunningham) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 13 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News http://www.osnews.com/story/21401/Mandriva_Linux_2009_Spring_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21401/Mandriva_Linux_2009_Spring_Released/ Mandriva has announced the launch of the final version of Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring (codename Pauillac). This new version comes with a host of improvements and changes, as always. Fun fact: this is the first release reported to us by Anne Nicolas instead of Adam Williamson. For those that keep score. Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:20:10 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 22 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News Anne http://www.osnews.com/story/21270/Mandriva_Linux_2009_Spring_RC2_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21270/Mandriva_Linux_2009_Spring_RC2_Released/ The RC2 release of Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring (code name Estephe) is now available. This RC2 version provides some updates on major desktop components of the distribution, including KDE 4.2.2, GNOME 2.26, X.org server 1.6, and kernel 2.6.29. This RC2 version proposes also nearly all of the 2009 Spring design. This version will allow you also to dump in a very easy way All available One hybrid isos on a USB key and then install Mandriva Linux on netbooks. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:05:26 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Mandriva, Mandrake, Lycoris 25 http://www.osnews.com/topics/39 News Anne