Health Check: Mandriva

Mandriva began life in July 1998 as Linux Mandrake in France in Gael Duval’s bedroom after he ported a KDE 1.0 desktop onto Red Hat Linux 5.1, uploaded the result onto two FTP servers, went away on holiday, and came back to find that he had a popular and successful Linux distribution on his hands.
Mandriva [...]

Mandriva Joins ARM Connected Community

Mandriva, Europe’s leading Linux publisher, today announced it is a new member in the ARM® Connected Community, the industry’s largest ecosystem of ARM technology-based products and services. As part of the ARM Connected Community, Mandriva will gain access to a full range of resources to help it market and deploy innovative solutions that will enable [...]

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0
Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed
for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can
install Lighttpd on a Mandriva 2010.0 server with PHP5 support (through
FastCGI) and MySQL support.
Link to the original site

Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring Alpha2 available!

Time has came for second alpha release for 2010 Spring version of Mandriva Linux.  It’s now available through 32 and 64 DVD isos on public mirrors

2010 Spring planning
Detailed information about alpha2 release

As usual all your feedbacks are really important to help in improving global quality of distribution. You can report improvements proposals and/or bugs in [...]

Mandriva Newsletter – January 2010

Mandriva Newsletter – January 2010
Discover every quarter the core of the Mandriva activity, informations,
products and events services, practical resources, etc …
In this issue:
– Mandriva Enterprise Server 5
– Mandriva Pulse 2
– Mandriva Discovery Server
– Mandriva Research and Development projects
– What’s new in the Mandriva Store?
Team Mandriva wishes you an excellent 2010!

On the road again with Mandriva Linux 2010 Spring Alpha1

Mandriva team wishes you happy new year 2010 and is proud to propose the first alpha release for 2010 Spring.  Together with these isos, you will find also technical specifications for this coming release.
Many improvements and new functionnalities are planned for this new version: your desktop will be smart and connected! Smart desktop is still [...]

One XFCE 2010 Live edition is out

Caution !
Please remember, this edition is not a Mandriva product (so do not expect any kind of support directly from Mandriva), but has been completed with a great cooperation between the company and the community.

On the 19th November 2009, the mandriva community has released the One XFCE 2010 Live edition to the world. We tried [...]

Mandriva: The Choice of a New(bie) Generation?

It’s been said around the Internet many times that Mandriva is the best choice for new Linux users. In many ways, it’s easy to see why.
Recently the distribution released their latest version, Mandriva 2010. The system comes in a few different flavors, which is certainly worth exploring.
The recommended download is called “One”, a 32bit only [...]

Discover the brand new Mandriva Flash 2010

Now, you can take your desktop wherever you want with Mandriva Flash.
Plug in the USB key, boot up your PC and within a handful of seconds the
Mandriva Linux 2010 Operating System is ready for work, listening to music or
surfing the Internet.
Mandriva Linux 2010 is completely operational, needs no installation and fits
into your pocket.
Mandriva Flash 2010 [...]

Enjoy Mandriva Linux 2010 and discover the brand new Smart Desktop!

Mandriva launches the very latest version of its operating system, Mandriva
Linux 2010, and presents for the first time the Smart Desktop !
Smart Desktop is a unique technology which facilitates display, organisation,
management and search of your data (text, mails, images, videos).
Mandriva Linux 2010
- The latest versions of the best of Open Source now available: Mozilla
Firefox 3.5.3, [...]

20 Features in Mandriva 2010

I love Ubuntu and I am an Ubuntu user a long time ago but the next version Ubuntu 9.10 seems to focus on wallpapers and themes !! I don’t like Ubuntu’s way of development. It is just focusing on themes and ignoring important projects like PulseAudio and X.org.
In this article I will talk a little [...]

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Mandriva 2009.1

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Mandriva 2009.1
This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid
and PHP5 on Mandriva 2009.1. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to
the older mod_fastcgi. It lets you execute PHP scripts with the
permissions of their owners instead of the Apache user.
Link to [...]

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2 is available now for tests

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2, last development version, is now available on public mirrors. This RC2 version is available through following images:

Free version, 32 and 64 bit DVDs
One version, KDE or GNOME (available on monday)
Virtual images based on One images (available on monday)

These isos are hybrid isos which means you can dump it on an USB [...]

Being a Linux distribution publisher

Let’s start with a large overview of the Linux distribution publisher activity for Mandriva. We will deal with the best known, public and freely available versions (Free and One).

Select the best from Open Source and forsee the future
Integrate software: guarantee a quality environment
Create tools to facilitate the Linux desktop experience
Improve graphic integration
Integrate hardware in advance with constructors
Ensure [...]

Mandriva October 2009 Newsletter

In this number :
The launch of Mandriva Linux 2010
Scheduled for November 3rd, 2009, the new release of Mandriva Linux 2010 offers exceptional innovations. As simple to use as usual, you will find applications such as: KDE 4.3.1, GNOME 2.28, kernel 2.6.31.1, Xorg 1.6.4 RC [...]

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2009.1

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2009.1
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pLighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed
for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can
install Lighttpd on a [...]

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC1 is now available for tests

Mandriva Linux 2010 RC1 version is now available on public mirrors. This RC1 version is available through

Free version, 32 and 64 bits DVDs
Dual arch CD (both 32 and 64 bits)
One versions, KDE or GNOME
Virtualbox image

These isos are hybrid isos which means you can dump it on an USB key to install it. Use Mandriva-seeds, it’s [...]

Fedora, Mandriva delivering Linux goods

Ubuntu Linux may get most of the attention but Mandriva and Fedora Linux are pushing the Linux desktop forward more than most
Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux has a huge following among open source fans and it benefits from significant hype because of it. But Mandriva and Fedora Linux are quietly delivering the new features that Linux users [...]

Mandriva Linux Community: more than 10 years but things have to be said

Last year we celebrated 10 years of Mandriva. Even if things do not go as fast as we would expect we are very proud of this community. But for sure we did not speak enough about people and achievements. Better late than never. Mandriva community is an experienced community but as all group of people [...]

Mandriva Linux 2010 beta version is available

Mandriva Linux 2010 Beta version is now available on public mirrors. This Beta version is available through

Free version, 32 and 64 bit DVDs
One version, KDE or GNOME (note that all languages are not yet available) – One isos will be uploaded next week

These isos are hybrid isos which means you can dump it on an [...]