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Five good reasons to try Mandriva Linux 2011

Canonical's Ubuntu may frequently dominate the headlines in the Linux world, but the fact remains that it's just one of many popular desktop distributions of the free and open source operating system.

By Katherine Noyes | 30 August, 2011 04:02

Tags: canonical, Linux, mandrake, non-Windows, open source, operating systems, software, unix

K3b 2.0 coming to KDE4 mid-2009, Qt forked for port

Popular CD and DVD burning application for KDE, K3b is gearing up for its first port to KDE4 with a pending 2.0 release, but part of the Qt toolkit had to be forked to make it possible.

By Rodney Gedda | 24 March, 2009 12:05

Tags: DVD, k3b, kde, kde4, mandriva, Qt, Qt Software

Mandriva Linux 2009 released

European software company Mandriva has released the 2009 update to its flagship Linux distribution, Mandriva Linux.

By Rodney Gedda | 10 October, 2008 15:05

Tags: Linux, mandriva

Sydney school teaches with Linux monopoly

Linux may be struggling to gain a foothold in the primary and secondary education market but one Sydney school is setting itself higher grades - all without Microsoft.

Mandriva puts Linux on USB stick

Now the geeks can have a full-featured Linux OS booted from a USB stick or thumb drive. Linux distributor Mandriva's Flash 4GB provides Mandriva Linux 2007 KDE 32-bit, which needs no installation -- being ready to boot off the USB 2.0 stick. Plug in the stick, turn on the PC, and Mandriva Linux is ready to use in a few seconds.

Mandriva Linux to Microsoft: No IP licensing deal for us

French Linux vendor Mandriva is the third Linux operating system company in a week to say it's not interested in any licensing deal with Microsoft to avoid possible patent infringement claims.

Microsoft swoops in to claim Nigeria Linux deal

Linux vendor Mandriva thought it had signed a deal with Nigeria to equip elementary schools with computers and software.

Nigeria favors Mandriva over Microsoft once more

Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all.