Ac> Same goes for Mandrake, Mandriva, or RedHat and anything that spawned
Ac> from RedHat. I can't say anything bad about any of them, as I've never used
Ac> them. None of them ever interested me, though.. and I don't even
Ac> know why. ;)
Mandrake was the first Linux I used. It was an early boxed Linux for
non-commercial users and was actually quite good. It took off like Ubuntu did
later.
But they grew so fast that they thought that they needed someone to be a
business manager. TL;DR the "business manager" folk ran the company into the
ground.
As they tried to get everything back together (sans "business manager") they
merged with another dist called Connectiva (from Brazil?). Hence Mandriva now.
Mandriva is very polished and probably one of the best distros for
non-commercial users of Linux. Right now, my systems run Ubuntu, but when it's
time for a tech refresh, it will be Mandriva for me.
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