Topic: Mandriva

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Summary:

Mandriva was created in 1998. It is a French software company. Mandriva offices are located in the U.S.A and France. Its original name was MandrakeSoft, but later shortened down to Mandriva. Basically Mandriva is a skills organizer and project initiator. Mandriva is one of the first Linux distributors. Basically Mandriva takes the place of Linux OS.