Mandrake Linux born

History of Mandrake Linux or mandriva linux

mandake linux

First released based on Redhat Linux (version 5.1) and KDE (version 1.0) on July 23, 1998. From beginning to version 8.0, Mandrake named its main products with Linux Mandrake. Medium version 8.1 to 9.2 is named Mandrake Linux.

In February 2004, Mandrakesoft lost a court case against Hearst Corporation, owners of King Features Syndicate. Hearst accused MandrakeSoft infringe copyright King Features character called 'Mandrake the Magician'. As a precaution, Mandrakesoft renamed its products by eliminating the space between the brand and product name and change the first letter of the product name to lower case, so that a single word. Starting from version 10.0, known as Mandrake Linux Mandriva Linux, as well as its logo.

In April 2005 Mandrakesoft recognize the Conectiva, a Brazilian company that produces distributions Portuguese (Brazilian) and Spanish in Latin America. As a result of this acquisition and the legal dispute with Hearst Corporation, Mandrakesoft announced its corporate name to Mandriva, Mandriva Linux and that will be the new name for its products.