Editing Mandriva Linux (section)

{{Short description|Linux distribution}}
{{Infobox OS
| name                   = Mandriva Linux
| logo                   = [[File:Mandriva-Logo.svg|200px]]
| screenshot             = Mandriva Desktop-2011-default-view.png
| caption                = Mandriva Linux 2011
| developer              = [[Mandriva]]
| family                 = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| working state = Discontinued
| released               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1998|07|23}}
| language               = Multilingual
| userland               = [[GNU Core Utilities|GNU]]
| ui                     = [[KDE Plasma Desktop]] (official)
| license                = Various [[free software]] licenses, plus proprietary [[binary blob]]s.<ref name="kernelblobs" />
| website                = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523021945/http://www.mandriva.com/en/products-services/mbs/technical-specifications/ |date=23 May 2015 }}
| source_model           = [[open source software|Open source]] (with exceptions)<ref name="kernelblobs">{{cite web |url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Mandriva |title=Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems |publisher=the [[Free Software Foundation]] |access-date=2011-03-03 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424061731/http://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#Mandriva |archive-date=2011-04-24 }}</ref>
| package_manager        = [[urpmi]] ([[command-line]] frontend)<br>[[rpmdrake]] ([[GTK]] frontend)<br>[[.rpm]] (package format)
| updatemodel            = [[Long-term support]]
| latest release version = {{Wikidata|properties|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = {{Wikidata|properties|references|edit|P348|P548=Q3295609}}
| latest preview date    = {{Start date and age|{{Wikidata|qualifier|single|P348|P548=Q3295609|P577}}}}
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| supported_platforms    = [[amd64]], [[i686]], [[i586]], [[i486]], [[i386]], [[HAL SPARC64|sparc64]], [[ppc64]], [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]], [[ARM architecture|arm]], [[ia64]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]]
}}
'''Mandriva Linux''', a fusion of the French distribution '''Mandrake Linux''' and the Brazilian distribution '''Conectiva Linux''', is a discontinued [[Linux distribution]] developed by [[Mandriva]] S.A.

Each release lifetime was 18 months for base updates ([[Linux (kernel)|Linux]], [[system software]], etc.) and 12 months for desktop updates ([[window managers]], [[desktop environments]], [[web browsers]], etc.). [[server (computing)|Server]] products received full updates for at least five years after their release.<ref name="MPLP">{{cite web |url=http://www2.mandriva.com/support/lifecycle/ |title=Mandriva products lifetime policy |publisher=Mandriva |access-date=2013-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103154003/http://www2.mandriva.com/support/lifecycle/ |archive-date=2013-01-03 }}</ref>

The last release of Mandriva Linux was in August 2011. Most developers who were laid off went to [[Mageia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/717273-the-elegant-mageia-linux-prepares-a-new-release |title=The Elegant Mageia Linux Prepares a New Release &#124; Linux.com |access-date=2014-11-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017202605/http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/717273-the-elegant-mageia-linux-prepares-a-new-release |archive-date=2014-10-17 }} The Elegant Mageia Linux Prepares a New Release</ref> Later on, the remaining developers teamed up with community members and formed [[OpenMandriva Lx|OpenMandriva]], a continuation of Mandriva.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.mandriva.com/en/2012/05/17/mandriva-linux-will-return-to-the-community/ |url-status=dead |title=Mandriva SA official blog: Mandriva Linux will return to the community |date=17 May 2012 |access-date=2015-12-13 |publisher=[[Mandriva]] |archive-date=23 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523070604/https://blog.mandriva.com/en/2012/05/17/mandriva-linux-will-return-to-the-community/ }}</ref>