Mandriva and Turbolinux announce a partnership and create a joint development lab called Manbo-Labs

Mandriva and Turbolinux announce a partnership and create a joint development lab called Manbo-Labs

Mandriva's developers teamed up with Turbolinux's developers to work together to optimize
Linux distributions

Paris, Tokyo, 16th January 2008- Mandriva and Turbolinux announce a partnership by creating a lab named: Manbo-Labs. This Lab is the result of an agreement between Mandriva and Turbolinux to share resources and technology to release a common base system on each of Linux distributions.

Mandriva participates at the QualiPSo consortium in Rome on 16 January and the Aristotle Association seminary in Paris

Mandriva participates at the QualiPSo consortium in Rome on 16 January and the Aristotle Association seminary in Paris on 17 January


Paris, 15 January 2008 – The QualiPSo consortium, pursuing its aim of helping companies and administrations reinforce their competiveness by opening up access to reliable and cost-effective free software, is organizing its first international conference on 16-17 January on the theme“Building confidence in Free Software.”

Denmark joins Mandriva's ecosystem

Denmark joins Mandriva's ecosystem


Paris, January 11th 2008 - Mandriva Denmark was launched in December 2007 as the exclusive Danish partner for Mandriva S.A, offering the Mandriva Linux operating system. The goal of Mandriva Denmark is to provide local distribution of Mandriva Linux and other integrated open source applications in the local language throughout Denmark, the Faeroe Islands and Greenland.

New 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB Released today

Mandriva today introduced the 2008 Mandriva Flash 4GB, the newest member of the Mandriva Flash family that lets you take your entire desktop with you wherever you go. 2008 Mandriva Flash includes a new functionnality: ezBoot which reboots under Linux without going through BIOS settings, and the double utilization of Windows and Linux system.

Mandriva Linux selected as “Product of the Year 2007” at the Russian Softool event

Mandriva has been selected as 'Product of the Year 2007' in the Linux category at the Softool exhibition in Moscow.


The 'Product of the Year 2007' competition was held by the department of information technologies and computing systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Federal Agency of Information Technologies, the publishing house SK Press, and IT-expo.


The winners were determined by an council of experts headed by Sergey Abramov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Director of the Institute of Programming Systems.

Nigerian education selects Intel-powered Classmate PC with Mandriva Linux

Mandriva today announced that the Nigerian government has selected Intel-powered classmate PCs running on Mandriva Linux for educational use in nationwide pilot in Nigeria. Mandriva is working with Intel Corporation and Technology Support Center Ltd. to provide 17,000 Intel-powered classmate PC. The aim of this project is to improve the quality of technology delivered to students, and to help teachers and parents.

Mandriva offers the new Powerpack subscription services at a special introductory price of 49 euros.

For the release of the new edition, Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2008 (Download Edition) presents a special introductory price of 39 euros (49 USD). It is more than 20% reduction over the regular 49 euros price, especially for early buyers.

Mandriva simplifies its new range of products: Mandriva Linux 2008

After the 2007 Spring edition, Mandriva Linux 2008 is the next major new release of Mandriva to take advantage of the faster 6-months development cycle.

Angola choses Mandriva to develop Information Society

Mandriva and Angola today announce the signature of a broad technical cooperation agreement.

Angola - a country with strong links with Portugal and Brazil - has recently celebrated 5 years of peace after almost 30 years of civil conflict. There are strong signs of a booming economy throughout the country: Angola is one of the world fastest growing economies (+20.6% in 2006) thanks to considerable natural resources, among which oil and diamonds are the most significant, and to an active agricultural sector. Angola is now looking to become an information society.

Australia To Join Mandriva Partner Ecosystem

Pursuing its strategy of developing a large international network of local partners, Mandriva today announces the launch of Mandriva Australia as the sole Australian partner for Mandriva SA, distributing and supporting Mandriva Linux operating systems.

The Australian Market is ready for Linux expansion: about 50% of servers in Australia currently operate on Linux. The huge growth of Linux in China will in the near future give great impetus to the availability of Linux-based hardware and drivers for Australia. For this partnership, Mandriva has selected ArnSys for its expertise: