France's MandrakeSoft has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard in the open source camp's latest foray into the desktop PC market. The agreement, announced on Tuesday ahead of the LinuxWorld Expo, will see ...

MandrakeSoft releases a new version of its Linux software that embraces some technology that rival Red Hat still keeps at arm's length. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

MandrakeSoft has released version 8.2 of its Linux operating system, the company said Monday. The software can be downloaded or pre-ordered. Version 8.2 includes support for devices that can be ...

Alright, we've all heard the many, many zealous stories about how everyone's Linux system has never crashed, ever. I've just had X crash twice in 2 days, the screen locksup with multi-colored lines ...

Google’s Android operating system may be open source, but most of the phones and other devices that ship with Android also include a bunch of closed source apps and services including the Google Play ...

The software extends the company's long-standing focus on desktop users--a position that other Linux distributors, including Red Hat, have also begun to adopt. The software is ready immediately for ...

Here's the thing, I was running a 3-way boot system with W98SE, W2K Pro, and Mandrake Linux 7.2 on my old system of an Abit BE6-II and P3500MHz (oc'd to 575MHz). All was well, with only minor quirks.

MandrakeSoft has upgraded its desktop Linux operating system for machines running x86 processors, improving the installation process and adding newer versions of Linux components, the company ...