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Mandriva 2010 installation walk through

Mandriva is another one of the Linux distributions that has been around for quite some time. Beginning as Mandrake Linux, the company MandrakeSoft was forced to change its name when sued by the Hearst Corporation because of the claims that Mandrake Linux was inspired by their comic character “Mandrake the Magician”. So the change in name happened in 2005, but the name change wasn’t the only change in 2005. At the same time Mandriva acquired Lycoris and Conectiva. So Mandriva Linux became a combination of Mandrake Linux and Conectiva Linux.
Because of these changes, the Mandriva of today is not the Mandrake of yesterday. The latest version of Mandriva (named 2010) is a modern take on the Linux distribution and in this article you are going to be treated to a walk through of the installation. NOTE: This installation will be done via VirtualBox, so some of the information you might see may or may not apply to your installation.