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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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On Thu, 29 May 2025 23:17:55 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:

> MandrakeLinux 10.1 on a Magazine cover .... about two weeks before
> 'they' had to change the name to MandrivaLinux because 'Mandrake the
> Magician' comic producers objected to the use of the name
> 'Mandrake'.

That wasn’t the reason for the name change. The name changed because 
Mandrake merged with Conectiva, from Brazil.

The only thing I remember about Conectiva is that they created the 
“apt4rpm” tool. At that time, RPM-based distros lagged behind Debian in 
the ability to automatically resolve dependencies in a package you were 
trying to install by downloading additional needed packages.