A review of Mandrake 8.1 and Mandrake's origins by the editor of Open for Business.

An initial look at 9.0 with much kudos and a few complaints.

Discussion of features, included applications, system requirements, installation options, graphical user interface, and game playing. From a Windows perspective.

Discussion of installation, configuration, windows managers, wine and hardware detection.

Rates 9 of 10. MandrakeSoft's Linux has reputation for being one of easiest to install, most user friendly Linux distributions on market, a reputation well deserved; latest release continues to improve on this. [ExtremeTech]

"Mandrake Linux 8.1 is the easiest to install and user-friendly Linux distro on the market." High marks for 8.1 from extremetech.

Discusses affordability, system requirements, installer and stability.

Review and tips for the boxed set.

Thumbs up for Mandrake 9.0 from Linux.com, but be sure to get both CDs.

Release 8.2 from Mandrake reviewed.