Mandriva Linux（原先的Mandrakelinux）创建于1998年，其宗旨是让Linux对所有人都更易于使用。当时Linux作为操作系统已经以强大和稳定而著称，但它要求人们有很强的专业知识，并涉及大量的命令行操作。MandrakeSoft认为这是一个将最好的图形桌面环境及其自己的图形界面配置工具集成到Linux中的机会，并且很快就因其树立了易用性和功能性的标准而著称。依靠这种创新的方法，Mandriva Linux通过一种易于使用并令人愉快的环境，向个人和企业用户提供了Linux所有的强大功能和稳定性。每天都有成千上万的新用户在初识Linux并发现它可以完全替代他们之前所使用的操作系统。无论是作为服务器还是工作站，Linux都用不着去妒嫉任何其他更广为采用的操作系统了。

DVD version
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DVD version is the most complete version of Free edition.
 You can choose 32 or 64 bits version depending of your architecture.
mandriva-linux-free-2008-spring-dvd-i586.iso
mandriva-linux-free-2008-spring-dvd-x86-64.iso

One edition
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The One edition of Mandriva Linux is a Live CD. A Live CD is an 
operating system which boots and runs directly from CD, with no 
installation required, and without making any permanent change to 
the system on which it runs. Mandriva One, however, is a hybrid 
Live CD, meaning it also has an installer allowing it to be 
installed to the system's hard disk, should the user so desire. 
The small size of Mandriva One also makes it ideal for users with 
slow or bandwidth limited Internet connections.

You will find 6 CDs images, providing KDE or GNOME graphical 
environment. Then choose the right languages set following below list:

mandriva-linux-one-2008-spring-KDE-asian-cdrom-i586.iso
mandriva-linux-one-2008-spring-GNOME-asian-cdrom-i586.iso
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    * Chinese Simplified (zh_CN)
    * Chinese Traditional (zh_TW)
    * English (Australia) (en_AU)
    * English (Canada) (en_CA)
    * English (en_GB)
    * English (Ireland) (en_IE)
    * English (New-Zealand) (en_NZ)
    * English (American) (en_US)
    * Indonesian (id)
    * Japanese (ja)
    * Korean (ko)
    * Malay (ms)