tallship<span class=""><span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://linuxrocks.online/@openmandriva" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>openmandriva</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://linuxrocks.online/@jamesp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jamesp</span></a></span> </span><span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://gleasonator.com/users/james" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>james</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://linuxrocks.online/@jamesp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jamesp</span></a></span> <br><br>I was part of the original Mageia Crew, leaving the project after not long after three initial public release.<br><br>It had a kewl vibe, rising up from the ashes of mandriva, which itself a sort of continuance of one of my all time fav desktop distros for n00bs - Mandrake Linux... Itself a user friendly, workstation focused reimagined Redhat Linux 5.x<br><br>Oddly, I've never gone back to lend help or create packages, etc., And I dunno why or what the state of either Mageia or OpenMandriva are today, or how those two communities get along.<br><br><a href="https://www.mageia.org/en/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mageia.org/en/</a><br><br>Nowadays, instead of Mandrake Linux, we typically recommend Linux Mint to n00bs, or just install Debian for them and then slowly remove the training wheels until they're ready for Arch Linux, lolz.<br><br>So... What are the differences now between, and in what ways have Mageia and OpenMandriva diverged?<br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/tallship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tallship</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/openmandriva" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenMandriva</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/mageia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mageia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/mandrake" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mandrake</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/redhat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Redhat</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/mint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mint</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/debian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debian</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/arch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arch</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/slackware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slackware</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/distros" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#distros</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://gleasonator.com/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a><br><br>⛵<br><br>.