-- Posted by Hexer at 6:54 am on July 13, 2005 Does anyone know why Mandrake linux changed its name to Mandriva linux -- Posted by xkakesx28 at 7:39 am on July 13, 2005 never heard of him...or her...or it. -- Posted by Hexer at 7:48 am on July 13, 2005 Its a major distrobution of Linux -- Posted by mephisto mortis at 10:50 am on July 13, 2005 Mandrake merged with Conectiva, therefore the new alias Mandriva is half from each. -- Posted by Hexer at 11:29 am on July 13, 2005  I never knew that, who are Conectiva though?