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-[Conectiva] was founded by ArnaldoMelo in 1995 and was based on [RedHat]
. It's
major focus was on multi-lingual Linux - particularly in Porteguese as it
was based in Brazil
. It
merged with [Mandrake] and is now [Mandriva]
+[Conectiva] was a Brazillian Linux distribution,
founded by ArnaldoMelo in 1995.
It wa based on RedHatLinux, with a
major focus was on multi-lingual Linux - particularly in Porteguese.
+
+One of Conectiva's contributions to the Linux work
was porting apt-get(8) to work with RPMs: see AptForRpm
.
+
+In 2004, it
merged with [Mandrake],
and is now part of
[Mandriva].
