<Li> Mandriva Linux was a Red Hat derivative popular in several European countries and Brazil, backed by the French company of the same name . After the company went bankrupt, it was superseded by OpenMandriva Lx, although a number of derivatives now have a larger user base . <Ul> <Li> Mageia, a community fork of Mandriva Linux created in 2010 </Li> <Li> PCLinuxOS, a derivative of Mandriva, which grew from a group of packages into a community - spawned desktop distribution </Li> <Li> ROSA Linux, another former derivative of Mandriva, now developed independently </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Mageia, a community fork of Mandriva Linux created in 2010 </Li> <Li> PCLinuxOS, a derivative of Mandriva, which grew from a group of packages into a community - spawned desktop distribution </Li> <Li> ROSA Linux, another former derivative of Mandriva, now developed independently </Li> </Ul> <Li> Mageia, a community fork of Mandriva Linux created in 2010 </Li> <Li> PCLinuxOS, a derivative of Mandriva, which grew from a group of packages into a community - spawned desktop distribution </Li>

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