@vascocosta yes and it was. I remember trying Redhat back then, but prefering Mandrake because of its configuration tools .Had it on my personal PC for the longest time, until RPM package management hickups made me settle for debian based distros instead.
I'm trying out OpenMadriva now, and the startup experience certainly is a throwback to how welcoming Mandrake was back then too. #RetroLinux #IsThatEvenAThing?