The Open Source world is the ultimate environment for developers, and Mandriva Linux integrates all of the software required for creating the most complex and full-featured applications.

 GCC features C, C++, Fortran 77, Objective C, Java and Ada 95 compilers.
PHP, Perl and Python scripting languages are also included.
 GTK+ and Qt libraries - along with KDE and GNOME libraries - are provided for developing graphical applications.
 Java bytecode can be run with Kaffe -- a Java virtual machine.
J2SDK(TM), J2RE(TM) and Intel compilers are included in Mandriva Linux 10.0 Official packs.
 KDevelop is an easy to use Integrated Development Environment.
 Quanta Plus is a full-featured HTML Integrated Development Environment.
 Choose from a large selection of editors such as the popular Vim, Emacs and XEmacs.