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SuliX was a Hungarian, Fedora-based distribution for schools. Its main features are usability, Hungarian language support, "freshness" in terms of software updates and educational purpose. It can be used in schools, for IT education or as a Linux migration tool. The name "SuliX" comes from Hungarian: "suli" means "school" in child's language. SuliX was developed by a small group of teachers in Hungary.
Status: Discontinued
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| 2020-08-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Mageia 8 Beta 1 |
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The Mageia team has published a new development snapshot of the upcoming Mageia 8 release. The first beta build includes a number of improvements to the installer, such as a new filesystem support, along with better support for the ARM architecture. "Some of the major improvements include improved ARM support, all packages have now been built for AArch64 and ARM v7, completing the transition away from Python 2 and very recent hardware support. There have been many improvements in the installer, which now has better support for F2FS and Nilfs2. Both the live and classical environments have been improved with the use of ZStd compression, this will give faster boot and installation times. There has also been considerable work with package management, rpm 4.16 has brought many improvements including automatic SSD detection and improved transaction speed, meta data parsing within urpmi has been accelerated through the use of ZStd compression, AppStream metadata use has been improved to allow better integration with GNOME and Plasma." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Mageia-8-beta1-x86_64.iso (4,189MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-beta1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,307MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-Cauldron-netinstall-x86_64.iso (56MB, SHA512). |
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| Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, the Mageia project is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.
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| 2023-08-27 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 9 |
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Mageia is a general purpose, independent desktop distribution from the Mandriva family of projects. The project's latest release is version 9 which includes improves to the installer, package management, and minimal install size of the distribution. "Smaller disk footprint - the size of the minimal install (when disabling the recommended packages) has been reduced, it's the smallest since Mageia 4; the RPM database has switched to SQLite - the RPM database no longer uses the old and unmaintained Berkeley DB, it now uses the modern SQLite, conversion is performed during upgrade from Mageia 8; NFS support is done using system tools rather than our 15 years old forked NFS code, thus gaining support for NFSv4 and co; when using an HTTP server, it's now possible to specify a port different than the default 80; the stage1 images are compressed with zstd instead of gzip; lots of bug fixes and improvements in the partitioner; add 'downloader=curl' in order to switch from wget to curl for downloading packages; the rescue system has been enhanced; live ISO image - the NetworkManager system service is now enabled by default on the Plasma live ISO image (this was already done for the GNOME and Xfce live ISO iimages in previous releases) - this allows network connections to be managed via the Plasma system settings tool as well as by the traditional Mageia network management tools." Additional details can be found in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Mageia-9-x86_64.iso (4,311MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,864MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso (122MB, SHA512). |
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| 2023-07-23 |
Development Release: Mageia 9 RC1 |
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Nicolas Lécureuil has announced the availability of the first release candidate for the upcoming Mageia 9. This development build ships with Linux kernel 6.4.3, while KDE Plasma has been upgraded to version 5.27.5: "We are proud to announce the first release candidate of Mageia 9. Since the release of beta 2 in May 2023, the Mageia team has worked to solve a number of stubborn issues and provide security fixes and new updates. Thanks to all the teams that make up Mageia for the great work done in these months, to fix, test and validate all these new features and add the new wallpaper. The following features stand out: Linux kernel 6.4.3, glib 2.36, GCC 12.3.0, RPM 4.18.0, Chromium 114.0.5735.198, Firefox ESR 102.13, LibreOffice 7.5.4, KDE Plasma 5.27.5, GNOME 44.2, Xfce 4.18.4, LXQt 1.3.0, Mesa 23.1.3. We continue to offer (as few do) installation media for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, 64-bit live images for KDE Plasma, GNOME and Xfce, as well as a 32-bit live image for Xfce." See the release announcement and the detailed release notes for further information. Download (mirrors): Mageia-9-rc1-x86_64.iso (4,304MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-9-rc1-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (3,730MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-rc1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,854MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-rc1-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (3,452MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2023-05-26 |
Development Release: Mageia 9 Beta 2 |
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Yves Brungard has announced that the second beta build of Mageia 9 is now available for download and testing. The new development snapshot upgrades the Linux kernel to version 6.3.3 and KDE Plasma desktop to version 5.27.4. "We are proud to announce the second beta of Mageia 9. Since the release of beta 1 in February 2023 the Mageia team has worked to solve a number of stubborn issues and to provide security fixes and new updates. The following features stand out: Linux kernel 6.3.3, glibc 2.36, GCC 12.3.0, RPM 4.18.0, Chromium 110, Firefox ESR 102.11, LibreOffice 7.5.2, KDE Plasma 5.27.4, GNOME 44, Xfce 4.18.1, LXQt 1.3.0, Mesa 23.1.0. We continue to offer (as few do) installation media for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, 64-bit live images for Plasma, GNOME and Xfce, as well as a 32-bit live image for Xfce." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Download (mirrors): Mageia-9-beta2-x86_64.iso (4,422MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-9-beta2-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (3,876MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-beta2-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (4,003MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-beta2-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (3,593MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2023-03-01 |
Development Release: Mageia 9 Beta 1 |
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Filip Komar has announced the availability of the first beta build of the upcoming Mageia 9, a distribution that was resurrected from Mandriva back in 2011. This release brings many updated packages, although the including Plasma desktop is only a beta of the 5.27 version: "We are proud to announce the first beta of Mageia 9. A lot of fixes and new updates have followed since the first alpha back in November 2022. Congratulations to all the teams that make up Mageia for the great work done in these months, to fix, test and validate all these new features, of which the following stand out: Linux kernel 6.1.11, glibc 2.36, GCC 12.2.1, RPM 4.18.0, Chromium 110, Firefox ESR 102.8, LibreOffice 7.5.0, KDE Plasma 5.26.90, GNOME 43, Xfce 4.18, LXQt 1.2.1, Mesa 23.0.0." Here is the full release announcement. Download (mirrors): Mageia-9-beta1-x86_64.iso (4,378MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-9-beta1-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (3,815MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-beta1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,959MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-9-beta1-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (3,555MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). The distribution continues to publish releases for the i586 architectures as well. |
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| 2022-11-19 |
Development Release: Mageia 9 Alpha 1 |
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Filip Komar has announced the launch of a development release of Mageia. The new snapshot, Mageia 9 Alpha, is available in several editions and includes an option to remove old kernels once they are no longer needed. "The available ISO images are the same as in Mageia 8, offering installation media for both 32- and 64-bit systems, 64bit live images for Plasma, GNOME and Xfce, as well as a 32-bit live image for Xfce. The Control Centre now adds a new feature that will allow the removal of old kernels. This feature will be automated by default in Mageia 9, but will also allow the user to configure and run it manually. There are also improvements in boot times with the Plasma update to 5.25 and systemd. And as always there are many package updates. So please update during or at least soon after install." The release announcement offers further details and a list of key package versions. Download (pkglist): Mageia-9-alpha1-x86_64.iso (4,423MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-9-alpha1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,999MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-Cauldron-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso (106MB, SHA512). |
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| 2021-02-26 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 8 |
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Mageia is a community fork of the now-discontinued Mandriva distribution. The Mageia distribution provides a general purpose operating system with a focus on easy to use, pre-configured desktop environments. The project's latest release is Mageia 8 which improves boot time performance, mostly removes dependencies on Python 2, and package management information is now compressed using Zstd to make updating parsing package data faster. "Faster package metadata parsing Urpmi metadata are compressed with Zstd instead of xz, resulting in faster parsing. Python 2 is mostly dead Most python2 modules and software were removed. The ARM (Advanced RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) Machine) port rebooted during Mageia 7 days has been enhanced. The core is available for ARMv7 and AArch64. There is no traditional installer for now, and it is still considered experimental, but most of the distribution was built successfully on both architectures (see our ARM status overview for details). The plan is to provide installation images for popular ARM devices in the coming months. There is no ETA for those as of Mageia 8's release. Drakboot is now somewhat able to set up UEFI on AArch64." Additional information can be found in the distribution's release notes. Download (pkglist): Mageia-8-x86_64.iso (4,290MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (3,053MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,433MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,806MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2021-02-06 |
Development Release: Mageia 8 RC |
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The Mageia team have announced a release candidate for Mageia 8. The development snapshot includes several package upgrades, including a move to the latest version of PHP and the latest long-term support release of the kernel. There have also been a number of video driver updates. "PHP was recently updated to 8.0.2, therefore, feedback on PHP applications will be helpful to check for issues. The NVIDIA drivers have been switched to gl-vendor-neutral-dispatch, so MESA applications can work on such systems, with 460 series on x86_64 and 390 series still available. Note that the NVIDIA 340 series is no longer supported. DrakX, our installer, will switch supported systems to NVIDIA 390 where possible, or use the nouveau driver if they are unsupported by the newer drivers. For AMD graphic cards based on Southern Islands family (Tahiti, Pitcairn, Oland, Verde, Hainan) and Sea Islands family (Kaveri, Bonaire, Hawaii, Kabini, Mullins) we are now defaulting to the newer amdgpudriver instead of the older Radeon, and feedback, if it works properly or not on your hardware, would be helpful." Further details are available in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Mageia-8-rc-x86_64.iso (4,288MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-rc-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,433MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, Mageia-8-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso (120MB, SHA512). |
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| 2020-12-13 |
Development Release: Mageia 8 Beta 2 |
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Yves Brungard has announced that the second beta build of the upcoming Mageia 8 release is ready for testing: "We are happy to announce the release of Mageia 8 beta 2. After a long time since beta 1, we look forward to hearing your feedback and thoughts so that we can continue to get Mageia 8 ready for release. As we said in a previous post, a lot of work had to be done for the base system upgrade, Java, Linux kernel and the graphical stack. These upgrades are now in a state that allows for the beta 2 ISO images to be built and tested. Here are some of the major packages included in this release: Linux kernel 5.9.12 (5.10 will land in shortly), glibc 2.32, GCC 10.2.1, rpm 4.16.1, Chromium 87, Firefox 78.5, LibreOffice 7.0.4, Plasma Desktop 5.20.4, GNOME 3.38.1, Cinnamon 4.8.2, Xfce 4.15.2, MATE 1.24. PHP is provided in release 8.0." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. As always, Mageia releases are available as installation or live images (with GNOME, KDE Plasma or Xfce); download links: Mageia-8-beta2-x86_64.iso (4,363MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,457MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (3,074MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-8-beta2-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,813MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2020-07-02 |
Development Release: Mageia 8 Alpha 1 |
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The Mageia project has announced the availability of a new development release, Mageia 8 alpha 1. The new snapshot introduces a new version of the Linux kernel along with cutting-edge versions of desktop environments. New filesystem support has been added to the kernel and default packages no longer rely on Python 2. "We are happy to announce the release of the test images of Mageia 8. These are available to early testers to help with the development towards a stable final release of Mageia 8. There have been large scale updates of all packages as well as new features implemented to improve what Mageia already offered. Some of the major improvements include improved ARM support, all packages have now been built for Aarch64 and ARM v7, completing the transition away from Python 2 and very recent hardware support. There have been many improvements to the installer, which now has better support for F2FS and Nilfs2. Both the live and classical environments have been improved with the use of ZStd compression, this will give faster boot and installation times." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Mageia-8-alpha1-x86_64.iso (4,239MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-Cauldron-netinstall-x86_64.iso (56MB, SHA512), Mageia-8-alpha1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (3,245MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-07-01 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 7 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the release of Mageia 7, the new stable version from a community project that forked the defunct Mandriva Linux distribution back in 2010: "Everyone at Mageia is very happy to announce the release of Mageia 7. There are lots of new features, exciting updates and new versions of your favorite programs, as well as support for very recent hardware. There are classical installer images for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, as well as live DVDs for 64-bit Plasma, GNOME, Xfce and 32-bit Xfce. Mageia 7 comes with a huge variety of desktops and window managers, improved support for Wayland and hybrid graphics cards. On a more fun note, an effort was made to enhance gaming in Mageia, so there are many new upgrades and additions to the game collection. Here are the versions of some of the major packages that ship with Mageia 7: Linux kernel 5.1.14, rpm 4.14.2, dnf 4.2.6, MESA 19.1, Plasma Desktop 5.15.4, GNOME 3.32, Xfce 4.13.4, Firefox 67, Chromium 73, LibreOffice 6.2.3." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download (mirrors, pkglist): Mageia-7-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (2,888MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (2,573MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,343MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-x86_64.iso (4,241MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-06-02 |
Development Release: Mageia 7 RC |
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Donald Stewart has announced the availability of the release candidate for Mageia 7, the last test build before the upcoming final release: "The Mageia community is very happy to announce what will hopefully be the last release before Mageia 7 is final. We all hope that this release builds on the quality of the previous beta releases. The release process so far has been smooth so we all hope that there are no new release critical bugs found here and that we can get Mageia 7 out into the wild shortly. Here are a few release highlights and package versions: Linux kernel 5.1.5, RPM 4.14.2, dnf 4.2.6, MESA 19.1, KDE Plasma 5.15.4, GNOME 3.32, Xfce 4.12, Firefox 67, Chromium 73, LibreOffice 6.2.3. Assuming that this release candidate doesn't have any critical bugs, the final release ISO images can be built, targeting final release in roughly a week or two. We hope that the release works well for you, but if there are issues please report them to our Bugzilla." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirrors, pkglist): Mageia-7-rc-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (2,886MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-rc-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (2,574MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-rc-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,343MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-rc-x86_64.iso (4,239MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2019-04-17 |
Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 3 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the release of Mageia's new development snapshot, Mageia 7 beta 3. This is expected to be the final beta version prior to the release of Mageia 7. "There is still lots to be done before the final release, and the more tests that we can get, the better. There have been large updates to Qt and Plasma, as well as some other key components since beta 2, with the new artwork for Mageia 7 almost ready for integration too. The ISOs will be available to download directly, and by torrent here. Here are a few release highlights and package versions: kernel 5.0.7, rpm 4.14.2, Plasma 5.15.4, GNOME 3.32, Xfce 4.12, Firefox 66, Chromium 73, LibreOffice 6.2.2. The next step in the release will be the version freeze, where no new versions of packages are allowed without a valid exception - this will likely happen around April 23rd. Once this has happened, the release candidate builds will begin." Further information on the beta snapshot can be found in Mageia's release announcement and in the more detailed release notes. Download (pkglist): Mageia-7-beta3-x86_64.iso (4,249MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-Cauldron-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso (80MB, SHA512). |
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| 2019-02-24 |
Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 2 |
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Filip Komar has announced that the second beta release of the upcoming Mageia 7 is now ready for download and testing: "We are very proud to announce that Mageia 7 beta 2 is available for everyone to download. This new beta comes with lots of bug fixes and updates, and it is one of our best beta releases. Of course, there is still a lot of work to come before Mageia 7 is ready: a big Qt and Plasma update (5.15), a GNOME update (3.32 as soon it is released), and more checks on 32-bit hardware as well as the artwork for Mageia 7. For that, we will have a beta 3 set of images. We are all looking forward to implementing these changes and getting all of the rough edges polished out with all of the help from the community. Here are a few release highlights and package versions: Linux kernel 4.20, MESA 19.0 (release candidate), rpm 4.14.2, KDE Plasma 5.14.2, GNOME 3.30, Xfce 4.13.4, Firefox 64.0, Chromium 70, LibreOffice 6.2.0." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: Mageia-7-beta2-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (2,736MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta2-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (2,379MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta2-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,242MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). A classic installation DVD is also provided: Mageia-7-beta2-x86_64.iso (4,174MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-12-08 |
Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 1 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the availability of the initial beta release of Mageia 7, an upcoming major version from the project that forked the then defunct Mandriva Linux in late 2010: "Everyone at Mageia is very happy to get the first step towards Mageia 7. There is still a lot of work to come before Mageia 7 is ready - a big Qt and Plasma update, fixes for MATE and more checks on 32-bit hardware, as well as the artwork for Mageia 7. This release will see the return of the Classical installer as well as live images, with the standard lineup of architectures and desktop environments - 32-bit and 64-bit Classical Installers; 64-bit Plasma, GNOME and Xfce live DVDs and a 32-bit Xfce live DVD. Here are a few release highlights and package versions: Linux kernel 4.19.6, RPM 4.14.2, Plasma 5.14.2,GNOME 3.30, Xfce 4.13.4, Firefox 63, Chromium 70, LibreOffice 6.1.3." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download links: Mageia-7-beta1-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso (2,742MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta1-Live-GNOME-x86_64.iso (2,346MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-7-beta1-Live-Xfce-x86_64.iso (2,232MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). A standard installation DVD is also available: Mageia-7-beta1-x86_64.iso (4,219MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2018-10-06 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 6.1 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the release of Mageia 6.1, an updated build of the desktop-oriented Linux distribution which was launched in 2010 as a fork of the defunct Mandriva Linux. The new version represents the accumulation of all software updates since the release of Mageia 6 some 15 months ago: "It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Mageia 6.1. This release brings all of the updates and development that has gone into Mageia 6 into fresh installation media, giving users a kernel that supports hardware released after Mageia 6. The new installations will benefit from the countless updates that current fully updated Mageia systems will have, allowing new installations to avoid the need for a large update post-install. So if you are currently running an up to date Mageia 6 system, there is no need to reinstall Mageia 6.1 as you will already be running the same packages. This release is available with only Live media, i.e. Live Plasma, Live GNOME and Live Xfce in 64-bit editions, and Live Xfce in 32-bit edition. A network installation is also available, for users wanting more granular control over the installation. Some of the release highlights include: Firefox 60.2, Chromium 68, LibreOffice 5.3.7, KDE Plasma 5.12.2, GNOME 3.24.3, Xfce 4.12, VLC 3.0.2, Linux kernel 4.14.70." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (mirror list, pkglist): Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-Plasma-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,382MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,127MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-Xfce-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,974MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-Xfce-i586-DVD.iso (1,935MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-07-16 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 6 |
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Following several delays during the development cycle, the Mageia project has announced the release of Mageia 6. The new version includes the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment, the DNF package manager is now available alongside urpmi and Mageia 6 includes live test media for the Xfce desktop environment: "The extra time that has gone into this release has allowed for many exciting additions, here are a few of the major additions and key features of Mageia 6: KDE Plasma 5 replaces the previous KDE SC 4 desktop environment. The new package manager DNF is provided as an alternative to urpmi, enabling a great packaging ecosystem: Support for AppStream and thus GNOME Software and Plasma Discover; support for Fedora COPR and openSUSE Build Service to provide third-party packages for Mageia 6 and later; dnfdragora, a new GUI tool for package management inspired from rpmdrake. Brand new icon theme for all Mageia tools, notably the Mageia Control Center. Successful integration of the ARM port (ARMv5 and ARMv7) in the build system, allowing to setup ARM chroots. Installation images are not available yet but will come in the future. GRUB2 as the default bootloader. New Xfce Live images to test Mageia with a lighter weight environment." Additional information on Mageia 6 can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Mageia-6-LiveDVD-Plasma-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,505MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-6-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,072MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-6-LiveDVD-Xfce-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,915MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2017-05-25 |
Development Release: Mageia 6 RC |
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Donald Stewart has announced that the long-awaited release candidate for Mageia 6 is finally ready for testing: "Everyone at Mageia is exceptionally happy and proud to announce the availability of the release candidate of Mageia 6. It has been a long road, but we are at the last step and Mageia 6 is just around the corner. The extra time that this release has taken has had one huge benefit - the number of new and exciting additions to Mageia is staggering. They include the now far more mature Plasma to replace KDE 4, the dnf and COPR stacks to supplement urpmi, big updates to the major desktops and the other large stacks and components, and lots of package updates. Since Mageia 6 sta 2, a lot of work has been done on the installer, especially regarding the support of proprietary drivers and VirtualBox support." See the full release announcement for more information and an overview of the release. Download one of the available live DVDs (with GNOME, Plasma 5 or Xfce): Mageia-6-rc-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,070MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-6-rc-LiveDVD-Plasma-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,500MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-6-rc-LiveDVD-Xfce-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,914MB, SHA512, torrent). A standard installation DVD is also available: Mageia-6-rc-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,909MB, SHA512, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-03-07 |
Development Release: Mageia 6 Sta 2 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the availability of the second development build of the upcoming Mageia 6. Labeled as "Sta 2" and considered a "stabilisation snapshot", this testing build arrives eight month after the first snapshot. Besides the usual 64-bit KDE Plasma and GNOME live DVDs, this release also provides separate 32-bit and 64-bit live DVDs with Xfce: "Everyone at Mageia is delighted to announce the release of our latest development milestone, our second stabilisation snapshot (sta2). We are now one step closer to the release of Mageia 6. Knowing that our previous snapshot, sta1, was released in July 2016, this new development release was long overdue. We talked at length about the reasons for this delay in a previous blog post. In a few words, it can be summarized as a succession of delays due to key contributors unavailability, infrastructure issues, upstream Plasma bugs...." Read the release announcement for further information. Download: Mageia-6-sta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,865MB, SHA512, torrent, pkglist), Mageia-6-sta2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,033MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-6-sta2-LiveDVD-Plasma-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,472MB, SHA512, torrent), Mageia-6-sta2-LiveDVD-xfce4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,888MB, SHA512, torrent). |
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| 2016-12-03 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 5.1 |
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Donald Stewart has announced the release of Mageia 5.1, an updated build of the distribution current stable branch. This unscheduled version was put together due to delays delivering the upcoming Mageia 6 which is currently in development. From the release announcement: "We are very pleased to announce the release of Mageia 5.1. This release is a respin of the Mageia 5 installation and live ISO images, based on the Mageia 5 repository and incorporating all updates to allow for an up-to-date installation without the need to install almost a year-and-a-half worth of updates. It is therefore recommended for new installations and upgrades from Mageia 4. If you are currently running Mageia 5 then there is no need to install Mageia 5.1 as it is the same as your system, provided that updates have been installed. Mageia 5.1 ships with many updated packages, including LibreOffice 4.4.7, Linux kernel 4.4.32, KDE4 4.14.5, GNOME 3.14.3 and countless other updates." See also the release notes for detailed technical information. Download links: Mageia-5.1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,815MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5.1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,622MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5.1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,745MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-07-01 |
Development Release: Mageia 6 Sta 1 |
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The developers of Mageia have announced the release of a new testing snapshot, Mageia 6 Sta 1. The new snapshot features a move to the GRUB 2 boot loader and KDE's Plasma 5 desktop environment. "The first stabilization snapshot, as the name suggests, aims to start bringing everything together and getting the new software stable enough for release. Most of the big updates since dev1 have been moving from beta/RC releases of major software components to stable ones, which will hopefully give a nicely polished feel to the release. GRUB 2 is now the default bootloader as GRUB Legacy has finally run its course. We have also fully switched from KDE 4 to Plasma 5, as well as solved issues with localization." Further details and a list of core packages can be found in the project's release announcement and in the release notes. Download the installation or one of the live DVD images from here: Mageia-6-sta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,753MB, SHA512, signature, torrent, pkglist, torrent), Mageia-6-sta1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,504MB, SHA512, signature, torrent), Mageia-6-sta1-LiveDVD-PLASMA5-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,787MB, SHA512, signature, torrent). |
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| 2016-03-31 |
Development Release: Mageia 6 Dev 1 |
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The Mageia team has announced the availability of a new development release, Mageia 6 Dev 1. The development snapshot features version 4.4.5 of the Linux kernel, Plasma 5.5.95, GNOME 3.19.2, LibreOffice 5.1 and Firefox 45. "After the delays caused by upgrading the major parts of the base system and switching to the Plasma 5 desktop environment, we are very happy to announce that the first development milestone of Mageia 6 has been released and is ready for testing by the community. Note that only the classical ISO images have been released, those being the i586 and x86_64 DVD images. The live ISO images are not quite ready. If the live images can be made functional soon, they may also be released, otherwise they will come with the next milestone release. The extra time we have had has allowed for newer versions of Plasma, GNOME, and other major components. Also, it has allowed us to provide support for newer hardware thanks to an updated kernel." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Mageia-6-dev1-x86_64-DVD.iso (4,422MB, MD5, torrent, signature). |
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| 2015-06-20 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 5 |
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Rémi Verschelde has announced the release of Mageia 5. Mageia is a community distribution which started as a fork of the Mandriva project, but which now operates as an independent distribution. "After more than one year of development, the Mageia community is very proud to finally deliver this long-awaited release, Mageia 5. This release announcement is a big sigh of relief, an `At last!' that comes straight from the heart of the weary - tired as one can be after long days of hard but rewarding work. And still, we chose to take our time to fix major issues and have a high quality release, without rushing it. Maybe our best release so far, taking into account the impressive work that was done on the installer, both to add new features and to get rid of old bugs." The new release features UEFI support (though not Secure Boot), version 3.19 of the Linux kernel, KDE 4.14 and GNOME 3.14. Cinnamon, MATE, Plasma, LXQt and Xfce desktop are also available. Installation media, live discs and a network install ISO are offered as download options. More information on the new version of Mageia can be found in the project's release announcement, the release notes and errata. Download (pkglist): Mageia-5-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,748MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,552MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2015-04-27 |
Development Release: Mageia 5 RC |
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Rémi Verschelde has announced the availability of the release candidate for the upcoming stable release of Mageia 5 - now complete with support for UEFI systems and improved installer: "And we've all waited long enough for Mageia 5 RC - go grab it! While you wait for the download to complete, all restless and eager that you are to try this new release, let's talk a bit about this release candidate. What can you expect from it and why did it take so long? Mageia's developers have been hard at work during this release cycle to add UEFI support to our installer, while the QA contributors were thoroughly testing everything that they could on their hardware. We are now proud to announce that you can install Mageia on UEFI systems fairly easily, using either our live media or the classical installer (except for the dual-DVD which does not support UEFI). This is now the trial by fire for the main feature of Mageia 5 - if you have a UEFI system, please try this release candidate in as many configurations as possible." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: Mageia-5-RC-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,737MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-RC-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,546MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-RC-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,732MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-02-14 |
Development Release: Mageia 5 Beta 3 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the third beta of the upcoming stable release of Mageia 5: "The release date was a close call between Friday the 13th and Valentine's day... but finally, Mageia 5 beta 3 is available for tests. The road was long and strewn with pitfalls, but the Mageia community is just great and the ISO images are finally available. After a looooong meeting dedicated to reviewing all release critical bugs, a lot of fixes were released that allowed us to finalize the beta 3. EFI is now supported properly on all 64-bits ISO images, but we still need your feedbacks on this. This is now the home stretch. We do need your help more than ever. Please report any problems that you experience in the forums, mailing lists or, preferably, in Bugzilla." See the brief release announcement and read the detailed release notes for more information. Download: Mageia-5-beta3-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,740MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-beta3-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,555MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-beta3-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,713MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2015-01-16 |
Development Release: Mageia 5 Beta 2 |
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Claire Revillet has announced the availability of the delayed second beta build of Mageia 5, with further delays leading to the final release: "After several delays the beta 2 of Mageia 5 is finally out. But it seems that, yet again, we need to postpone the Mageia 5 release. Due to various difficulties with EFI boot, GRUB 2 and a few other things, we need a little more time. Only a few members of our QA team have EFI-based machines, so if you do have such equipment please test beta 2 and report your experience. Our QA, packagers and ISO teams are working around the clock to bring us all a stable and secure release, but they still need to work out a few kinks. Therefore, we are planning one more beta release before the release candidate." Here is the brief release announcement, with technical details provided in the release notes. Download: Mageia-5-beta2-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,705MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-beta2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,546MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,776MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-11-12 |
Development Release: Mageia 5 Beta 1 |
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Rémi Verschelde has announced the availability of the delayed first beta release of Mageia 5: "It has been a long road, longer than we anticipated, but we're almost there. Mageia 5 Beta 1 is now validated! What took so long (a month and a half longer than originally planned)? The short explanation: some stuff went wrong and other things got broken. The long one: back in September, we decided to update our package manager, RPM, to its latest upstream version 4.12. This was done shortly before our planned mass rebuild, a necessary step before the beta where we rebuild all packages in the distribution to make sure that they are still compatible with the current state of our development stack. Usually, mass rebuilds show that a fair number of packages do not build any more." Continue to the release announcement for a detailed explanation and see the release notes for technical aspects. Download: Mageia-5-beta1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,623MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-beta1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,513MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,940MB, MD5, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2014-08-15 |
Development Release: Mageia 5 Alpha 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Mageia 5: "While many of us are having some well-deserved rest, the Mageia team is still on the deck and working on the Mageia 5 development. This second development release is a big step towards Mageia 5, since most of the core packages have now been updated to their latest stable versions: Linux kernel 3.15.6, X.Org 1.16 and Mesa 10.2.5 for some of the biggest ones. There has also been some important work done towards packaging KDE frameworks 5 (technological foundation for KDE Plasma 5 and KDE Applications 5) and LXQt for Mageia 5 - feel free to try them out, and don't hesitate to report bugs or discuss them on our dev mailing list." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download the live or installation DVD images from here: Mageia-5-alpha2-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,588MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-alpha2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,453MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-alpha2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,761MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-07-09 |
Development Release: Mageia 5 Alpha 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the initial alpha release of Mageia 5, the project's upcoming version due for a final release in the second half of December: "Here is the first step towards Mageia 5. Most of your favorite software has been updated to their latest versions. There is still a long road ahead, but all in all, this first alpha is in rather good shape. Base system: Linux kernel 3.15.2, systemd 208, Perl 5.20.0. Graphical environments: KDE 4.13.2, Qt 4.8.6, GNOME 3.13.3. Office applications: LibreOffice 4.2.4.2. Artwork and design: New artwork is not yet integrated in this early stage of Mageia 5." Read the release announcement and the very incomplete release notes for further information. Download the live or installation DVD images from Mageia's mirrors: Mageia-5-alpha1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,557MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-alpha1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,462MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-5-alpha1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,695MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-06-20 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 4.1 |
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Rémi Verschelde has announced the release of Mageia 4.1, an unscheduled maintenance update that fixes a number of security issues and corrects an upstream syslinux bug: "While most of the world is turned towards Brazil to enjoy the World Cup, Mageia has been preparing its own major worldwide event: Mageia 4.1 has been released! If you were not expecting it, you might wonder what this unannounced 4.1 version is. It is a maintenance release for Mageia 4 which contains all security and bug-fix updates that were issued since the release in February 2014. In particular, the Mageia 4 ISO images were affected by an upstream syslinux bug which prevented installation using a burned DVD on some older hardware. Among the updated packages you will find the Linux kernel (version 3.12.21), various drivers for your hardware, and updated software." Here is the full release announcement. Download (mirrors): Mageia-4.1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,534MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4.1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,458MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4.1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,614MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-02-01 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 4 |
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Mageia 4, the latest stable version of the popular distribution forked in 2010 from Mandriva Linux, has been released: "Right on time, and just in time for the first day of FOSDEM 2014, we have the great pleasure of announcing Mageia 4. We're still having a great time doing this together and we hope you enjoy this release as much as we've enjoyed making it. Major new features: updates to RPM 4.11 and urpmi, which has been given a thorough Mageia turnout and cleanup; Linux kernel 3.12 and systemd 208; GRUB is the default bootloader, GRUB 2 is available for testing; revamped package groupings for installation and rpmdrake; KDE 4.11, GNOME 3.10 and Xfce 4.10 desktops; LibreOffice 4.1.3; experimental UEFI support; FullHD+ resolution support." Read the release announcement and check out the detailed release notes to learn more. Download (mirrors): Mageia-4-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,526MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,448MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,710MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2014-01-19 |
Development Release: Mageia 4 RC |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the only release candidate for the upcoming Mageia 4: "Finally Mageia 4 RC release is out! After many nights working on the remaining nasty bugs, the CD and DVD images are now available on your favourite public mirrors. Thumbs up to the QA team for the patience and determination for a really long journey until this RC release. This was nearly the last run for the final release. This release candidate includes lots of bug fixes on packages, hardware support, installers (both the classical and the live one). Please take some time to test it as it’s the very last chance to fix release critical bugs." Here is the brief release announcement, with detailed technical information available in the release notes. Download links: Mageia-4-RC-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,507MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-RC-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,431MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-RC-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,721MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-12-14 |
Development Release: Mageia 4 Beta 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second beta release of Mageia 4: "Finally Mageia 4 beta 2 is available for testing. Lots of effort was put into fixing the remaining blocking bugs. This is not yet finished but we are proud of the current results. Lots of work was done on drakxtools and classical installer to switch from that good old GTK+ 2 to GTK+ 3. The documentation and i18n teams have also improved a lot of online documents and translations to make it available in as many languages as possible. Your feedback is more essential than ever to finalize this fourth release of Mageia!" This release includes Linux kernel 3.12.3, systemd 208, X.Org Server 1.14.4, Mesa 10.0, KDE 4.11.3 and GNOME 3.10.1. See the release announcement and the technical release notes for further information. Download links: Mageia-4-beta2-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,518MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-beta2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,458MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,742MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-11-15 |
Development Release: Mageia 4 Beta 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the first beta release of Mageia 4: "Finally we did it! Mageia 4 beta 1 has been, for sure, the most difficult release we had to face since the beginning of the Mageia project. Lots of good and bad reasons here and again some improvements to be done on our development process. Still, the beta 1 ISO images are now available for testing and we need your feedbacks to improve Mageia 4. A lot of work has been done on various features - installer, dracut, ISO boot, desktop environments... This release also provided an occasion to rebuild all of the distribution and then check that everything is OK for the final version. We are now in freeze period which means no new versions can be submitted by packagers unless there is a good reason." Read the release announcement and consult the release notes for technical details. Download: Mageia-4-beta1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,515MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-beta1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,460MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,722MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-10-02 |
Development Release: Mageia 4 Alpha 3 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced that the third and final alpha build of Mageia 4 is now ready for download and testing: "As the alpha ship leaves port for its final voyage, we are very happy to announce the final alpha release for Mageia 4. There is still some work to do to make it stable and to finalise feature, but this will be done during beta releases. We are now four months from the final release. This may seem like a long time but, as always, this will pass very quickly and your feedback and bug reports are absolutely essential now to let us work on and improve your favourite distribution." This release is built on top of Linux kernel 3.11.2 and it includes RPM 4.11.0, systemd 207, Perl 5.18.1, KDE 4.11.1, GNOME 3.10.0 and LibreOffice 4.1.2. See the brief release announcement, with more technical details available in the release notes. Download the live or installation DVD images from here: Mageia-4-alpha3-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,473MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-alpha3-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,354MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-alpha3-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,868MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-09-06 |
Development Release: Mageia 4 Alpha 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Mageia 4: "We tried to do it and we finally release on time this second alpha for Mageia 4. This is a 'real' alpha, meaning there were lots of breakages and fun in testing. But thanks to packagers and the QA team, you can now discover this new development release. We still have a big work to do on desktop integration. Several features for Mageia 4 are about providing more desktop environments as there is a lot of movement in this area at the moment. Everybody should then find the right one for them depending on their own needs. Now you can join the fun and test this new version. As usual we need your tests as soon and as much as possible." See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download the live or installation DVD images from here: Mageia-4-alpha2-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,394MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-alpha2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,303MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-4-alpha2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,824MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-08-11 |
Development Release: Mageia 4 Alpha 1 |
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The first alpha build of Mageia 4 has been released for testing: "It has been a proper alpha release this time with 5 rebuilds along the way. The classic installer DVDs may follow, or we may leave them for now and release them with alpha2. Hopefully having all these issues at this stage will make the later stages much simpler. It is actually a good sign that it has been such a rough ride as it shows a lot has happened since Mageia 3 release. Work has begun towards implementing the agreed features and many updated packages are landing in Cauldron. Gnome is in development stage and KDE is at RC stage so issues are to be expected, we’re already aware of some but please report any that you notice on our bugzilla." Refer to the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download: Mageia-4-alpha1-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,433MB, SHA1, torrent). |
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| 2013-05-19 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 3 |
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Trish Fraser has announced the release of Mageia 3, the third official release of the community distribution that was created by former developers and contributors of the once highly popular Mandriva Linux in late 2010: "All grown up and ready to go dancing - Mageia 3 is out. We still can't believe how much fun it is to make Mageia together, and we've been doing it for two and a half years. Major new features: updates to RPM (4.11) and urpmi, which has been given a good turnout and cleanup; Linux kernel 3.8; systemd 195; GRUB is the default boot loader; GRUB 2 is available; revamped package groupings for installation and rpmdrake; KDE 4.10.2, GNOME 3.6, Xfce 4.10; LibreOffice 4.0.3; Steam for Linux...." Read the release announcement and check out the detailed release notes for further information. Download (mirror list) the live or the installation DVD images from here: Mageia-3-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,491MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-3-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,450MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-3-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,756MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-04-21 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 RC |
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Anne Nicolas has announced that the only release candidate and the final development build for Mageia 3 is now ready for testing: "We are now two weeks from the end of the trip (at least we hope we will have no delay). Mageia 3 release candidate is now available for the very final tests. We need your feedback more than ever. The Mageia team is working hard to fix the last annoying bugs - what we call release-critical bugs. How do we qualify a release-critical one? All the bugs that cannot be fixed through updates, mainly in the installer, the kernel and some of the main drivers. As with the beta 4, live ISO images are still in progress and should be released in the coming days." Mageia 3 RC ships with the latest Linux kernel, version 3.8.8, and includes RPM 4.11, systemd 195, KDE 4.10.2, GNOME 3.6.3 and LibreOffice 4.0.2. See the brief release announcement and the detailed release notes for more information. Download the installation DVD image from here: Mageia-3-RC-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,865MB, MD5). The final release of Mageia 3 is scheduled for 3 May 2013. |
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| 2013-03-31 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 Beta 4 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the fourth and last beta release of Mageia 3: "After all the delays in our Mageia 3 planning, we're very pleased to be able to announce the beta 4 release. Packagers and the QA team have worked hard to fix as many bugs as possible. We are now one month from the Mageia 3 final release, so your tests -- and reports! -- are more important than ever. This beta release comes with nearly all the designs for Mageia 3 integrated -- many thanks to Leo who made the background image for Mageia 2 and then worked again on the Mageia 3 design. Initially we're releasing the i586 and x86_64 DVDs and dual CD using the classical installer; work is still in progress on the live ISOs." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download: Mageia-3-beta4-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,857MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2013-03-10 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 Beta 3 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the third beta release of Mageia 3: "As we said in a previous blog post, Mageia 3 planning was modified to give us some more time -- for one more beta release and to enable us to hunt down more bugs. We finally had to face quite a lot of them during the QA tests of beta 3 ISO images and it took more time than expected to fix them. We've been working really hard, and now we have beta 3 ready for you to start testing. So here are the live ISO images for downloading; the images using the classical installer should be released in a very short time, and we'll post again as soon as that happens. We need you more than ever -- please, download, install and test, test, test." Read the release announcement and release notes for information about the major new features and components. Download: Mageia-3-beta3-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,411MB, MD5), Mageia-3-beta3-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,374MB, MD5). |
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| 2013-01-26 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 Beta 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second beta release of Mageia 3: "We are reaching the final run for Mageia 3 release - the beta 2 ISO images are available for tests. We will need your feedback on the Broadcom wireless chipset. We intentionally removed all proprietary drivers for it. So it comes configured using only the free one. This is a test to check support by the free drivers. If in some way we get too many failures, we will revert it to the hardware that still needs the proprietary driver. This release also comes with the brand-new version of LibreOffice, the 4.0.0 RC2 version." Read the brief release announcement and the more detailed release notes for more information and a list of known issues. Download links: Mageia-3-beta2-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,428MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-3-beta2-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,389MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-3-beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (4,039MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-12-19 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 Beta 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced that, after a brief delay, the first beta release of Mageia 3 is ready testing: "Mageia 3 beta 1 is finally here. This first beta release was a bit tricky as it comes with some major new features in the installer. GRUB 2 has been included as an option. Using DVDs with the classic installer you will be proposed to install some proprietary drivers and/or firmware. Just choose to add 'nonfree' media. QA team is waiting for your bug reports. Please help us to make Mageia 3 meet high-quality level." This beta release ships with the brand-new Linux kernel 3.7 with systemd 195 and it also includes the second beta of the upcoming KDE 4.10 series and GNOME 3.6.2. Read the release announcement and release notes for more information and a list of known issues. Quick links to the installation DVDs (please see the Mageia mirrors page if you prefer one of the live CD/DVD images with GNOME or KDE in your preferred language): Mageia-3-beta1-i586-DVD.iso (3,845MB, MD5), Mageia-3-beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,797MB, MD5). |
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| 2012-11-14 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 Alpha 3 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the third alpha release of Mageia 3: "Finally the bug hunt was successful and the alpha 3 release is now available for tests. We hope you will enjoy this new one. Upgrade from Mageia 2 is now possible and we need your feedback to make it smooth for final Mageia 3. Major new features: the first stage of the installer will now automatically pass the right URL to stage2; RPM has been upgraded to 4.10.1; urpmi has been re-factored and cleaned, various bugs have been fixed; base system - Linux kernel 3.6.5, systemd 195, Perl has been upgraded to 5.16.1; graphical environments - KDE 4.9.2, Qt 5 beta, GNOME 3.6.1, LibreOffice 3.6...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download the installation DVD images (live CD and DVD images with KDE and GNOME are also available): Mageia-3-alpha3-i586-DVD.iso (3,864MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-3-alpha3-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,884MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-10-14 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 Alpha 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Mageia 3: "After some days spent on bug hunting with the QA team, the alpha 2 ISO images are finally ready to be tested. Alpha 3 comes as a full set of ISO images. As usual you will find 2 DVDs using classical installer and a dual-architecture CD. Live ISO images are also available, now using OverlayFS: two 32-bit live CDs only in English and 4 multilingual live DVDs (32-bit and 64-bit). This is a result of a discussion in Mageia community to rethink our current set of ISO images. We still have some work to do on the installer to propose non-free driver installation. We need your report now to improve this new version." The release announcement and release notes have more information. Quick links to download the installation DVD images: Mageia-3-alpha2-i586-DVD.iso (3,662MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-3-alpha2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,676MB, MD5, torrent). |
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| 2012-09-07 |
Development Release: Mageia 3 Alpha 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced that, after a brief delay, the first development build of Mageia 3 is ready for download and testing: "Mageia 3 is on the way and here is the first alpha release. We are now waiting for your tests. As usual, you will find installation DVD images and dual-architecture CD images. However, live CDs are not available. They rely on a specific file system, Unionfs, but Unionfs is not included in the upstream kernel and has to be rebuilt for every new kernel version. It seems that it does not work properly on the 3.5 kernel series. We are investigating the issue, but since Unionfs seems to be unmaintained upstream at the moment, we need to either fix it and maintain it ourselves or we need to switch to another file system like Aufs or OverlayFS." The first alpha release of Mageia 3 comes with Linux kernel 3.5.3, KDE 4.9.0, and GNOME 3.5.91. Read the release announcement and release notes for a brief feature list. Download: Mageia-3-alpha1-i586-DVD.iso (3,542MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-3-alpha1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,607MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2012-05-22 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 2 |
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Mageia 2, the second stable release of the community distribution originally forked from Mandriva Linux, has been released: "We're the Mageia community, and we are very happy to announce the release of Mageia 2! We've had a great time building our community and our new release, and we hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed making it. Here are some of the nice things included in Mageia 2: KDE 4.8.2 SC, the current release of the popular KDE desktop; GNOME 3.4.1, Xfce 4.8.3; VLC 2.0.1; Flash Player plugin 11.2; Chromium Browser 18; GIMP 2.8 featuring the all new single window interface...." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. The distribution is available for download from these mirror sites in the form of standard installation DVDs or live CD images with either GNOME or KDE and with various language support option. Quick links to the installation DVDs: Mageia-2-i586-DVD.iso (3,511MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,563MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2012-05-09 |
Development Release: Mageia 2 RC |
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Anne Nicolas has announced that the sole release candidate for the upcoming Mageia 2 is now ready for final testing: "After some delay, Mageia 2 RC is available for the last tests before the final release. We've included a lot of bug fixes to the installation and upgrade since the beta 3 release and we hope it will give you a very nice experience with Mageia. Major new features in Mageia 2: help text made by the documentation team; stable glibc 2.14.1; stable release of Linux kernel 3.3.4; a pre-release version of PulseAudio 2.0 has been included; CUPS printing system has been updated to version 1.5.2; KDE 4.8.2, and GNOME 3.4.1 desktop environments...." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (mirrors): Mageia-2-rc-i586-DVD.iso (3,468MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-rc-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,522MB, MD5, torrent). Installable live CD images with either GNOME or KDE in a number of languages are also available.
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| 2012-04-18 |
Development Release: Mageia 2 Beta 3 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the third beta build of Mageia 2: "For some days the suspense was at its highest. We are now happy to deliver this beta 3 release which is the very last beta for Mageia 2. Lots of work has been done on release-blocking bugs, final design is nearly all integrated and we now wait for your feedback. Major new features: stable glibc 2.14.1; latest stable release of Linux kernel 3.3.1 offering support for improved virtualisation with Xen, improved performance and a new subsystem such as a new iSCSI stack or NFC, and better security with the Tomoyo framework; dracut as tool for creating initrds (initial ramdisk, used during boot)...." Read the brief release announcement and the comprehensive release notes for more details. Download: Mageia-2-beta3-i586-DVD.iso (3,443MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-beta3-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,495MB, MD5, torrent). Live CD images with KDE or GNOME and various language support options also available.
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| 2012-03-15 |
Development Release: Mageia 2 Beta 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second beta build of Mageia 2: "Only one and a half months till the final release of Mageia 2. A week ago we entered the version freeze and everybody is focused on fixing bugs. All Mageia contributors have been working very hard and we are all anxious now to finalize this second version. We need your tests more than ever. Download it and enjoy! Major new features: stable glibc 2.14.1; the latest pre-release of Linux kernel 3.3-rc7; a pre-release version of PulseAudio 2.0 has been included; the NoMachine NX libraries for remote server applications are included in version 3.5.0.11 using the patched and redistributed version from the x2go project; KDE 4.8.1; GNOME 3.3.x, Shotwell replaces F-Spot as the photo manager...." See the brief release announcement and consult the detailed release notes for more information. Download (mirrors): Mageia-2-beta2-i586-DVD.iso (3,549MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,573MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2012-02-22 |
Development Release: Mageia 2 Beta 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the first beta release of Mageia 2: "We are now entering the last run for Mageia 2 release - the first beta is now available for tests. The beta step is essential as it will focus on fixing bugs and improving integration for all distributions. This is now also the main focus for our packagers team. They are waiting for your reports! Major new features: stable glibc 2.14.1; latest stable release of kernel 3.2.6; dracut as tool for creating initrds (initial ramdisk used during boot); KDE 4.8.0; GNOME 3.3.x with the target of reaching 3.4.x for final release; up-to-date LXDE packages, including PCManFM 0.0.10; Pencil-Planner 0.4.4b, a traditional animation software package; Amarok 2.5 and Cantata 0.3.0 music players.... See the brief release announcement and the much more detailed release notes for a complete list of improvements and new features. Download (mirrors) the installation DVD images (the live CDs are not yet available): Mageia-2-beta1-i586-DVD.iso (3,418MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,465MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2012-01-13 |
Development Release: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the third alpha release of Mageia 2: "The third development release, Mageia 2 alpha 3 is now available for tests. This is the last alpha version so we really need your input now. Major new features: ships with the latest stable release of kernel 3.2 - amongst numerous bug fixes and features, the new kernel offers support for improved virtualisation with Xen native support, improved performance and a new subsystem such as a new iSCSI stack or NFC, and better security with the Tomoyo framework; stable glibc 2.14.1; adopted systemd for booting; KDE 4.7.97, GNOME 3.3.3. Note: Due to Dracut migration, live CD uploads will be delayed until the end of next week. Work is in progress on Draklive to fix this." See the release announcement and release notes for known issues and testing requests. Download: Mageia-2-alpha3-i586-DVD.iso (4,056MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-alpha3-x86_64-DVD.iso (4,134MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-12-15 |
Development Release: Mageia 2 Alpha 2 |
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Patricia Fraser has announced the availability of the second alpha build of Mageia 2: "Here's the next milestone on the way to Mageia 2 - alpha 2 ISO images are ready for download. Major new features: ships with the latest stable release of the kernel 3.1 with support for improved virtualisation with Xen native support, improved performances and new subsystem such as a new iSCSI stack or NFC, and better security with the Tomoyo framework; latest stable glibc 2.14.1; Systemd for booting; with KDE 4.7.4 with the target of reaching 4.8.x for final release; GNOME 3.3.3 with the target of reaching 3.4.x for final release; up-to-date LXDE packages, including PCManFM 0.0.10; Sugar 0.95 is in the repository...." See the release announcement and release notes for additional information. Interested testers can download the installation DVD images from here: Mageia-2-alpha2-i586-DVD.iso (2,951MB, MD5, torrent), Mageia-2-alpha2-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,940MB, MD5, torrent). Live CD images with KDE or GNOME for both architectures are also available.
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| 2011-11-25 |
Development Release: Mageia 2 Alpha 1 |
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Patricia Fraser has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Mageia 2: "We are at the first milestone on our way to Mageia 2 - the alpha 1 ISO images are ready for download. Now it's time for everyone to test, test, test and report bugs, so that Mageia 2 will be in great shape for release in May. Major new features: installation - work is in progress to decrease size of minimal install; Linux kernel 3.1.2 with a backported ASPM patch to improve battery life and improved graphics for the Intel hardware; systemd integration is in progress and still not finalized; glibc 2.14.1; graphical environments - KDE 4.7.3 version, GNOME 3.3.2, LXDE...." See the brief release announcement and the more detailed release notes for further information. Quick links to download the installation DVD images (live CD images with KDE and GNOME for i586 and x86_64 architectures are also available): Mageia-2-alpha1-i586-DVD.iso (2,948MB, MD5), Mageia-2-alpha1-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,938MB, MD5).
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| 2011-06-01 |
Distribution Release: Mageia 1 |
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Version 1 of Mageia, a Linux distribution built and maintained by many former developers and contributors to Mandriva Linux, has been released: "We are the Mageia community, and today we are happy to tell everyone that our first release, Mageia 1, is out and available for download. Mageia began in September 2010 as a fork of Mandriva Linux. It is supported by a not-for-profit organisation, governed by a body of recognized and elected contributors, and made by 100+ people around the world. Our work adds to the excellent work of the wider Linux and free software community. We aim to bring one of the best, most stable, reliable and enjoyable experience and platform we can make; for a regular user, a developer, or a business. Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download (mirror list): mageia-dvd-1-i586.iso (3,826MB, MD5, torrent), mageia-dvd-1-x86_64.iso (3,726MB, MD5, torrent). Quick links to the live CDs supporting English and other major European languages: mageia-livecd-1-KDE4-i586.iso (693MB, MD5, torrent), mageia-livecd-1-GNOME-i586.iso (621MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-05-17 |
Development Release: Mageia 1 RC |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the release candidate for Mageia 1, the inaugural release of the new distribution created recently by former Mandriva developers and contributors: "Here it is! This is the last development release before the first stable version of Mageia. Again we are on time, thanks to the hard work of all the community. You can choose and download your favourite edition. This release is mainly about bug fixes and translation updates. Live CDs should be available in the coming days. Time is short now but still you should have enough time for some final tests. Important things to check in the few days left before the official release. How does the upgrade feel like, starting from Mandriva Linux 2010.1 and 2010.2 to Mageia 1 RC?" See the release announcement and release notes for more info and relevant links. Download (mirror list): mageia-dvd-1-rc-i586.iso (3,826MB, MD5), mageia-dvd-1-rc-x86_64.iso (3,775MB, MD5).
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| 2011-04-26 |
Development Release: Mageia 1 Beta 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second beta release of Mageia 1, a new distribution created by former developers and contributors to Mandriva Linux: "The second beta release of Mageia 1 is now available for downloads and testing. What's new? Lots of bug fixes and software updates. Linux kernel 2.6.38.4, LibreOffice 3.3.2.2, KDE 4.6.2, Firefox 4.0, Chromium browser 12.0.742.0 and many others. We froze the software package versions last week. This means that no new, big, upstream code changes will be accepted in Mageia until our final release in June; then we will re-open the doors. We will now focus on fixing and reducing our bug lists and refining and polishing the user experience. We are setting up our security team so it's ready for the final release." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (mirror list): mageia-dvd-1-Beta2-i586.iso (4,162MB, MD5, torrent), mageia-dvd-1-Beta2-x86_64.iso (4,112MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-04-05 |
Development Release: Mageia 1 Beta 1 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the first beta release of Mageia 1, a Mandriva Linux fork set up by former Mandriva developers and contributors: "As has been stated in the Mageia roadmap, Mageia 1 beta 1 is now available for tests. The first Mageia stable release is planned for 1st of June (which is now quite near). Our focus is always on improving distribution content but also lots of work was done on localisation support (locales, main applications, Asian locales). Core package versions include: Linux kernel 2.6.38.2, KDE 4.6.1, GNOME 2.32, Firefox 4.0. For beta 1, the Mageia team has set up an easy page to help you download the ISOs: have a look at the download page. Also note that torrents have been set up for beta 1. Two live CDs will be available on the mirrors, on 7th of April at the latest." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirror list): mageia-dvd-1-Beta1-i586.iso (3,839MB, MD5, torrent), mageia-dvd-1-Beta1-x86_64.iso (4,053MB, MD5, torrent).
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| 2011-03-15 |
Development Release: Mageia 1 Alpha 2 |
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Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Mageia 1, a new distribution created by former developers and contributors to Mandriva Linux: "As outlined in the Mageia roadmap, here comes 'Primavera', the second alpha release. Again, this has been a very busy month: our build system is now running fully and the list of supported software has grown to over 6,100 source RPMS, including full integration of LibreOffice and Eclipse, RPM 4.8.1 and KDE 4.6.1. Now we need you for tests! Alpha 2 is available through two DVDs in 32-bit and 64-bit flavours. You can also find a dual CD ISO image, including both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture for minimal installation." See the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download: mageia-dvd-1-Alpha2-i586.iso (4,091MB, MD5), mageia-dvd-1-Alpha2-x86_64.iso (3,636MB, MD5).
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| 2011-02-15 |
Development Release: Mageia 1 Alpha 1 |
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Mageia, a new Linux-based operating system forked from Mandriva Linux by former employees and contributors of the popular French distribution, has announced that its first development release is ready for testing: "As promised, the first ISO images of Mageia Alpha 1 (code name 'Cantine') should be available soon on a mirror near you: a 32-bit DVD and 64-bit DVD (live CDs will come with next releases). Another piece of good news is that we have put all the RPMs on the mirrors so fearless developers and testers can do an upgrade from their Mandriva Linux 2010.2 systems. As explained in a previous blog post, this development release should not be used in production. It's not for regular users and not for reviewers either - it is not ready for that at this point. For now, it is mostly directed at Mageia contributors." Here is the full release announcement. Download: mageia-dvd-1-i586.iso (1,973MB, MD5), mageia-dvd-1-x86_64.iso (1,956MB, MD5).
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