 Visitor Reviews |
Mageia
|
Reader supplied reviews for Mageia
Average rating
8.3 from 120 review(s)
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-09
Votes: 50
|
It works out-of-the-box for me, recognizing every device on my 2016-aged Asus laptop. At startup, after an accurate cleanup of preinstalled packages (not so many by the way, I just remove asian/arabic fonts, brand-specific printing stuff and PIM-related stuff) I have a stable KDE 5 system consuming just 650MB. Everything is customizable both from Mageia Control Center and, of course, from KDE settings. Updating repositories to enable backports and backports-testing gets me new versions from Cauldron. Wayland works fine and, along with Pipewire, is easy to switch and to configure against the predefined X11 and PulseAudio choices. The choice of software is not rich as Fedora or Ubuntu (neither the support from the industry), but using KDE Discover with Flatpak enabled solves most of the additional needs.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-29
Votes: 110
|
Pros:
- good installer no calamares and other standardized tools
- reactive and fast OS
- old school,
- very good, helpful and friendly forum
- it's the like Debian but its an rpm distro and it's a bit more up to date
Cons:
- no LUKS encryption configuration in the installer
- i didn't see an option for Btrfs in the installer
- the team is obviously too small
- the OS offers a lot of DE while the team is too small, delaying the development of more important things.
- this distro lacks originality, something that would set it apart from the others and make it more popular
|
Version: 9
Rating: 4
Date: 2024-06-10
Votes: 0
|
I still have fond memories from Mandrake.
Pros:
- no Calamares
- the installer is old school in a very good way, letting you set up many things
- it's relatively up-to-date (but Mageia 9 was released not long ago)
- it has its own theming, from the boot loader to plymouth to the desktop environment
- updates are very fast (has rpm stopped being the nightmare it was?)
Cons:
- it offers many DE but anything outside of KDE feels like uncharted territories
- you have to type your admin password every 10 seconds
- Mageia's control center wants to handle everything but makes things a lot more convoluted than they really are
- tweaking the OS is a pain (like replacing grub with refind)
- setting up manual ipv6 connection is… impossible?
- Cinnamon ships with network manager which is 1. disabled because of Mageia's Network Center; 2. impossible to uninstall because of dependency hell
- I can't sort the forum posts by date (or I simply haven't found how -> shame on me)
- if a package is missing (or outdated), you're a bit on your own (no ppa, AUR, OBS, etc.)
- 2 years release cycle for a desktop distro is a bit too much; what's it gonna be using an old Blender version in 2 years?
- because of the omnipresence of Mageia's control center, managing the distro remotely is a pain
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-28
Votes: 170
|
very good feelings using this distro ,almost everything works perfect , y had to install fastfetch via brew , and grub had some errors , the administration of load of the system is outstanding , way better than opensuse or geckolinux , system is very agile , y gonna use it for a long time ,I was able to take a snapshot of the system in seconds, set the permissions, groups very fast .The Control Centre is better than YAST on OpenSuse , old fashioned but works ok .plasma also works ok with wayland
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-14
Votes: 200
|
The control panel, settings are the best and easiest of all linux. Maybe deepin's control panel is better (because it's more design), but it doesn't have a million unnecessary settings. The system itself is sophisticated, it does its job quickly and accurately, without freezing. The installation is simple and fast, the software library is suitable, everything an average Linux user needs is included. This is the first disto for me where I didn't have to change anything after installation, everything worked immediately. The virtual box, megasync, worked immediately, I didn't have to install codecs, I was able to take a snapshot of the system in seconds, set the permissions, groups, and windows shares with a few clicks, I was impressed. I recommend it to everyone who can't find the right system for them, you won't be disappointed with Mageia.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-26
Votes: 130
|
I've been using Mageia for many years as one of my main go to distros & it has always been solid as far as I can remember. There are certainly less finicky problems than I used to have with PCLinuxOS, which was fairly stable but not like Debian & Mageia. The hardware support has been excellent & there are lots of programs in the repos that should give more than enough for the vast majority of users. The MCC control center is also very useful for admin tasks, and is easier than similar tools like Yast, but still quite powerful, if a little clunky at times.
If there is a real weakness with Mageia that I can see it is the old saying 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it", which is a big part of what Mageia seems to offer. To be sure there are new versions every year and a half or so with updated software that you can expect to work well, though it is still the same Mageia, with great hardware support, great stability & solid tools, if a bit less polish than other offerings like Linux Mint. It's always the same solid system, but not much evolution goes on here.
In summation-
Pros include:
+ very stable & reliable
+ great hardware support
+ power admin tools
+ more than enough software in the repos for most users
+ excellent version 8 to 9 migration experience for an in place system upgrade
+ probably the best community based RPM distro period & worth checking out & keeping a copy of, even if only as a backup for when there are problems with a Debian based distro
Cons:
- the polish level is a little old school & doesn't really improve very much
- the repos are certainly smaller than Debian family distros, though not enough to notice for most users
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-04-18
Votes: 200
|
I was looking for a simple distribution to power my association's website. Mageia was suggested and I gave it a try. Easy to install (I'm not a professional). Easy to customize with Mageia Control Center (https, fail2ban). It's been running smoothly for several months now.
The installation receives regular updates that install without a hitch.
In short, I'm fully satisfied. I opted for the Mate environment, which is simple and efficient. As an accessory, all the classic tools are of course there, including LibreOffice 7.6 and Gimp 2.10.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-25
Votes: 0
|
A very good and reliable distribution, I do not understand why many people do not pay attention to it, covers all needs, and also has everything for games and comfortable use of the system.
Regata OS is a Linux distribution that attracts attention with its capabilities and stability. It offers a wide range of features, which makes it attractive to gamers and regular users. The stability and performance of Regata OS make it an excellent choice for those who value the reliability and efficient operation of their operating system. In addition, the long history of development of this distribution emphasizes its reliability and constant striving for improvements
|
Version: 9
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-03-10
Votes: 20
|
I like Mageia. It's probably the best example of Mandrake's legacy still left. Mostly things just work, but Mageia does have its eccentricities. The menus are a mess, at least under Plasma, and the yast-wannabe MCC is really showing its age (I think there's still a part of the graphics setup tool that tries to foist compiz on you). The package management is also weird, with either urpmi or dnf available, but do they really fully know about each other? If you install from live media you get netorkmanager, but the DVD still gives you the outdated net-applet thing. Not hard to switch, just an odd choice.
Overall Mageia's more newb-friendly than many but has little else to offer beyond MCC, using Plasma by default and not being a corporate entity. It might be a decent alternative for Ubuntu people, but Kubuntu and Neon do that. I see Mageia as the last distro standing of the Mandrake descendants, sadly not really doing anything new, just repackaging the same stuff.
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-14
Votes: 230
|
Mageia Linux seems (like Mandriva and Mandrake before it) to aim both at newcomers and also at experiened users and developers. This is a good mix: it’s a good choice for packagers, and things generally work out of the box without configuration. The package compilation is reasonably optimized, too.
The package management can be graphical from Mageia Control Centre, or command-line with urpmi or dnf; there’s a ton of supported packages and third party repostories.
People are helpful and friendly, the installer is mature and works well, possibly the best of any Linux distribution i’ve ever tried, and it seems a good choice.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-29
Votes: 220
|
The Mageia onlne community is very helpful to any questions on the forums or mailinglists.
My experience with Mageia 9 until now can be summed up in "it just works".
Material detection is excellent and easy with the CCM.
I highly recommend it !
I look forward to many more versions of Mageia.
Please stay far away from Snap & Snapd.
I let several recommended DNF and urpme -cleanup procedures run in the terminal, recovering disk space while enjoying an up-to-date Mageia again. Awkward however that the version upgrade dropped some 80 kernel packages, i.e. vmlinuz'es, on the machine. It looks like the script installs every single kernel package since the initial realease. There must be a better way, to be implemented when version 9 comes.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-27
Votes: 170
|
Mageia is my saviour!
Long story short, a bug in mesa renders any arch-based (and bleeding edge) distro unusable with VMWare, so I needed a replacement for Arch.
OpenSuse Tumbleweed is now affected by this bug too and I don't like Fedora. Debian testing is too much trouble for me for a daily driver in a VM.
So I tried Mageia 9. The KDE edition feels slow, not responsive, and eats 1.3G of ram, but that's KDE (not specific to Mageia). I then tried the Cinnamon edition and that's perfectly for me. Light (750M), fast, and pretty up-to-date. I could find all packages I need (with the exception of jdupes which was super easy to compile from source). The default install was about 5.5G which is fine and already includes most of what I need (with not much bloat).
The Network Center app doesn't seem to care the least about IPv6 but I could configure it through resolv.conf and sysctl (thanks to #mageia irc channel).
It's been running for a week now. No issue, no crash, no drama, it just works. And it's very well polished. I'll probably stick to Mageia when the mesa issue is fixed.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-13
Votes: 140
|
Used Mandrake Linux back when and it was the first Linux distro that worked smoothly for me. Since that time I've used every major(and some minor) distro available. But have always returned to Debian.
Thought I'd try something new, so installed Mageia on a spare SSD.
I was expecting niggles and bugs compared to Debian 12. But, for me, it was easier, smoother and much less hard work than Debian has become.
The Control Centre is better than YAST on OpenSuse. Software availability is excellent.
The whole experience has been a revelation and I now use Mageia as my default OS replacing Debian (which is quite a statement from a Debian user of years standing).
I can't recommend Mageia enough.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-15
Votes: 250
|
I am following Mageia since the time it was called Mandrake Linux. I am just an user, I am unable to help the development, except for signaling bugs. I think this version of Mageia among the best releases, in the sense that everything (so far) works perfectly. Also the upgrade went smoothly. In favor of Mageia I find the graphic administrative tools. Mageia also offers a great deal of flexibility, also in terms of different desktop environment. This fact may be a little confusing to the non-expert. Another confusing fact is the use of two different platforms for the software, the rpmdrake and dnfdragora, that in the past at least (did not ry in this distribution) presented some incompatibilities.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-12
Votes: 300
|
I would also like to say that Mageia is an amazing and very polished Linux distribution. And this is the only one that works without any problems on all my Chromebooks, I mean sound support and good driver support out of the box. I've tried many Linux distros, but only Mageia works best on all my Chromebooks AUE (auto-update expiration date), which I still keep and use daily. Even right now I'm typing my message on a Chromebook using Mageia Gnome flavor. And for me, it's kind of Magic how the people behind this project were able to achieve such a first-class engineering level.
My first acquaintance with Mageia Linux took place in 2013 since version number 3. A little later I tried the 4th version of Mageia Linux. The distribution left a pleasant impression and stood out with high-quality customization. At that time, I was just starting to use Linux and often changed distributions. Therefore, Mageia did not stay long on my PC's hard drive and was soon replaced by something else. Subsequently, I periodically returned to Mageia Linux, as they say, "to see." Each time the distribution left a pleasant impression and after a while was replaced with the next version of Ubuntu. The main reason was the prejudice that it is better to take a "world-class" distribution for work, and there will be more problems with a "small town" one. With increasing experience, I realized that each distribution has its own characteristics.
I hope that this unique distribution with a long tradition dating back to the days of shining Mandrake Linux will stay with us to continue to astonish us with its old but reliable solutions!
|
Version: 9
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-11-11
Votes: 170
|
It is easy to find imperfections in this distribution, yet I continue to use it without neglecting the others that I also used at the same time: manjiaro, ubuntu-s, arch, OpenSuse.. I am the typical user who uses Mageia since the days of Mandrake/Mandriva... I know where to look, I have basic knowledge of the terminal and once the distribution is installed and adapted to my needs it becomes almost perfect for me. Many users do not know that it is possible to use MCC without a GUI. Many users do not know that Mageia is independent, it only depends on people who find the time and energy to release each new version, always stable, and with almost all desktops available to choose from. There is no commercial firm behind it, there is no parent distribution which decides everything and imposes strategic choices. I consider that Mageia is more free than the Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse based ones... which have commercial companies supporting them.. And if Arch is free and independent... on the other hand it is not as stable. I suggest Mageia to experienced users for installation and configuration.. and to novices once it is installed. Mageia will bring great satisfaction, even if you have to accept certain limitations and imperfections.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-11-04
Votes: 0
|
Unfortunately this distribution is only a shadow of good old Mandrake/Mandriva times.
- the main kernel maintainer Thomas Backlund left Mageia
- most experienced maintainers already left
- build infrastructure is unbelievable old and underpowered
- core functions of MCC (Mageia Control Center) are broken since ages
- unbelievable dated look of MCC (the same as from Mandrake 20 years ago)
- users are left without informations with dangerously outdated browser versions. Mageia 8 is "supported" until end of Nov 2023 but is stuck with Chromium 111 and Firefox 102 (EOL)
- Browser maintainers don't really care about exploits in the wild (see point above)
- the distribution lags many years behind actual developements
- still using a heavily dated self written network applet as standard (instead of networkmanager)
- many packages have no maintainer since more than 5 years and only get pushed from Mageia release to release without any package update itself
For everybody who cares about security and at least halfway actual package versions, Mageia is not recommended.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-10-23
Votes: 0
|
I have been using Mageia since the times of Mandrake/Mageia.
During these years I used exclusively Linux as desktop: opensuse, manjiaro, lmde, ubuntu and derivatives.
Mageia 9, Gnome Live ISO.
I boot the Live Gnome ISO. First note, MCC does not open. All devices are recognized on my Acer aspire.
I decide to install on hard drive. Installation without problems. First start of the Gnome session, MCC does not open. I open a terminal, I go into superuser mode (SU), I install Cinnamon (urpmi task-cinnamon) .. Logout, Login in the Cinnamon session .. MCC works! Everything works correctly. I parameter the Desktop Cinnamon, I install themes etc ... My note concerns the ISO Live Gnome of Mageia 9, I give a 5 since a novice user would have been blocked by the non-functioning of the Mageia Control Center.
I did not try to solve the problem in the Gnome session, I give a note on the ISO as it is.
Now everything works well, i would give a post-install 9 as a user, but a 2 as an IT professional
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-22
Votes: 200
|
I'm now using Mageia 9 in Mate environnement for two months.
Multi-purpose: office, web and image editing with Libreoffice, Firefox and Gimp.But also, managing a small website with Apache and fail2ban (I had remained on version 7 since 2019 due to incompatible applications with php 8) . And file sharing within the internal network with Samba.
Easy installation with Mageia Control Center.
What can I say next? Well, nothing. It works without a hitch, and I didn't have to "get my hands dirty" again.
Well done, Mageia.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-29
Votes: 190
|
My only gripes so far, after a few weeks using Mageia 9 as my production desktop are: I nitially I installed Gnome and after a week or so I ran into an issue with my bluetooth headphones failing to connect, despite notifications saying that they were. 2 different sets of headphones, same issue!
I switched to kde (new install). The BT issue was resolved. Interestingly the headphones were identified as head set but still worked on kde.
My only other peeve is that whilst running Steam games my browser won'y connect to the server unless I load the browser before Steam/ This also happens on other distros though, so not strictly a fault of Mageia.
Otherwise I am pleased with Mageia 9 and I have always had a pleasant experience with previous versions. It feels like there is a vibrant community behind it with good documentation and support. New users may be confused when setting up the repositories as Mageia produces a long list to choose from eg. core, updates, tainted and testing for 64 bit, and the same for 32 bit systems.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-09-26
Votes: 10
|
This release seems to have a fair number of small, but annoying, issues that were not present in Mageia 8. In some cases, the installed versions of the software seem to be unable to communicate with each other. As an example, I installed Lutris, to run Windows games as I had on Mageia 8, but Lutris complained that Wine was not present - even though it had indeed
been installed. A bit of work from the command line showed that "wine" was not present, but "wine64" was. This is something that should have been caught before the distro was released to the public. There are other, similar issues -- nothing bug, but time consuming and annoying. I find this release to be below the standards of Mageia's previous efforts -- and I am now looking at Open Mandriva.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-09-25
Votes: 10
|
As a committed Mandrake user I have tried three of the Mandrake derivatives. Mageia comes in the middle as far as I am concerned. It still has all the Mandrake tools like harddrake, diskdrake and so on and that makes administering the system easy.
The installer is straight forward and by having diskdrake makes the task of partitioning especially easy. I have never had a problem with installation of the OS.
What does trouble me is the inclusion of systemd. I had problems getting the sound to work properly and despite the friendly and helpful forum never really got the sound to work. Now I have an Audigy Platinum Pro sound card, not exactly obscure so finding that it would not work was disappointing. Trying to troubleshoot the problem was a nightmare with obscure, convoluted error logs and just plain awkwardness caused by systemd.
The rest of the OS was fine but not having audio was a killer and so I went back to my first choice PCLinuxOS.
If you can live with the threat that systemd might screw with your system Mageia is a fine distro and worthy of being given a chance.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-15
Votes: 150
|
I've been using Mageia since it's first release, coming from Mandriva. Although it's not a distro focused on KDE Plasma (look of all desktop options!) it provides a very excellent experience. One thing I found very useful is that Discover somehow added my computer vendor's firmware update repository, so that I won't need to boot in the preinstalled distro for firmware updates once in while.
One of the main distinguishing features is the Mageia Control Center. With it, all administrative configurations can be made in a friendly GUI environment. Also, the Mageia firewall is the easiest firewall to configure so far. I actually only use the CLI because of habit, or because sometimes it is faster.
Installing packages intended for other distros can be a mess. Library packages for 64-bit architecture have a 64 in their name, so the package installer will not find the dependencies or install the 32-bit ones. Although installing packages from other distros is becoming less and less common, I had to do that to use a certain service.
Pros:
• Mageia Control Center, which solves everything about configuring the system;
• Stability;
• Easiness to use;
• Excellent KDE Plasma experience.
Cons:
• Does not have a signed boot loader, even though it has a tool to migrate from Windows, which will become useless soon (ambiguity intentional ;-), unless they change that;
• Does not set up printers automatically, unless they are physically connected;
• Also, you need root privileges to install a printer, if it is not installed automatically;
• Long release cycle.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-09-12
Votes: 0
|
I had some issues with Mageia 8, but nothing insurmountable. Nonetheless when Mageia 9 came along I was overjoyed; prematurely I would soon learn. Some notable issues I find with 9, I'm tired of having Dolphin shoved down my throat while Konqueror continues to be systematically hacked to pieces. Why take a functionally well laid out file manager and replace it with a tawdry imitation? The other immediate problem in 9 is that the plasma desktop is bugridden to the point of driving one to distraction. Why? I can go on, but it hardly seems worth the effort. Sorry. But this should never have happened. Remember "If if ain't broken, don't fix it"?
|
Version: 9
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-09-10
Votes: 0
|
Maybe a 9 or 10 once I get the problems straightened out. I am a long-time Mageia, user- since v. 4.0, and it's been great....until now. To be honest, this might be a self-made issue: this is my first install to LVM (logical volume management), but the issues I am seeing dont seem to be install issues as much as configuration issues. The first sign of trouble was that nothing would start post-install. It turned out that DOUBLE CLICKING, rather than single, was needed to start programs....OK that took a while to figure out -- it's the Windoze way, not Linux, and easy enough to fix once you realize WHY it's not working as usual ('usual' in this case being Mageia 8). But there seem to be quite a lot of such minor issues and irritations that need to be found and addressed individually -- has Mageia made all these interface changes, or is this from KDE? Literally everything I try to do on the system creates an annoyance that wasn't there prior to the 'upgrade'. Time will tell: I still have my Mageia 8 disk; and there are other KDE-centric distros out there.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-31
Votes: 130
|
Capitalizing on the robustness of the beta-2 and rc1, Mageia 9 is a rock solid distro. It's simple to set up and maintain. Everything works out of the box, which is an improvement on Mageia 8 which required a bit of tweaking after installation to really have it function the way you want to.
For non technical users, it's a fast, lean, simple to use thanks to the Control Center Mageia. Flatpak integration is flawless for third party software. No bugs, no crashes, no issue whatsoever since installing the beta2 and updating it to 9 on my work laptop that I use 3-6 hours a day. Absolutely zero issue. As a non technical user, this is a much more satisfying experience than Fedora and less cranky than openSUSE.
To summarize, it's a very solid distro, that basically runs flawlessly. Highly advised to non technical users like me, the system never gets in your way.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-30
Votes: 170
|
I upgraded to Mageia9 to give my server the benefit of php 8.2.
Quick installation, all hardware automatically detected. In the Mageia Control Center, the task-lamp meta-task does most of the work. A few additional packages, including fail2ban, and that's it.
A complete success. Three days later, no problems to report.
No problem with the workstation either. The great classics are there: LibreOffice, Gimp, etc. And various accessories are available in MCC. The MATE environment is as satisfying as ever: simple, clear but effective.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-30
Votes: 90
|
Just running it right now and I am very positive about it.
I am not a fan of KDE, GNOME and other "gas factory" of window managers that just suck-up graphic resources and are slower than my mouse and keyboard input. But Mageia 9 comes with an amazing panels of other window managers, it is not even mentioned in the release notes! It has WindowMaker, Enlightenment, Mate, AfterStep, dwm, jwm, openbox, swm, fluxbox, i3, and my favorite, FVWM which is available in version 2 and the recently released version 3. I am just happy, these react faster than I can type in, and the rest is rock solid and reliable.
Mageia is not a distro for people who install the latest software, look at the colors and write a comment saying it sucks. It is a distro for making your computer running the software you need, the way you need and with the reliability you need. It's like having a Debian, but based on rpm and with recent packages :)
10/10 for Mageia 9 so far!
|
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-29
Votes: 60
|
I just did an upgrade from 8 to 9. I typically don't do an upgrade and do a full install of distros because they rarely work for me. There is always something that doesn't work. And I'm getting too impatient in my old age to tinker until I can get the system in working shape again when a full install comes out much cleaner. I went ahead and tried the upgrade this time because I have several systems to upgrade and again that whole impatience thing. To my surprise the upgrade went on without a hitch. Everything is working, everything is updated, and I don't have to restore the backup data. Fantastic. Note: always backup your data!
I've been using Mageia since version 6. It's always been stable and has had the packages I have needed. I have yet to find a system it won't install on. It has always recognized and correctly displays the proper resolution and orientation (I'm looking at you, Debian) on my monitors. And sleep mode has worked on every laptop I have tried it on. I'm not sure where the criticism of Mageia is coming from. Outdated? The system gets updates on a regular basis automatically. Sure, If you are jumping from distro to distro every couple of weeks is your thing, maybe Mageia is not for you. I know my days of needing the bleeding edge was over in the mid 2000's. Now I just want to use my computer as a computer and have a stable Linux distro running on it. And maybe get some stuff done. If those are your parameters, I couldn't recommend Mageia more.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-28
Votes: 0
|
Mageia has not improved or evolved as other distros have. This fact is reflected in user comments as well as reviews of this distro. I have had little success with installing it or using it in the past several years. Release 9 was no exception. It did not finish the installation but froze up near the end. Some past releases did the same thing, including really messing up my GRUB configuration to the point that it couldn't even be repaired with the Super GRUB2 Recovery Disk.
The developers should very seriously consider whether to continue with Mageia or permanently cease development, because Mageia is going nowhere but down, like so many other distros, as well as with the present state of the entire software world.
|
Version: 9
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-08-27
Votes: 0
|
There is nothing else that distinguishes Mageia from Debian, Ubuntu, OpenMandriva, PCLinuxOS, OpenSUSE or Fedora. Nothing. This is something like the basic version of the system. When you install it, after a while you notice the lack of subsequent elements, whether it's missing libraries, or the lack of popular programs, etc. There's always something missing.
The software itself was slightly stale when the next versions were released, be it 7, 8 or now 9. So at the time of the premiere we get a system that is already out of date at the time of release. makes Mageia unlikely to interest users of Fedora, OpenSUSE or Arch-based distributions.
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-08-07
Votes: 250
|
I virtualized 9 RC1 on VirtualBox to give it a try. I am happy, having found these positive aspects:
- Nice theme and background, also in dark mode. Wonderful animated splash screen.
- Easyness of use because everything works like a charm out of the box (both hardware and software)
- Great customization capabilities both from KDE side and Mageia side
- rpmdrake and mgapplet making software updates easy, safe and amusing
- No snapd or other commercial crappyness
I also found a negative aspect strictly related to plasma interacting with wayland: some things (from KDE side, not strictly due to this distro) are still unstable, especially with mouse pointer.
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-26
Votes: 250
|
Using the rc1 and Gnome, everything works out of the box which is awesome looking forward to the final release. A few annoyhing things I needed to tweak, but the problems were really with the applications themselves and not Mageia. Really like the fact that it has urpmi and dnf and they work both very well together along side the Mageia Control Center, which gives something a bit unique compared to most of the other rpm based distros. This could be my favourite distro of all, PCLinuxOS used to be one (it's been years since I've used linux on any computer/laptop). Installed on a new 2023 16" Asus Vivobook (Alder lake) laptop.
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-30
Votes: 240
|
If you are looking for an easy to use disto and don't want to go for Fedora, then I recommend checking out Mageia or PCLinuxOS both derived from being Mandriva/Mandrake based and both offer an easy to use to control center that keeps the user from having to break open the terminal if they don't have to.
Pros: Easy to setup and use, no issues with KDE or Mate when jumping back and forth.
Cons: uprmi has always been cumbersome to use compared to other package managers, and would recommend using DNF for package and orphan management.
|
Version: 9-beta2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-14
Votes: 250
|
It's a Mageia: you take an extra 30 minutes in the beginning to set everything up and then if you're a casual user, it works like a Swiss clock. Perfect GNOME 44 integration, runs smoothly and beautifully on a 2014 MacBook Air. In my opinion it offers a better experience on this laptop than Linux Mint, which I love and use a lot, being simultaneously leaner/faster and better on fitting the hardware.
All in all, this beta is more stable and usable than a Fedora release and I use it in my day to day work (non technical).
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-13
Votes: 250
|
Lets start with the most important thing here and thats the core root of this incredible operating system, Mandrake. I have used every version of the Mandrake systems from free to paid editions and the one thing they all have in common is that they never break.
Mageia 9 is no exception. The team have done incredible work with this latest release and everything feels as snappy and well put together as any previous versions. The KDE desktop is truly perfect although I've themed mine to my liking but thats down to individual tastes etc.
Latest Kernel is pushed with this so all your hardware should work out of the box. Firefox web browser is the default but for me I went with Microsoft Edge Browser and Google Chrome Browser due to the fact I like using the Google set of tools and Microsofts Office Online products.
I'm a long time fan of systems that use dnf and for me I would hope the devs turn to a rolling release base like Open Mandriva have done.
Mageia is my daily driver on my main laptop so I would suggest just giving it a try as you wont be disappointed.
|
Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-02
Votes: 220
|
Very happy with this distribution. It pretty much just works out of the box without much effort, and is very stable and fast, even Cauldron branch is surprisingly stable for a rolling development branch.
It feels similar to Fedora, but has a more customized and friendly experience, that helps you if you are less experienced but also does not hold you back if you are an advanced user. The default KDE Plasma desktop is very nicely integrated, and other desktops like Gnome, MATE, Cinnamon are also presented well. I also enjoy the more old-school approach, as they kept Mandriva's old tools like the very useful Control Center, though I understand it is not for everyone's taste.
I like that it is community-based and not corporate-based, and that nonfree and tainted software (like audio and video codecs) are in first-party repos that you can optionally enable, which is a great solution, and does not result in issues like package conflicts or update delays like RPMFusion in Fedora or Packman in openSUSE.
Only issues I have is that maybe the wifi networking section of the MCC can be a bit better, there is no way to remove/forget a previously connected network, and sometimes it chooses the wrong network if two previously connected ones are within range. But it is a relatively minor issue.
Overall highly recommended if you want something a bit more unique and community-based.
|
Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-28
Votes: 180
|
I installed version 9 beta1 xfce on an old laptop with 4GB Ram + intel core2 duo, I was really impressed how well it works. All devices well configured, its control panel is always the best and the amount of software available makes it a wise choice.
As a follower of Mageia I have tried and used all versions daily, I have been a user since it was Mandrake Linux, I have obviously installed many distros but Mageia always makes me come back.
I invite you to try Mageia, the beta1 version works as a final version.
Eduardo B,
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-28
Votes: 100
|
Been running Cauldron (9) since Feb/2023.
Operating System: Mageia 9
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.105.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 6.2.12-server-1.mga9 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K
Memory: 125.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: XPS 8950
Mostly works great.
For a few months, been seeing random flickering, especially related to the taskbar, popups and tooltips.
Many dialogs/windows first appear solid black; re-open or window-shade to restore.
Am running a large PostgreSQL DB and pgAdmin4 does not work; using SQL-workbench/J
plasma-kwin_x11.service randomly dies/restarts.
Distribution mirrors can be flaky.
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-18
Votes: 210
|
Mageia Cauldron just works, as developers need it, for their own work which is to develop :-)
Cauldron is not for the casual user anyhow, prefer the stable version for you/family and friends but if you're a bit adventurous, you may contribute (forums are welcoming your contributions to getting better versions :p as a usual user, an advanced user or a developer that can add some missing functionalities, everybody is welcome ;-) as I've been long time ago o_O)
Cauldron may become Mageia 9 thanks to your help and feedback (bad can be corrected, better can be enhanced and provide further services)
|
Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-09
Votes: 190
|
Mageia has improved so much, I give it a 10.
One big improvement in 2019 was using dnf for the package manager.
It works great, along with urpmi.
Most of us know dnf from Fedora.
Another huge improvement IMO is the addition of Gnome 43.
I only use Gnome 40+ desktops.
IMO Gnome 43 is light years ahead of everything else.
I also like that Mageia 9 is a rolling release.
Mageia 9, seems to be very stable, but is customizable.
Lots of rpms available for Mageia, and lots of software on the repository.
I use laptops, and my laptops run best on kernel 5.15.
I was able to install a 5.15.98 LTS kernel from rpm finder.
It loaded right up, and runs great.
I removed the other kernels with dnf.
If anything negative?
I'm used to running the latest Firefox version.
Mageia has it stuck on Firefox version 102.8 ESR
Haven't used the 102.8 enough to know if I like it better than the latest version 110.
For a terminal, I always install the XFCE4-Terminal.
It is IMO the best terminal emulator, out there.
I wish you would add it on all the desktop types, including Gnome.
I look forward to many more versions of Mageia.
Please stay far away from Snap & Snapd.
Terry K
|
Version: 9-alpha1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-22
Votes: 190
|
ll works out of the box, the only thing you need to do is install Nvidia drivers from official site. Plenty of software, not only for desktop but a server as well. It ships with Mageia Control Center - something similar to Yast from OpenSUSE.
I am using software RAID on my system, which not all distros can handle during installation.
Although the release cycle is not as fast as others, if something works why would you try to fix it?
One minor thing, wallpapers could be more interesting.
Overall good job Mageia team!
|
Version: 9-alpha1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-25
Votes: 150
|
Been running the 9-alpha1 version for a couple of days now. No bugs, no glitches, no problems. Was running version 8. 9 runs just as smooth so far. XFCE is my favorite, and this one is the most polished I've used. Installation was a little confusing, but once it was installed and updated, I was amazed that an alpha version could be so stable. It is so stable and snappy, I am sticking with the alpha version until the final release comes out. Mageia was one of my favorite XFCE distros, but if version 9 continues to be this stable, my distro hopping days will be over. Once the final version is released, it should rise to the top of the list quickly. Great job developers. Couldn't be happier with this one.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-21
Votes: 90
|
J'utilise Mageia à la suite de Mandrake puis Mandriva.
Les versions se suivent à intervalle raisonnables assurant tout à la fois un mise à jour nécessaire et une stabilité tout aussi nécessaire.
Les versions définitives sont très solides. Il n'y a que fort peu d'incidents à l'installation d'une nouvelle version, sauf parfois la mise à niveau en ligne. Pour ma part je préfère partir d'une image iso, ce qui est fiable.
Le système d'installation est très simple et le choix des bureaux est large,
Après avoir travaillé avec KDE, je suis passé à Gnome à l'occasion de Gnome2, et rebuté par Gnome3, j'ai opté depuis pour Xfce qui est mature et stable, rapide, léger et doté de multiples possibilités de gestion de l'apparence.
La gestion des logiciels par Mageia est performante et aisée grâce aux .rpm et un logiciel graphique pour gérer les installations et désinstallations. Le catalogue est très riche et il est rare qu'il n'y ait pas d'archive .rpm disponible même pour des programmes rares et confidentiels. Ce logiciel de gestion des programmes CCM commence cependant à devenir vieillot sans perdre de son efficacité, mais on peut aussi faire appel à Logiciel (je ne connais pas le nom anglais) qui installe des programme sans perturber Mageia.
Bien sûr les acharnés de la ligne de commande peuvent s'y adonner comme sur n'importe quelle distribution, mais pour un utilisateur ordinaire, Mageia est très intuitif, et je n'ai jamais vu de personne désarçonnée en utilisant mon ordinateur, même celles qui n'avaient jamais utilisé Linux.
La communauté francophone est active, et un conseil est facilement obtenu sur le forum dédié.
Même si c'est sans rapport évident avec l'efficacité de la distribution, le fait qu'elle soit gérée par une association non commerciale est un plus intellectuellement satisfaisant pour un amateur de logiciels libres.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-02
Votes: 90
|
I was very impressed with the competence and documentation of Mageia. This distro benefits greatly from its heritage of Mandrake / Mandriva. Mandrake was the first distro I managed to connect to the internet in the early 2000s. I first installed the live version to USB, and liked it well enough. A while later, I used the installation DVD to do a full install to USB, selecting Xfce, and was very impressed with automatic system upgrades. I allowed Mageia to do the partitioning, and never experienced a problem. During the full install I was given the option to not install the Office suite, which saved me the trouble of trimming the fat. Installing Tor required some investigation, as it is not in the rpmdrake repo. Instead a sandbox version of Tor is installed from flatpak repo. Install flatpak, then use flatpak to acquire Tor launcher. I had to reboot for the launcher to appear in Menu. I could probably make a favorable comparison of Mageia to Linux Mint.
PRO
- This distro inspires confidence. The docs were good enough that I didn't have to ask the forum for assistance.
- Fast boot
- Trouble-free persistence on USB install
- Not based on Debian
CON
- systemd
- two desktop taskbars, top and bottom, reducing viewable workspace, looking cluttered
- Greek pronunciation of "Mageia"
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-25
Votes: 80
|
This is a short report, mainly with reference to the update procedure, moving from Mageia-7 to Mageia-8, as described in the (excellent!) documentation on their website, chapter "Upgrading online, using DNF (CLI)".
I am aware this comes kind of late because version 7 is dead (no more updates) for quite a while already and so was the OS on it's dedicated partition on my AMD FX4300, 8 GB RAM desktop PC. I've always liked Mageia, but somehow did not find the time moving to version 8, with the intention of skipping it in favour of version 9. As the release of the latter keeps on being delayed and the holidays allowed for some spare time I went for the upgrade today.
All went well till the step `dnf system-upgrade reboot`. Even though the documentation advised to get myself a drink and watch the event, this took unusually long. After the reboot it was hanging at some sort of systemd trigger for "daily update mlocate db". After two hours I almost gave up, because I was under the impression that the script would perform the `updatedb` once for every day since the release of Mageia 8. I must concede that Mageia is installed on an old-school-non-ssd HD, but still ... Because I had to leave home I luckily decided not to break the process and let it run until I come back five hours later: voila, all done.
Rebooted into the "new" Mageia 8, my compter and I were more than happy.
I let several recommended DNF and urpme -cleanup procedures run in the terminal, recovering disk space while enjoying an up-to-date Mageia again. Awkward however that the version upgrade dropped some 80 kernel packages, i.e. vmlinuz'es, on the machine. It looks like the script installs every single kernel package since the initial realease. There must be a better way, to be implemented when version 9 comes.
After playing around for a few hours I can confirm the following pro's of Mageia 8:
* stable
* fast and below average resource usage
* awesome implementation of KDE / plasmashell 5.20.4
* no steep learning curve, especially if you've used Mageia before
* amazingly solid documentation on the website
* on the few occasions of asking for help on their forum in the past, I always got super quick, competent and friendly responses.
Looking forward to Mageia 9 final, as I'm not so much of an alphaversion, latest greatest, sometimes buggy -type of user ....
|
Version: 9-alpha1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-19
Votes: 100
|
I have been using Mageia daily for meny years, on all my computers, Mandrake and Mandriva before that. Mageia is a workhorse, stable, fast and secure. My main computer is a enterprise grade laptop with attached screen. Freedom with KDE Plasma.
I am using my Mageiacomputers for production, sound, writing, graphics, printable pdf:s etc and I make money thanks to the Mageia community and the distribution. Big thanks! Upcoming Mageia 9 will be fantastic. The best is getting even better!
Due to the way I am working I can say that Mageia is fundamental for me. None of my computers have ever gone down due to Mageia. If I my self make a mistake and screw something up I have allways been able to find solutions thanks to how Mageia is built.
I realy like and also depend on Mageia.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-26
Votes: 70
|
j'utilise MAGEIA depuis la version 6 avec PLASMA ....excellent même si quelques trucs de décoration que j'aimais bien ont disparus ( fond d'écran de bureaux différents et défilement en cube pour la 9 alpha 1 )
J'ai testé de nombreuse autres distributions ( UBUNTU, FEDORA, DEBIAN, ...) j'ai toujours eu des problèmes d'installations ou lors de mise à jours. C'est peut être lié à mon matériel, mais avec MAGEIA j'ai toujours trouvé une solution dans des forums .
MAGEIA est fiable et rapide .Son installation facile.
Je recommande.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-08
Votes: 100
|
Excellent hardware compatibility (even better then ubuntu in my experience). I've used on a number of hardware versions over the years without issues
the graphical config tool Mageia Control Center (drakconf) is good if you like to avoid the command line, although things like cockpit exist this still works well
I've use for over 15 years as a workstation and a server and it performs well, and is easy to SSH to graphic tools to maintain server remotely
The app selection is always a solid selection
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-11-04
Votes: 30
|
I think this needs to be burnt to a single usb ,not really usable in ventoy or similar multi-iso loaders.
It was the only way i could finally get it to install onto a partition.
I made a little space on my ssd drive which was easy to do vis the built-in installer.
I installed it fine on my home-built pc.
MSI Tomahawk Max with AMD 3700X cpu and Nvidia 1660 super graphics card.
Nice OS ,runs smooth ,net connects ok.
Cool design that is easy on the eye.
I only do basic stuff like browsing ,watch movies ,e.tc.
Works ok for me ,i like it.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-10-12
Votes: 0
|
I have been using Mageia for over 10 years. I found it simple and intuitive to use and the update process trouble free.
However in the past 6 months or so the Mageia Control Center is coming up as a blank screen. I am on a very old 586 based Dell circa 2003. This problem makes Mageia unusable for me. A bug has been logged about this issue but so far the problem has not been fixed.
I also use Mageia on a virtual host (Virtualbox x86_64) and directly on a x86_64 system. I see some flakiness using MCC on the Virtualbox installation - sometimes the screen is blank until I select another item (e.g. software, security etc).
Clearly someone needs to do some intensive testing on MCC because it has become unstable.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-10-09
Votes: 0
|
Mageia 8 is unstallable for me.I was a long time Mandrake user but gave it up after Mandriva took it over. I thought I'd give this derivative a try...but...it won't install from the Live ISO on USB. I tried the GNOME, KDE and XFCE versions. In all cases the install seems to be running normally until it stops with this message. "dracut Warning: Can't mount root file system." I am using Ventoy on a USB with eight different Linux distro ISOs on it. All of the others install without a hitch, MXLinux, FerenOS, Ultramarine, Garuda, and Zoring. I researched the problem for a couple hours in a browser (in KUBUNTU 22.04) and found that this problem has been around for more than 10 years and no one seems to have a solution. I was impressed with some video reviews online. But it look like it is uninstallable on my machine. I tried setting my Gigabyte Mobo to UEFI and BIOS. I triedGrub, Grub2. I tried IOMMU Enabled and Disabled. I double checked the checksums . I downloaded the ISO file with Windows 10 and withKkUBUNTU 22.04. Secure boot is not an option on my Mobo. From what I've learned the live installer installs a virtual file system into memory to get it started. The failure occurs when the installer tries to launch the OS. At that point it can't find its own virtual file system that it was supposed to install. This is a fatal bug. I mean fatal in the sense that Mageia 8 cannot distribute an installable OS for some computers. There is no reason that it shouldn't install on mine. So from my point of view Mageia doesn't exist.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-08-14
Votes: 110
|
After testing many distributions (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE etc.), my choice fell on Mageia. Mageia will delight all those who are looking for a simple and intuitive distribution. It must be said that the CCM contributes greatly to this. Mageia runs like a charm under KDE and the community is responsive and helpful ! I strongly recommend it
installed this one on a lark the other day after watching a review on YouTube, and I must say I am really impressed with the fit & finish of this distribution. The installer could use some of that fit & finish effort, but this is an RC after all and I did not encounter any show-stoppers at all. I look forward to keeping Mageia around for quite a while in my group of Linux distress.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-12
Votes: 90
|
I have used Mageia since forever. Before that, I used Mandriva, and even before that Mandrake (yes!).
It is rock solid, and has a good track record for providing timely security updates (and general updates). Not bleeding edge, but that is exactly what I want in my day to day OS.
I really like "mcc" - the mageia-control-center. One stop shopping for configuring the system. Yes, I could edit a random /etc/xxx file, like samba.conf, but mcc makes it really easy.
The compatibility with redhat/fedora is usually perfect, so 3rd party (unsupported) apps like zoom, bleeding-edge jvm, vscode just work.
I use kde these days, but xfce and others all work.
Honestly, I have a hard time finding any drawbacks. Perhaps this is because I have become so accustomed to any deficiencies that I am blind to them and no longer notice them.
- RW2022
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-07-05
Votes: 90
|
Magiea 8 is an exellent operating system. thouygh initially difficult to understand with time became more comprehensible, with an exellent selection of desktop enviroments and window managers, display managers. exellent for video and movie watching. still in the process of learning the potential of the mageia os. could wish to have an easier time dowloading budgie desktop. looking for brilliant desktops to work wih is a big deal with linux. tried kodi with mageia though could not get youtube to work with it. kodi and plasma media center with some of the windoe managers could a different operating system experience. working at how to organize the display managers properly how to use them effectively differently possibly. just a mass of programs or apps do not know how to work with yet. the usb formatters are really good. good selection of image viewers. mageia control center is really good. tremendous suite of tools and system tools. there is alot of apps to learn about,. have not used it for email keeping something that can ruin the system separate. it would be good to be able to download more web browsers. in the long run though keeping internet browsing and image editing separate is probably the best. nice suite of image editors probably best to woork with a two system os, one for the internet and one image editing, graphics, art, design and so forth. what is exellent about mageia is the it could be an all in one system or a specialized system, really specialized? i am merely an amateur. the drak system is exellent, was able to revive the os from a display manager fault i made, reinstalling the appropriate display manager. it is not easy to find web pages on the internet though well worth the effort to struggle to find pages to be more effective with a tremendously effective os and more fun than lots of other systems though serious eanough. cs
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-20
Votes: 100
|
I started with ubuntu 6 years ago.
Some shortcomings made me try mint. It wasn't really a success and printer problems made me try Mageia 6.
If kde worked very well, I didn't like it. With a 9 year old computer, xfce and gnome work very well. In the end, I prefer the simplicity of xfce.
The mageia control center is very convenient. Everything is grouped there, easy to access without having to search everywhere. Installation is quick and easy.
The community is very nice and reactive for a beginner like me who asks a lot of questions. It allows you to forget the ms world quickly.
I haven't had any problems since I've been on mageia.
I am very happy to have discovered mageia. Other distributions are surely very good, this one suits me perfectly and so I don't want to test anything else (I prefer to use the PC than to spend my time configuring it).
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-13
Votes: 60
|
Excellente distribution, très flexible, paramétrage simple et fonctionnel. Basé sur les paquets RPM, donc très large logithèque disponible.
Les outils de configuration sont très bien regroupés et faciles à mettre en oeuvre. J'utilise le bureau XFCE, leplus simple et léger, mais j'ai aussi testé Gnome et Kde. La mise en oeuvre d'un clé Live donne toute satisfaction et permet de se faire une bonne idée des fonctionnalités, y compris pour des configurations matérielles plutôt ancienne. Utilisation des outils de base (bureautique,navigation Internet et mail) et des outils de développement (Java avec Netbeans).
Rien à redire.
Le plus particulier est la possibilité de choisir dès le départ la langue.
|
Version: 1
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-05-19
Votes: 0
|
I unfortunately keep coming back to Mageia because I keep giving it and the developers faith it’ll be a better distro, but it hasn’t been anything good, I’ll move on. I’ve experienced a lot of slowdown, intensive resource usage, bloat (each version is more and more bloated), crashes/lockups and the packages have been a bit out of date. The UI looks great (I love the skeuomorphic look and it needs to come back as the default look for distros and other operating systems in my opinion), but I can get that anywhere else in Linux. It’s unfortunate I’ve given it so many chances, but ultimately, it was all a waste of my time.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 6
Date: 2022-04-22
Votes: 0
|
I have used mageia for several years.
The community is good, prompt and helpful, individuals naturally vary.
Mageia 6 quickly and easily installed.
Mageia 8 Plasma took an afternoon's effort to install, as if you don't get something right
sometimes you can go back a step but at other places, you have to do the installation all over again.
With no mistakes, an hour should be ample time. With time for mistakes I then thought
"I worked this long only to see a little Firefox icon?" I had expected more.
Mageia 6 has been quick, stable and proved very reliable working well with multiple operating systems.
Mageia 8 provides complex control over what gets installed. You also have the option to add applications
at each boot if you desire. Brief explanations of that are provided. The rest ...we shall see.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-04-22
Votes: 70
|
Après avoir utilisé Mint et Ubuntu chez moi et au travail (je ne suis pas informaticien) j'ai du changer a cause d'un problème que je n'arrivais pas a résoudre pour passer sur mageia 5 jusqu'à 8.
Aucun regret, sur xfce principalement, tout marche parfaitement sur un portable dual core de 2007, sur ssd tout de même. Cherchant avant tout l'efficacité, l'organisation est très claire avec les outils mageia, on ne cherche pas les outils.
J'ai rarement eu de problème (gestionnaire de partitionnement de disque intégré, préférez gparted), même avec les bidouillages non maitrisés! En bref, impeccable
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-03-20
Votes: 60
|
If you're someone who has been using Mint for a while, you obviously like how it's so complete and reliable, but you may be getting tired of its looks.
Mageia KDE is the perfect next step for you, a way to have the additional possibilities of the Plasma desktop while still feeling secure in that you're using a finished and stable OS that you can count on. In other words, you get the sense that all the details have been seen to by professionals, that it's a finished product, rather than feeling like you're participating in a project.
Mint and Mageia both give that kind of satisfaction. For me personally though, I admire and value Mint, but I LOVE Mageia.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-03-19
Votes: 50
|
I have been using Mageia for several years and I am very satisfied with it. Kde is very well integrated. There are many other offices. Very good distribution.
Beyond the distro itself, there is a friendly and helpful community.
It makes a huge difference!
I have been using many distributions and I will settle in here for some time.
They have been helping me to learn how to package. I can now help the community to get more applications, if required.
/squid-f
4 months ago I installed Mageia 8 on my 68 year old aunt's laptop ( HP, i3, 4G ram).
She was used to windows 7, basically using it to access emails, surf the internet and print a few pages a month; she intended to buy another one due to the 10 years old computer's slowness, but accepted my suggestion to use linux for 2 months before making the switch.
I had no glitches installing Mageia 8 side-by-side with Windows 7, and to make her transition easier, I put the same wallpaper photo she used in Windows and also created 3 desktop shortcuts equivalent to the ones she already used in that operating system (word processor, printer, pdf reader ).
In the first week, I had to help her with some questions, but after that she started using Mageia 8 without difficulties.
She was pleased with the noticeable improvement in her computer's performance.
That said, I thank Mageia for the excellent job done, providing a clean, easy-to-use and very stable environment.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-03-11
Votes: 0
|
Mageia is stale, bloated and the repositories are small and a bit of applications are stale. For the community- it’s small, pretty rude and hostile towards newcomers and other users asking for help, the developers are no help and equally as rude. I can say it’s a ripoff piecing together things like Frankenstein’s monster (code in Mageia is stolen from Rosa and Mandriva and the developers credit themselves, instead of Rosa and Mandriva), the tools don’t work well at all, I’ve had numerous lockups forcing me to hard reboot, the themes are buggy and carbon copies from (you guessed it) Rosa and Mandriva as well. There is also a ton of resource usage that grinds my computer to a halt (4th gen intel i5- sorry I don’t have the latest and greatest hardware that I can’t afford, so I make due with what I already have).
This is just a mixed-up excuse for a Linux distro. Avoid like the plague.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 1
Date: 2022-03-04
Votes: 0
|
Mageia 8 is glued together from snot.
Minuses:
- The installation process ends with the execution of scripts - the duration of the completion is 60 minutes, due to the fact that it cannot access the internet due to the Mageia developers. The problem is DNS.
- The assembly of programs in the repository is monstrous, they may or may not run at all. No one controls what is going there with their scripts.
- This is not a French OS, it is greedy masturbation that dishonors the word France- not that there is anything worth knowing about that country
-The developers and community are very rude and unhelpful- a lot of hostility and insults thrown at new users and users asking for help.
Stay far away from this trash, I’m going to find a more helpful & courteous community in another Mandriva-based distro that is deserving.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-02-22
Votes: 40
|
After being away from Linux for a couple of years, I have come back, as I have come to the realization that my 2014 iMac is getting long in the tooth, and I will not buy a new one, as I don't want to be locked into "renting" my software from Adobe, or being subject to Apple's surveillance and dumbing-down of the macOS.
As such, I have been testing various distributions so that I can run the open source replacements for Adobe Creative Suite, namely: GIMP, Inkscape, and Scribus.
My usual go-to distro is Slackware, and it is absolutely great, but I don't currently have the time or patience to completely set it up for my specific needs. If for some reason Mageia ends up failing me, I will go back to Slack.
Went through many rounds of testing the other major players: Fedora, openSUSE, Kubuntu, Mint, and MX. Fedora came the closest to satisfying my needs, but there are just too many updates and a few bugs to go along with that.
Frustrated, I decided to try a round of the Mandriva-based distros, something I usually would not do: Mageia, OpenMandriva, ROSA, and PCLinuxOS. All were very nice, generally, although there were some language "bugs" with ROSA, being primarily a Russian distro.
To my surprise, Mageia won the day, doing everything I needed it to do, and doing it with speed and stability. I was also pleasantly surprised to find that it preserved all of my settings from the live version to the installation, something I have seen only one other distribution able to do (MX Linux).
In this day and age, it seems that distros like Mageia have taken a back seat to the onslaught of the many Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch offshoots, with their "hipster" dark themes, short release cycles, questionable stability, etc. For myself, I am glad to have discovered Mageia and its somewhat old-school way of doing things. For me, the length of the release cycle, its complete software repositories, and stability are huge selling points. And from what I can tell, although I haven't made use of it yet, the online forum community seems very friendly and helpful.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-02-21
Votes: 30
|
This distro never breaks, for me it's the best distro i have found for stability and easy of use: the mageia control center is the masterpiece of this distro.
I would like to find in it the newest packages, like firefox release, or the latest version of sauerbraten cube 2 :-)..
but for the really important things and tools I need in my everyday use, this distro has everything.
I use gnome-shell, the gimp, and other gtk programs and tools. I prefer to install the distro from the live gnome iso.
It's sometimes boring to run a distro that never breaks, sometimes i would like to see what's new on the very cutting edge distros,
the latest versions of the desktops and so on.. that's why I have a second disk drive to install and have a look to other distros like some arch based rolling releases. Sometimes they break, sometimes they break quick!
I have to say that the stability of the distro and the availability of a new version every 18 months, (sometimes more) give me the possibility to stay focused on my tasks. That's quite important.. no time for fixing broken things...
Mageia is THE distro i run every day for everything i need to do with my computer.
I recommend it to all the people that are looking for a distro to install on someone else's computer too.
Thank You people of mageia
PS if you like it, if you use it, don't forget to give some money. Mageia is not a commercial distro, it's a community based one
.........................................................................
|
Version: 8
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-02-04
Votes: 10
|
I've been running Mageia for a couple of weeks now. It is very similar to my previous distro PCLinuxOS as they both have their foundations in Mandrake/Mandriva.
Mageia feels a lot less polished than PCLOS. A lot of programs I have come to depend upon are missing, or at least I cannot find them, from the repo. I had to sideload Palemoon to get a half-way decent browser, Why?
One of the things that I like about the Mandrake derived distros is their use of the *drake tools. Diskdrake is surely the easiest of the partitioning utilities and I still don't know why more distros don't use it. It's the same with most of the other tools in the suite. Maybe it's because I am used to them but having looked at alternatives they just seem easier to use.
Mageia scores well on this but there are a few things that take the shine off. RPM. Yes I know that Mandrake used RPM but PCLOS moved over to apt and synaptic, and that was a smart move. I find it simpler to find the programs I want and struggling with RPMDrake was a step backwards. The layout is not clear and as I said trying to find a particular program can be a challenge.
Some of the other jobs that need doing after a fresh install are harder in Mageia. I don't like the switch between having to double click in some part of the desktop and single click in others. It took me a couple of days to track down where to find the toggle to turn off double clicking, In PCLOS you are given the choice in the control centre.
One last thing that irritates me is the menu. In PCLOS it's clear, grouped in a logical fashion and is also easy to edit. In Mageia the reverse is true. Quite frankly the menu as presented is a mess and so far I have been unable to edit it other than move the entries up and down.
I'll stick with Mageia for now as I was having severe problems with PCLOS but I will keep an eye on PCLOS and if I can get it to work better for me I'll go back in a flash.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-18
Votes: 40
|
J'utilise Mageia 8 sur un portable Lenovo.
J'apprécie sa francisation.
Pour un usage journalier (burautique, internet, photo, dessin CAD, etc) je peux tout effectuer en mode graphique.
Mon vieux scanner agfa (obsolète sous windows depuis Xp !!!) fonctionne sans problème, mon imprimante laser brother fonctionne en usb ou en wifi, mon portable xiaomi et mon appareil photo canon sont ok, ,souris sans fil logitech ok.
Je trouve sur le net les infos dont j'ai besoin.
J'ai débuté avec une madrake il ya plus de 20 ans.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-01-13
Votes: 30
|
j'aime toujours autant Mageia. Toujours beaucoup de soutien sur le forum
Spectacle bugue : il ne se lance pas dans la barre des taches, il faut aller le chercher. Je ne peux pas effectuer une nouvelle capture rectangulaire
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-12-14
Votes: 40
|
I have been using Mageia for several years and I am very satisfied with it. Kde is very well integrated. There are many other offices. Very good distribution.
|
Version: cauldron
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-12-08
Votes: 40
|
No particular problem with this distrubution. The applications are well chosen and allow you to have all the desired tools at hand. And this in a simple, fast and efficient way.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-11-23
Votes: 60
|
Beyond the distro itself, there is a friendly and helpful community.
It makes a huge difference!
I have been using many distributions and I will settle in here for some time.
They have been helping me to learn how to package. I can now help the community to get more applications, if required.
/squid-f
|
Version: 8
Rating: 3
Date: 2021-11-14
Votes: 0
|
I don’t understand how Mageia is so popular when half the system applications crash. The OS only seems to look nice and more versions keep coming with not too many fixes. All the work can’t go into the GUI because everything else suffers and with the developers of Mageia, I don’t see they understand that. I’ve had problems and errors trying to update packages and the system itself and it became too much.
I tried out another Mandriva based distro I recommend, Rosa, it has the tried and true Mandriva tools in it. I’d also recommend Alt, it’s like Puppy Linux with a lot of different edition type distros based on the OS and I like that.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-11-05
Votes: 60
|
Beyond the distro itself, there is a friendly and helpful community.
It makes a huge difference!
I have been using many distributions and I will settle in here for some time.
They have been helping me to learn how to package. I can now help the community to get more applications, if required.
/squid-f
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-31
Votes: 50
|
I absolutely adore this distribution ! It strikes just the right note on every issue for me. Thank you Mageia.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-10-17
Votes: 0
|
In principle it is a good distro. Mageia runs well as long as you use the GUI tools. But in my experience it can break fast if you try to change configurations with the command line or if you remove the wrong package (I think because some packages have needless hard dependencies). Other major distros like fedora, debian oder openSUSE are more robust in this sense.
Because I rarely use distros out of the box but want to tune my distro, I personally can't use mageia. But nevertheless I'm glad that Mageia exists.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-10-13
Votes: 30
|
This gives you the reliability and user friendliness of Mint, but you have Plasma and GNOME desktops to choose from.
Mageia 8 Plasma is flat awesome, especially on a 2007 Mac Mini.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-26
Votes: 60
|
4 months ago I installed Mageia 8 on my 68 year old aunt's laptop ( HP, i3, 4G ram).
She was used to windows 7, basically using it to access emails, surf the internet and print a few pages a month; she intended to buy another one due to the 10 years old computer's slowness, but accepted my suggestion to use linux for 2 months before making the switch.
I had no glitches installing Mageia 8 side-by-side with Windows 7, and to make her transition easier, I put the same wallpaper photo she used in Windows and also created 3 desktop shortcuts equivalent to the ones she already used in that operating system (word processor, printer, pdf reader ).
In the first week, I had to help her with some questions, but after that she started using Mageia 8 without difficulties.
She was pleased with the noticeable improvement in her computer's performance.
That said, I thank Mageia for the excellent job done, providing a clean, easy-to-use and very stable environment.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-09-18
Votes: 0
|
Mageia is a full fledged distro which has every thing you need. I don't think the control center is useful nowadays and I think it isn't benificial to have two package managers (dnf and urpm).
It is mostly comparable to Fedora or OpenSUSE (both are RPM based distros, too). And I think that's the problem: I don't see why I should use Mageia over these distributions. While openSUSE and Fedora are major distros which are backed by big companies, Mageia is a big distro which is backed by a community which gets smaller and smaller.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-09-13
Votes: 30
|
Overall best distro for the average home computer !
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-08-12
Votes: 50
|
As my laptop sw was a little out of date, I intended to do a linux install. A friend suggested I try Mageia, but I remained reluctant as I had never heard much about it.
I decided to follow the suggestion a month ago: I downloaded the iso image directly from the distribution site and followed the installation steps without any problems. On some pages there was a button marked "expert" - when I clicked to see it, I noticed that many additional customization options were available.
Although Mageia also provides the Gnome DE that I used to use in ubuntu environment, I decided to use Kde Plasma in Mageia 8.
Since then, I use Mageia every day and feel very comfortable. Everything I need to use is available.
I also installed several additional packages, out of curiosity and for fun and leisure - the amount of software available is very large, which made me very impressed.
So far, Mageia is pretty solid, without any crashes and receiving constant security updates.
Good job, I congratulate you Mageia guys!
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-08-11
Votes: 50
|
Currently I am using this OS on my desktop and server. If you have AMD GPU then look no further, it is supported right out of the box.
Pros:
- nicely maintained distro without clutter
- good selection of software
- MCC (mageia control centre) for majority of your settings
- good online doc and forums
Cons:
- server side wizards needs more work - YAST from OpenSUSE does better job
Overall happy user:)
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-08-10
Votes: 40
|
Excellent distro. I could not find Xiphos to install. Otherwise the distro was fast and stable.
OS Type: 64-bit
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4400
|
Version: 8
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-07-18
Votes: 0
|
Didnt meet my needs as a live distro.
I like that it has full featured vim, and it looks like emacs is there too, but the default terminal doesnt have the sudo command, which I would consider essential to getting anything done in the terminal, and development tools like gcc are also not there.
inkscape isnt included in the live image, and trying to install the rpm has a glibc dependency that requires a reboot, which means there's no way to get it running live.
On the positive side, its a nice looking distro, and I had no hardware support issues when running live on my toshiba netbook.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-07-15
Votes: 0
|
Mageia has in principle all what a good distro needs: It is a real general purpose distro with more than a one maintainer, it has good documentation, good communication channels and has many useful packages in its repo.
But unfortunately I don't see any reason to use mageia over other general purpose distros. Mageia has no real progress. The control center was nice back in the days when there where few configuration tools. But now there is no need for such a software. All in all Mageia makes really litle progress over the years.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 2
Date: 2021-07-14
Votes: 0
|
Once again I installed this distro version , and it is even worse than before. I have been installing a variety of linux OS and never before have I had a problem with Xsane. It simply doesn't work. Also installing wine doesn't work as well as playonlinux. I have to say if all the bragging about Mageia came from people who used to work for Mandriva is true, I know now that is a bunch of crap. This Mageia is no comparison even to the last Mandriva. Mandriva worked, Mageia doesn't. Just more junk in a world of lazy developers.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-27
Votes: 50
|
Different Linux users have different interests and needs.
I need high level programs such as XeTex, Octave, Graphviiz etc. I tried several distributions (including some of the more popular ones) and the only one which enabled me to successfully download all of these was Mageia.
A good test of a distribution is XeTex (Tex for Unicode). With some of the distributions it was not clear which of the many TeXLive parts one needed and for others the downloading did not work. This is a huge program and with the Mageia software installer everything went smoothly.
I use the Plasma desktop and it seems to have reached a very stable state. I usually work with eight desktops and with Plasma this and other modifications went very smoothly.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-22
Votes: 60
|
I have been using Mageia since version 4 and before that Mandrake and Mandriva. Mageia 5 was a real gem with KDE4 after that Mageia 6 was not very stable for me because of the introduction of Plasma 5.
Mageia 7 was a good release with few minor bugs for me. However, Mageia 8 is now a real gem with the Plasma. It runs fast and stable, already 3 months since the release and this thing runs faaast.
I compared it with Fedora 33 and Mageia 8 is faster and leaner, less bloated. Also, Mageia has better implementations of the proprietary software compared to F33, results from benchmarks.
Flatpack implementation is also excellent. Kernel updates are in timely fashion, it lags one minor kernel version compared to the upstream. Security updates for programs and libs are less than a week since the first CVEs.
No problems with codecs, no problem with nVidia drivers (up to date versions), steam, wine, skype, viber etc (just enable tainted and nonfree repos both 64 and 32 bit). Easy installation steps, no rocket science required for new users (cough .. cough Arch, Fedora). It also has bunch of graphical tools to configure the system (MCC). New users can easily navigate themselves without any troubles in the system. They have also very friendly forum.
Overall, in summary M8 is just stability, security, usability and with M8 speed.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-21
Votes: 60
|
I have been using Mandriva and hence Mageia. Every day for all these years. On all my computers. I use only linux and I put other distributions to test from time to time. Mageia is a really good distribution. It works, is safe and is perfect for me as a working professional. I think Mageia is one of the very best distributions out there. I say thanks to each and every one of you developers and maintainers. I recommend Mageia to all of you who use computers for work, production and making money.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-05-07
Votes: 50
|
Mageia 8 est une vraie réussite. C'est superbe.
Il faut que les nouveaux utilisateurs passe par la version autonome (version "Live-persist") avec donc un répertoire (partition) persistant pour les données, le tout sur clé USB pour un bon et très facile apprentissage et pour vérifier la compatibilité de tout le matériel. C'est sans le moindre risque pour l'existant. Voir aussi quelques différentes pages de tuto et d'explications. MLO est le site forum où ils pourront trouver de l'aide.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-07
Votes: 50
|
Still beautifull and very pleasant and easy to work with.
I love the huge choice of desktops.
Another thing I strongly appreciate is the kindness of the community that is really priceless.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-05-01
Votes: 50
|
Mageia is a great and underated Linux distribution. It keep the legacy of mandriva but still focus on innovation. For example you still have drakconnect by default but you have a NetworkMananger compatibility option on it. It's great for desktop user and is noob friendly thanks to the installer and the Mageia Control Center (MCC). Mageia release a new version "when it's ready" and doesn't follow the development schedule if it's still unstable. This result in a fixed release, easier than debian and a more coherent than openSUSE distribution. The Mageia community is very kind and helpful. I recommend this distribution even if it need more development.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-04-29
Votes: 0
|
Been using Mageia since it forked from Mandriva. I liked it a lot always since it fulfilled my needs to have a system that is running without major issues.
Since my time I can spend on searching for solutions and trying to solve probs I had been quite happy.
With the release of Mageia 8 the update failed and I switched to openSUSE tumbleed (rolling releases) but I still have my copy of Mageia running in a virtual machine.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-04-27
Votes: 50
|
I installed this version few days after release date in my daily used 11-yo laptop and during these almost 2 months I'd not experience problems. It is very stable and receives frequent package updates.
Although very satisfied with the experience, I'd like to suggest some changes:
- welcome application could ask for root password only 1 time during install of suggested packages.
- change the 2 tiny icons at right bottom corner of plasma desktop (for block and exit session) . It is an upstream problem (plasma theme) , but for the user it's not a comfortable item. Maybe it could be just presented 1 only icon - it solves the problem.
- they could simplify the repositories selection window. It is seldom used, though.
- optimize startup for non SSD users: in my laptop (acer aspire 5741-7840 - intel i3 - 8G ram) the time from grub to GDM is about 70 seconds and from GDM to Plasma session (first session after boot-up) is about 110 seconds. Other Mageia desktop environments have very decent login times, though.
Minor issues apart, I am very satisfied with my experience with Mageia 8 until now.
Congratulations, Mageia team ! Keep doing this good job.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-04-25
Votes: 40
|
Long-time linux user, I have been using Mageia for a year now and I am still just as satisfied. I went from 7 to 8 without any problem and everything works as on the first day (Kde-Plasma desktop).
For an independent distribution, it offers a lot of packages and for the 2 or 3 softwares that I miss, the flatpaks work perfectly.
Material detection is excellent and easy with the CCM.
I highly recommend it !
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-13
Votes: 30
|
I've used Mageia on all my computer for over 20 years. I have tried other distributions but have never felt the need to switch. The notice to upgrade to Mageia 8 showed up a few days ago, I clicked on it and left and when I came back I had a faster running system with new artwork with all my app icons where I left them, even my left hand mouse setting!
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-06
Votes: 40
|
After trying to get the WIFI to work with cooker to no avail, I finally gave up on my Lenono S145.
For some reason I downloaded Mageia 8 final Gnome live the other day. The WIFI worked on Gnome so I installed KDE Plasma.
I am now back with my fav operating system and on Mageia 9 cooker on my othe rmachine.
Good work Mageia guys, It was worth the wait.
Still have hassle installing and finding the Opera web browser and am dead scared of installing a VPN as on Mageai 7 it would cut off my network and I had to reinstall.
Basically I have been using Mageia 8 for six days now on my S145, touchpad doed not work.
Good job guys.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-04-06
Votes: 50
|
Very polished distribution. I installed Mageia 8 in 3 completely different laptops of the family - one for a 69 years old aunt. All the installations was using my native language (brazilian portuguese) and was done without issues: hardware were correctly detected and configured.
During these 30+ days using Mageia 8 on daily basis as my main OS, the only issue I faced was due to a dumb thing I did removing control files of an application. When searching for help using one of the community's channel, I had friendly replies and my problem was solved in less than 10 minutes: I was quite impressed.
My experience with Mageia 8 until now can be summed up in "it just works".
If you are searching for a very stable and polished distribution, give it a try.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 7
Date: 2021-04-06
Votes: 0
|
Lost PlayOnLinux with all its software after years of use, due to the changes in Python.
Users should have a choice.
I don't really like this, but the system without upgrading was too outdated.
I should change distribution, but I'm too lazy to do it now.
|
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-05
Votes: 30
|
Great linux distro if you are looking for a system where you install and just use without having any issues with the distro itself. In my experience, most beginners have an easy time with the installation, and if you keep with the main window environment of KDE (or eventually the new GNOME version), transitioning from a Windows environment to a Linux environment is made quite easily.
The Mageia onlne community is very helpful to any questions on the forums or mailinglists.
If you are looking for a distro that lets you just use your computer for the work you intend for it, and if you are looking for a distro that just has practically no issues with installation and updating workflow, then this is the distro for you.
A solid distro. Just read all the other comments and see how they pretty well mostly say the same.
|
|
Latest Reviews
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-09
Votes: 50
|
It works out-of-the-box for me, recognizing every device on my 2016-aged Asus laptop. At startup, after an accurate cleanup of preinstalled packages (not so many by the way, I just remove asian/arabic fonts, brand-specific printing stuff and PIM-related stuff) I have a stable KDE 5 system consuming just 650MB. Everything is customizable both from Mageia Control Center and, of course, from KDE settings. Updating repositories to enable backports and backports-testing gets me new versions from Cauldron. Wayland works fine and, along with Pipewire, is easy to switch and to configure against the predefined X11 and PulseAudio choices. The choice of software is not rich as Fedora or Ubuntu (neither the support from the industry), but using KDE Discover with Flatpak enabled solves most of the additional needs.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-29
Votes: 110
|
Pros:
- good installer no calamares and other standardized tools
- reactive and fast OS
- old school,
- very good, helpful and friendly forum
- it's the like Debian but its an rpm distro and it's a bit more up to date
Cons:
- no LUKS encryption configuration in the installer
- i didn't see an option for Btrfs in the installer
- the team is obviously too small
- the OS offers a lot of DE while the team is too small, delaying the development of more important things.
- this distro lacks originality, something that would set it apart from the others and make it more popular
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 4
Date: 2024-06-10
Votes: 0
|
I still have fond memories from Mandrake.
Pros:
- no Calamares
- the installer is old school in a very good way, letting you set up many things
- it's relatively up-to-date (but Mageia 9 was released not long ago)
- it has its own theming, from the boot loader to plymouth to the desktop environment
- updates are very fast (has rpm stopped being the nightmare it was?)
Cons:
- it offers many DE but anything outside of KDE feels like uncharted territories
- you have to type your admin password every 10 seconds
- Mageia's control center wants to handle everything but makes things a lot more convoluted than they really are
- tweaking the OS is a pain (like replacing grub with refind)
- setting up manual ipv6 connection is… impossible?
- Cinnamon ships with network manager which is 1. disabled because of Mageia's Network Center; 2. impossible to uninstall because of dependency hell
- I can't sort the forum posts by date (or I simply haven't found how -> shame on me)
- if a package is missing (or outdated), you're a bit on your own (no ppa, AUR, OBS, etc.)
- 2 years release cycle for a desktop distro is a bit too much; what's it gonna be using an old Blender version in 2 years?
- because of the omnipresence of Mageia's control center, managing the distro remotely is a pain
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-05-28
Votes: 170
|
very good feelings using this distro ,almost everything works perfect , y had to install fastfetch via brew , and grub had some errors , the administration of load of the system is outstanding , way better than opensuse or geckolinux , system is very agile , y gonna use it for a long time ,I was able to take a snapshot of the system in seconds, set the permissions, groups very fast .The Control Centre is better than YAST on OpenSuse , old fashioned but works ok .plasma also works ok with wayland
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-05-14
Votes: 200
|
The control panel, settings are the best and easiest of all linux. Maybe deepin's control panel is better (because it's more design), but it doesn't have a million unnecessary settings. The system itself is sophisticated, it does its job quickly and accurately, without freezing. The installation is simple and fast, the software library is suitable, everything an average Linux user needs is included. This is the first disto for me where I didn't have to change anything after installation, everything worked immediately. The virtual box, megasync, worked immediately, I didn't have to install codecs, I was able to take a snapshot of the system in seconds, set the permissions, groups, and windows shares with a few clicks, I was impressed. I recommend it to everyone who can't find the right system for them, you won't be disappointed with Mageia.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-04-26
Votes: 130
|
I've been using Mageia for many years as one of my main go to distros & it has always been solid as far as I can remember. There are certainly less finicky problems than I used to have with PCLinuxOS, which was fairly stable but not like Debian & Mageia. The hardware support has been excellent & there are lots of programs in the repos that should give more than enough for the vast majority of users. The MCC control center is also very useful for admin tasks, and is easier than similar tools like Yast, but still quite powerful, if a little clunky at times.
If there is a real weakness with Mageia that I can see it is the old saying 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it", which is a big part of what Mageia seems to offer. To be sure there are new versions every year and a half or so with updated software that you can expect to work well, though it is still the same Mageia, with great hardware support, great stability & solid tools, if a bit less polish than other offerings like Linux Mint. It's always the same solid system, but not much evolution goes on here.
In summation-
Pros include:
+ very stable & reliable
+ great hardware support
+ power admin tools
+ more than enough software in the repos for most users
+ excellent version 8 to 9 migration experience for an in place system upgrade
+ probably the best community based RPM distro period & worth checking out & keeping a copy of, even if only as a backup for when there are problems with a Debian based distro
Cons:
- the polish level is a little old school & doesn't really improve very much
- the repos are certainly smaller than Debian family distros, though not enough to notice for most users
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-04-18
Votes: 200
|
I was looking for a simple distribution to power my association's website. Mageia was suggested and I gave it a try. Easy to install (I'm not a professional). Easy to customize with Mageia Control Center (https, fail2ban). It's been running smoothly for several months now.
The installation receives regular updates that install without a hitch.
In short, I'm fully satisfied. I opted for the Mate environment, which is simple and efficient. As an accessory, all the classic tools are of course there, including LibreOffice 7.6 and Gimp 2.10.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-03-25
Votes: 0
|
A very good and reliable distribution, I do not understand why many people do not pay attention to it, covers all needs, and also has everything for games and comfortable use of the system.
Regata OS is a Linux distribution that attracts attention with its capabilities and stability. It offers a wide range of features, which makes it attractive to gamers and regular users. The stability and performance of Regata OS make it an excellent choice for those who value the reliability and efficient operation of their operating system. In addition, the long history of development of this distribution emphasizes its reliability and constant striving for improvements
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 7
Date: 2024-03-10
Votes: 20
|
I like Mageia. It's probably the best example of Mandrake's legacy still left. Mostly things just work, but Mageia does have its eccentricities. The menus are a mess, at least under Plasma, and the yast-wannabe MCC is really showing its age (I think there's still a part of the graphics setup tool that tries to foist compiz on you). The package management is also weird, with either urpmi or dnf available, but do they really fully know about each other? If you install from live media you get netorkmanager, but the DVD still gives you the outdated net-applet thing. Not hard to switch, just an odd choice.
Overall Mageia's more newb-friendly than many but has little else to offer beyond MCC, using Plasma by default and not being a corporate entity. It might be a decent alternative for Ubuntu people, but Kubuntu and Neon do that. I see Mageia as the last distro standing of the Mandrake descendants, sadly not really doing anything new, just repackaging the same stuff.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-14
Votes: 230
|
Mageia Linux seems (like Mandriva and Mandrake before it) to aim both at newcomers and also at experiened users and developers. This is a good mix: it’s a good choice for packagers, and things generally work out of the box without configuration. The package compilation is reasonably optimized, too.
The package management can be graphical from Mageia Control Centre, or command-line with urpmi or dnf; there’s a ton of supported packages and third party repostories.
People are helpful and friendly, the installer is mature and works well, possibly the best of any Linux distribution i’ve ever tried, and it seems a good choice.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-01-29
Votes: 220
|
The Mageia onlne community is very helpful to any questions on the forums or mailinglists.
My experience with Mageia 9 until now can be summed up in "it just works".
Material detection is excellent and easy with the CCM.
I highly recommend it !
I look forward to many more versions of Mageia.
Please stay far away from Snap & Snapd.
I let several recommended DNF and urpme -cleanup procedures run in the terminal, recovering disk space while enjoying an up-to-date Mageia again. Awkward however that the version upgrade dropped some 80 kernel packages, i.e. vmlinuz'es, on the machine. It looks like the script installs every single kernel package since the initial realease. There must be a better way, to be implemented when version 9 comes.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-27
Votes: 170
|
Mageia is my saviour!
Long story short, a bug in mesa renders any arch-based (and bleeding edge) distro unusable with VMWare, so I needed a replacement for Arch.
OpenSuse Tumbleweed is now affected by this bug too and I don't like Fedora. Debian testing is too much trouble for me for a daily driver in a VM.
So I tried Mageia 9. The KDE edition feels slow, not responsive, and eats 1.3G of ram, but that's KDE (not specific to Mageia). I then tried the Cinnamon edition and that's perfectly for me. Light (750M), fast, and pretty up-to-date. I could find all packages I need (with the exception of jdupes which was super easy to compile from source). The default install was about 5.5G which is fine and already includes most of what I need (with not much bloat).
The Network Center app doesn't seem to care the least about IPv6 but I could configure it through resolv.conf and sysctl (thanks to #mageia irc channel).
It's been running for a week now. No issue, no crash, no drama, it just works. And it's very well polished. I'll probably stick to Mageia when the mesa issue is fixed.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-01-13
Votes: 140
|
Used Mandrake Linux back when and it was the first Linux distro that worked smoothly for me. Since that time I've used every major(and some minor) distro available. But have always returned to Debian.
Thought I'd try something new, so installed Mageia on a spare SSD.
I was expecting niggles and bugs compared to Debian 12. But, for me, it was easier, smoother and much less hard work than Debian has become.
The Control Centre is better than YAST on OpenSuse. Software availability is excellent.
The whole experience has been a revelation and I now use Mageia as my default OS replacing Debian (which is quite a statement from a Debian user of years standing).
I can't recommend Mageia enough.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-11-15
Votes: 250
|
I am following Mageia since the time it was called Mandrake Linux. I am just an user, I am unable to help the development, except for signaling bugs. I think this version of Mageia among the best releases, in the sense that everything (so far) works perfectly. Also the upgrade went smoothly. In favor of Mageia I find the graphic administrative tools. Mageia also offers a great deal of flexibility, also in terms of different desktop environment. This fact may be a little confusing to the non-expert. Another confusing fact is the use of two different platforms for the software, the rpmdrake and dnfdragora, that in the past at least (did not ry in this distribution) presented some incompatibilities.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-11-12
Votes: 300
|
I would also like to say that Mageia is an amazing and very polished Linux distribution. And this is the only one that works without any problems on all my Chromebooks, I mean sound support and good driver support out of the box. I've tried many Linux distros, but only Mageia works best on all my Chromebooks AUE (auto-update expiration date), which I still keep and use daily. Even right now I'm typing my message on a Chromebook using Mageia Gnome flavor. And for me, it's kind of Magic how the people behind this project were able to achieve such a first-class engineering level.
My first acquaintance with Mageia Linux took place in 2013 since version number 3. A little later I tried the 4th version of Mageia Linux. The distribution left a pleasant impression and stood out with high-quality customization. At that time, I was just starting to use Linux and often changed distributions. Therefore, Mageia did not stay long on my PC's hard drive and was soon replaced by something else. Subsequently, I periodically returned to Mageia Linux, as they say, "to see." Each time the distribution left a pleasant impression and after a while was replaced with the next version of Ubuntu. The main reason was the prejudice that it is better to take a "world-class" distribution for work, and there will be more problems with a "small town" one. With increasing experience, I realized that each distribution has its own characteristics.
I hope that this unique distribution with a long tradition dating back to the days of shining Mandrake Linux will stay with us to continue to astonish us with its old but reliable solutions!
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-11-11
Votes: 170
|
It is easy to find imperfections in this distribution, yet I continue to use it without neglecting the others that I also used at the same time: manjiaro, ubuntu-s, arch, OpenSuse.. I am the typical user who uses Mageia since the days of Mandrake/Mandriva... I know where to look, I have basic knowledge of the terminal and once the distribution is installed and adapted to my needs it becomes almost perfect for me. Many users do not know that it is possible to use MCC without a GUI. Many users do not know that Mageia is independent, it only depends on people who find the time and energy to release each new version, always stable, and with almost all desktops available to choose from. There is no commercial firm behind it, there is no parent distribution which decides everything and imposes strategic choices. I consider that Mageia is more free than the Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse based ones... which have commercial companies supporting them.. And if Arch is free and independent... on the other hand it is not as stable. I suggest Mageia to experienced users for installation and configuration.. and to novices once it is installed. Mageia will bring great satisfaction, even if you have to accept certain limitations and imperfections.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 2
Date: 2023-11-04
Votes: 0
|
Unfortunately this distribution is only a shadow of good old Mandrake/Mandriva times.
- the main kernel maintainer Thomas Backlund left Mageia
- most experienced maintainers already left
- build infrastructure is unbelievable old and underpowered
- core functions of MCC (Mageia Control Center) are broken since ages
- unbelievable dated look of MCC (the same as from Mandrake 20 years ago)
- users are left without informations with dangerously outdated browser versions. Mageia 8 is "supported" until end of Nov 2023 but is stuck with Chromium 111 and Firefox 102 (EOL)
- Browser maintainers don't really care about exploits in the wild (see point above)
- the distribution lags many years behind actual developements
- still using a heavily dated self written network applet as standard (instead of networkmanager)
- many packages have no maintainer since more than 5 years and only get pushed from Mageia release to release without any package update itself
For everybody who cares about security and at least halfway actual package versions, Mageia is not recommended.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-10-23
Votes: 0
|
I have been using Mageia since the times of Mandrake/Mageia.
During these years I used exclusively Linux as desktop: opensuse, manjiaro, lmde, ubuntu and derivatives.
Mageia 9, Gnome Live ISO.
I boot the Live Gnome ISO. First note, MCC does not open. All devices are recognized on my Acer aspire.
I decide to install on hard drive. Installation without problems. First start of the Gnome session, MCC does not open. I open a terminal, I go into superuser mode (SU), I install Cinnamon (urpmi task-cinnamon) .. Logout, Login in the Cinnamon session .. MCC works! Everything works correctly. I parameter the Desktop Cinnamon, I install themes etc ... My note concerns the ISO Live Gnome of Mageia 9, I give a 5 since a novice user would have been blocked by the non-functioning of the Mageia Control Center.
I did not try to solve the problem in the Gnome session, I give a note on the ISO as it is.
Now everything works well, i would give a post-install 9 as a user, but a 2 as an IT professional
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-10-22
Votes: 200
|
I'm now using Mageia 9 in Mate environnement for two months.
Multi-purpose: office, web and image editing with Libreoffice, Firefox and Gimp.But also, managing a small website with Apache and fail2ban (I had remained on version 7 since 2019 due to incompatible applications with php 8) . And file sharing within the internal network with Samba.
Easy installation with Mageia Control Center.
What can I say next? Well, nothing. It works without a hitch, and I didn't have to "get my hands dirty" again.
Well done, Mageia.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-29
Votes: 190
|
My only gripes so far, after a few weeks using Mageia 9 as my production desktop are: I nitially I installed Gnome and after a week or so I ran into an issue with my bluetooth headphones failing to connect, despite notifications saying that they were. 2 different sets of headphones, same issue!
I switched to kde (new install). The BT issue was resolved. Interestingly the headphones were identified as head set but still worked on kde.
My only other peeve is that whilst running Steam games my browser won'y connect to the server unless I load the browser before Steam/ This also happens on other distros though, so not strictly a fault of Mageia.
Otherwise I am pleased with Mageia 9 and I have always had a pleasant experience with previous versions. It feels like there is a vibrant community behind it with good documentation and support. New users may be confused when setting up the repositories as Mageia produces a long list to choose from eg. core, updates, tainted and testing for 64 bit, and the same for 32 bit systems.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-09-26
Votes: 10
|
This release seems to have a fair number of small, but annoying, issues that were not present in Mageia 8. In some cases, the installed versions of the software seem to be unable to communicate with each other. As an example, I installed Lutris, to run Windows games as I had on Mageia 8, but Lutris complained that Wine was not present - even though it had indeed
been installed. A bit of work from the command line showed that "wine" was not present, but "wine64" was. This is something that should have been caught before the distro was released to the public. There are other, similar issues -- nothing bug, but time consuming and annoying. I find this release to be below the standards of Mageia's previous efforts -- and I am now looking at Open Mandriva.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 7
Date: 2023-09-25
Votes: 10
|
As a committed Mandrake user I have tried three of the Mandrake derivatives. Mageia comes in the middle as far as I am concerned. It still has all the Mandrake tools like harddrake, diskdrake and so on and that makes administering the system easy.
The installer is straight forward and by having diskdrake makes the task of partitioning especially easy. I have never had a problem with installation of the OS.
What does trouble me is the inclusion of systemd. I had problems getting the sound to work properly and despite the friendly and helpful forum never really got the sound to work. Now I have an Audigy Platinum Pro sound card, not exactly obscure so finding that it would not work was disappointing. Trying to troubleshoot the problem was a nightmare with obscure, convoluted error logs and just plain awkwardness caused by systemd.
The rest of the OS was fine but not having audio was a killer and so I went back to my first choice PCLinuxOS.
If you can live with the threat that systemd might screw with your system Mageia is a fine distro and worthy of being given a chance.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-09-15
Votes: 150
|
I've been using Mageia since it's first release, coming from Mandriva. Although it's not a distro focused on KDE Plasma (look of all desktop options!) it provides a very excellent experience. One thing I found very useful is that Discover somehow added my computer vendor's firmware update repository, so that I won't need to boot in the preinstalled distro for firmware updates once in while.
One of the main distinguishing features is the Mageia Control Center. With it, all administrative configurations can be made in a friendly GUI environment. Also, the Mageia firewall is the easiest firewall to configure so far. I actually only use the CLI because of habit, or because sometimes it is faster.
Installing packages intended for other distros can be a mess. Library packages for 64-bit architecture have a 64 in their name, so the package installer will not find the dependencies or install the 32-bit ones. Although installing packages from other distros is becoming less and less common, I had to do that to use a certain service.
Pros:
• Mageia Control Center, which solves everything about configuring the system;
• Stability;
• Easiness to use;
• Excellent KDE Plasma experience.
Cons:
• Does not have a signed boot loader, even though it has a tool to migrate from Windows, which will become useless soon (ambiguity intentional ;-), unless they change that;
• Does not set up printers automatically, unless they are physically connected;
• Also, you need root privileges to install a printer, if it is not installed automatically;
• Long release cycle.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 6
Date: 2023-09-12
Votes: 0
|
I had some issues with Mageia 8, but nothing insurmountable. Nonetheless when Mageia 9 came along I was overjoyed; prematurely I would soon learn. Some notable issues I find with 9, I'm tired of having Dolphin shoved down my throat while Konqueror continues to be systematically hacked to pieces. Why take a functionally well laid out file manager and replace it with a tawdry imitation? The other immediate problem in 9 is that the plasma desktop is bugridden to the point of driving one to distraction. Why? I can go on, but it hardly seems worth the effort. Sorry. But this should never have happened. Remember "If if ain't broken, don't fix it"?
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 5
Date: 2023-09-10
Votes: 0
|
Maybe a 9 or 10 once I get the problems straightened out. I am a long-time Mageia, user- since v. 4.0, and it's been great....until now. To be honest, this might be a self-made issue: this is my first install to LVM (logical volume management), but the issues I am seeing dont seem to be install issues as much as configuration issues. The first sign of trouble was that nothing would start post-install. It turned out that DOUBLE CLICKING, rather than single, was needed to start programs....OK that took a while to figure out -- it's the Windoze way, not Linux, and easy enough to fix once you realize WHY it's not working as usual ('usual' in this case being Mageia 8). But there seem to be quite a lot of such minor issues and irritations that need to be found and addressed individually -- has Mageia made all these interface changes, or is this from KDE? Literally everything I try to do on the system creates an annoyance that wasn't there prior to the 'upgrade'. Time will tell: I still have my Mageia 8 disk; and there are other KDE-centric distros out there.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-31
Votes: 130
|
Capitalizing on the robustness of the beta-2 and rc1, Mageia 9 is a rock solid distro. It's simple to set up and maintain. Everything works out of the box, which is an improvement on Mageia 8 which required a bit of tweaking after installation to really have it function the way you want to.
For non technical users, it's a fast, lean, simple to use thanks to the Control Center Mageia. Flatpak integration is flawless for third party software. No bugs, no crashes, no issue whatsoever since installing the beta2 and updating it to 9 on my work laptop that I use 3-6 hours a day. Absolutely zero issue. As a non technical user, this is a much more satisfying experience than Fedora and less cranky than openSUSE.
To summarize, it's a very solid distro, that basically runs flawlessly. Highly advised to non technical users like me, the system never gets in your way.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-30
Votes: 90
|
Just running it right now and I am very positive about it.
I am not a fan of KDE, GNOME and other "gas factory" of window managers that just suck-up graphic resources and are slower than my mouse and keyboard input. But Mageia 9 comes with an amazing panels of other window managers, it is not even mentioned in the release notes! It has WindowMaker, Enlightenment, Mate, AfterStep, dwm, jwm, openbox, swm, fluxbox, i3, and my favorite, FVWM which is available in version 2 and the recently released version 3. I am just happy, these react faster than I can type in, and the rest is rock solid and reliable.
Mageia is not a distro for people who install the latest software, look at the colors and write a comment saying it sucks. It is a distro for making your computer running the software you need, the way you need and with the reliability you need. It's like having a Debian, but based on rpm and with recent packages :)
10/10 for Mageia 9 so far!
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-30
Votes: 170
|
I upgraded to Mageia9 to give my server the benefit of php 8.2.
Quick installation, all hardware automatically detected. In the Mageia Control Center, the task-lamp meta-task does most of the work. A few additional packages, including fail2ban, and that's it.
A complete success. Three days later, no problems to report.
No problem with the workstation either. The great classics are there: LibreOffice, Gimp, etc. And various accessories are available in MCC. The MATE environment is as satisfying as ever: simple, clear but effective.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-29
Votes: 60
|
I just did an upgrade from 8 to 9. I typically don't do an upgrade and do a full install of distros because they rarely work for me. There is always something that doesn't work. And I'm getting too impatient in my old age to tinker until I can get the system in working shape again when a full install comes out much cleaner. I went ahead and tried the upgrade this time because I have several systems to upgrade and again that whole impatience thing. To my surprise the upgrade went on without a hitch. Everything is working, everything is updated, and I don't have to restore the backup data. Fantastic. Note: always backup your data!
I've been using Mageia since version 6. It's always been stable and has had the packages I have needed. I have yet to find a system it won't install on. It has always recognized and correctly displays the proper resolution and orientation (I'm looking at you, Debian) on my monitors. And sleep mode has worked on every laptop I have tried it on. I'm not sure where the criticism of Mageia is coming from. Outdated? The system gets updates on a regular basis automatically. Sure, If you are jumping from distro to distro every couple of weeks is your thing, maybe Mageia is not for you. I know my days of needing the bleeding edge was over in the mid 2000's. Now I just want to use my computer as a computer and have a stable Linux distro running on it. And maybe get some stuff done. If those are your parameters, I couldn't recommend Mageia more.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 1
Date: 2023-08-28
Votes: 0
|
Mageia has not improved or evolved as other distros have. This fact is reflected in user comments as well as reviews of this distro. I have had little success with installing it or using it in the past several years. Release 9 was no exception. It did not finish the installation but froze up near the end. Some past releases did the same thing, including really messing up my GRUB configuration to the point that it couldn't even be repaired with the Super GRUB2 Recovery Disk.
The developers should very seriously consider whether to continue with Mageia or permanently cease development, because Mageia is going nowhere but down, like so many other distros, as well as with the present state of the entire software world.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9
Rating: 3
Date: 2023-08-27
Votes: 0
|
There is nothing else that distinguishes Mageia from Debian, Ubuntu, OpenMandriva, PCLinuxOS, OpenSUSE or Fedora. Nothing. This is something like the basic version of the system. When you install it, after a while you notice the lack of subsequent elements, whether it's missing libraries, or the lack of popular programs, etc. There's always something missing.
The software itself was slightly stale when the next versions were released, be it 7, 8 or now 9. So at the time of the premiere we get a system that is already out of date at the time of release. makes Mageia unlikely to interest users of Fedora, OpenSUSE or Arch-based distributions.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-08-07
Votes: 250
|
I virtualized 9 RC1 on VirtualBox to give it a try. I am happy, having found these positive aspects:
- Nice theme and background, also in dark mode. Wonderful animated splash screen.
- Easyness of use because everything works like a charm out of the box (both hardware and software)
- Great customization capabilities both from KDE side and Mageia side
- rpmdrake and mgapplet making software updates easy, safe and amusing
- No snapd or other commercial crappyness
I also found a negative aspect strictly related to plasma interacting with wayland: some things (from KDE side, not strictly due to this distro) are still unstable, especially with mouse pointer.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-07-26
Votes: 250
|
Using the rc1 and Gnome, everything works out of the box which is awesome looking forward to the final release. A few annoyhing things I needed to tweak, but the problems were really with the applications themselves and not Mageia. Really like the fact that it has urpmi and dnf and they work both very well together along side the Mageia Control Center, which gives something a bit unique compared to most of the other rpm based distros. This could be my favourite distro of all, PCLinuxOS used to be one (it's been years since I've used linux on any computer/laptop). Installed on a new 2023 16" Asus Vivobook (Alder lake) laptop.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-06-30
Votes: 240
|
If you are looking for an easy to use disto and don't want to go for Fedora, then I recommend checking out Mageia or PCLinuxOS both derived from being Mandriva/Mandrake based and both offer an easy to use to control center that keeps the user from having to break open the terminal if they don't have to.
Pros: Easy to setup and use, no issues with KDE or Mate when jumping back and forth.
Cons: uprmi has always been cumbersome to use compared to other package managers, and would recommend using DNF for package and orphan management.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9-beta2
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-06-14
Votes: 250
|
It's a Mageia: you take an extra 30 minutes in the beginning to set everything up and then if you're a casual user, it works like a Swiss clock. Perfect GNOME 44 integration, runs smoothly and beautifully on a 2014 MacBook Air. In my opinion it offers a better experience on this laptop than Linux Mint, which I love and use a lot, being simultaneously leaner/faster and better on fitting the hardware.
All in all, this beta is more stable and usable than a Fedora release and I use it in my day to day work (non technical).
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-13
Votes: 250
|
Lets start with the most important thing here and thats the core root of this incredible operating system, Mandrake. I have used every version of the Mandrake systems from free to paid editions and the one thing they all have in common is that they never break.
Mageia 9 is no exception. The team have done incredible work with this latest release and everything feels as snappy and well put together as any previous versions. The KDE desktop is truly perfect although I've themed mine to my liking but thats down to individual tastes etc.
Latest Kernel is pushed with this so all your hardware should work out of the box. Firefox web browser is the default but for me I went with Microsoft Edge Browser and Google Chrome Browser due to the fact I like using the Google set of tools and Microsofts Office Online products.
I'm a long time fan of systems that use dnf and for me I would hope the devs turn to a rolling release base like Open Mandriva have done.
Mageia is my daily driver on my main laptop so I would suggest just giving it a try as you wont be disappointed.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-02
Votes: 220
|
Very happy with this distribution. It pretty much just works out of the box without much effort, and is very stable and fast, even Cauldron branch is surprisingly stable for a rolling development branch.
It feels similar to Fedora, but has a more customized and friendly experience, that helps you if you are less experienced but also does not hold you back if you are an advanced user. The default KDE Plasma desktop is very nicely integrated, and other desktops like Gnome, MATE, Cinnamon are also presented well. I also enjoy the more old-school approach, as they kept Mandriva's old tools like the very useful Control Center, though I understand it is not for everyone's taste.
I like that it is community-based and not corporate-based, and that nonfree and tainted software (like audio and video codecs) are in first-party repos that you can optionally enable, which is a great solution, and does not result in issues like package conflicts or update delays like RPMFusion in Fedora or Packman in openSUSE.
Only issues I have is that maybe the wifi networking section of the MCC can be a bit better, there is no way to remove/forget a previously connected network, and sometimes it chooses the wrong network if two previously connected ones are within range. But it is a relatively minor issue.
Overall highly recommended if you want something a bit more unique and community-based.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-28
Votes: 100
|
Been running Cauldron (9) since Feb/2023.
Operating System: Mageia 9
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.105.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 6.2.12-server-1.mga9 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 20 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700K
Memory: 125.5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: XPS 8950
Mostly works great.
For a few months, been seeing random flickering, especially related to the taskbar, popups and tooltips.
Many dialogs/windows first appear solid black; re-open or window-shade to restore.
Am running a large PostgreSQL DB and pgAdmin4 does not work; using SQL-workbench/J
plasma-kwin_x11.service randomly dies/restarts.
Distribution mirrors can be flaky.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-28
Votes: 180
|
I installed version 9 beta1 xfce on an old laptop with 4GB Ram + intel core2 duo, I was really impressed how well it works. All devices well configured, its control panel is always the best and the amount of software available makes it a wise choice.
As a follower of Mageia I have tried and used all versions daily, I have been a user since it was Mandrake Linux, I have obviously installed many distros but Mageia always makes me come back.
I invite you to try Mageia, the beta1 version works as a final version.
Eduardo B,
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-18
Votes: 210
|
Mageia Cauldron just works, as developers need it, for their own work which is to develop :-)
Cauldron is not for the casual user anyhow, prefer the stable version for you/family and friends but if you're a bit adventurous, you may contribute (forums are welcoming your contributions to getting better versions :p as a usual user, an advanced user or a developer that can add some missing functionalities, everybody is welcome ;-) as I've been long time ago o_O)
Cauldron may become Mageia 9 thanks to your help and feedback (bad can be corrected, better can be enhanced and provide further services)
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-09
Votes: 190
|
Mageia has improved so much, I give it a 10.
One big improvement in 2019 was using dnf for the package manager.
It works great, along with urpmi.
Most of us know dnf from Fedora.
Another huge improvement IMO is the addition of Gnome 43.
I only use Gnome 40+ desktops.
IMO Gnome 43 is light years ahead of everything else.
I also like that Mageia 9 is a rolling release.
Mageia 9, seems to be very stable, but is customizable.
Lots of rpms available for Mageia, and lots of software on the repository.
I use laptops, and my laptops run best on kernel 5.15.
I was able to install a 5.15.98 LTS kernel from rpm finder.
It loaded right up, and runs great.
I removed the other kernels with dnf.
If anything negative?
I'm used to running the latest Firefox version.
Mageia has it stuck on Firefox version 102.8 ESR
Haven't used the 102.8 enough to know if I like it better than the latest version 110.
For a terminal, I always install the XFCE4-Terminal.
It is IMO the best terminal emulator, out there.
I wish you would add it on all the desktop types, including Gnome.
I look forward to many more versions of Mageia.
Please stay far away from Snap & Snapd.
Terry K
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9-alpha1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-22
Votes: 190
|
ll works out of the box, the only thing you need to do is install Nvidia drivers from official site. Plenty of software, not only for desktop but a server as well. It ships with Mageia Control Center - something similar to Yast from OpenSUSE.
I am using software RAID on my system, which not all distros can handle during installation.
Although the release cycle is not as fast as others, if something works why would you try to fix it?
One minor thing, wallpapers could be more interesting.
Overall good job Mageia team!
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9-alpha1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-01-25
Votes: 150
|
Been running the 9-alpha1 version for a couple of days now. No bugs, no glitches, no problems. Was running version 8. 9 runs just as smooth so far. XFCE is my favorite, and this one is the most polished I've used. Installation was a little confusing, but once it was installed and updated, I was amazed that an alpha version could be so stable. It is so stable and snappy, I am sticking with the alpha version until the final release comes out. Mageia was one of my favorite XFCE distros, but if version 9 continues to be this stable, my distro hopping days will be over. Once the final version is released, it should rise to the top of the list quickly. Great job developers. Couldn't be happier with this one.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-21
Votes: 90
|
J'utilise Mageia à la suite de Mandrake puis Mandriva.
Les versions se suivent à intervalle raisonnables assurant tout à la fois un mise à jour nécessaire et une stabilité tout aussi nécessaire.
Les versions définitives sont très solides. Il n'y a que fort peu d'incidents à l'installation d'une nouvelle version, sauf parfois la mise à niveau en ligne. Pour ma part je préfère partir d'une image iso, ce qui est fiable.
Le système d'installation est très simple et le choix des bureaux est large,
Après avoir travaillé avec KDE, je suis passé à Gnome à l'occasion de Gnome2, et rebuté par Gnome3, j'ai opté depuis pour Xfce qui est mature et stable, rapide, léger et doté de multiples possibilités de gestion de l'apparence.
La gestion des logiciels par Mageia est performante et aisée grâce aux .rpm et un logiciel graphique pour gérer les installations et désinstallations. Le catalogue est très riche et il est rare qu'il n'y ait pas d'archive .rpm disponible même pour des programmes rares et confidentiels. Ce logiciel de gestion des programmes CCM commence cependant à devenir vieillot sans perdre de son efficacité, mais on peut aussi faire appel à Logiciel (je ne connais pas le nom anglais) qui installe des programme sans perturber Mageia.
Bien sûr les acharnés de la ligne de commande peuvent s'y adonner comme sur n'importe quelle distribution, mais pour un utilisateur ordinaire, Mageia est très intuitif, et je n'ai jamais vu de personne désarçonnée en utilisant mon ordinateur, même celles qui n'avaient jamais utilisé Linux.
La communauté francophone est active, et un conseil est facilement obtenu sur le forum dédié.
Même si c'est sans rapport évident avec l'efficacité de la distribution, le fait qu'elle soit gérée par une association non commerciale est un plus intellectuellement satisfaisant pour un amateur de logiciels libres.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-01-02
Votes: 90
|
I was very impressed with the competence and documentation of Mageia. This distro benefits greatly from its heritage of Mandrake / Mandriva. Mandrake was the first distro I managed to connect to the internet in the early 2000s. I first installed the live version to USB, and liked it well enough. A while later, I used the installation DVD to do a full install to USB, selecting Xfce, and was very impressed with automatic system upgrades. I allowed Mageia to do the partitioning, and never experienced a problem. During the full install I was given the option to not install the Office suite, which saved me the trouble of trimming the fat. Installing Tor required some investigation, as it is not in the rpmdrake repo. Instead a sandbox version of Tor is installed from flatpak repo. Install flatpak, then use flatpak to acquire Tor launcher. I had to reboot for the launcher to appear in Menu. I could probably make a favorable comparison of Mageia to Linux Mint.
PRO
- This distro inspires confidence. The docs were good enough that I didn't have to ask the forum for assistance.
- Fast boot
- Trouble-free persistence on USB install
- Not based on Debian
CON
- systemd
- two desktop taskbars, top and bottom, reducing viewable workspace, looking cluttered
- Greek pronunciation of "Mageia"
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-12-25
Votes: 80
|
This is a short report, mainly with reference to the update procedure, moving from Mageia-7 to Mageia-8, as described in the (excellent!) documentation on their website, chapter "Upgrading online, using DNF (CLI)".
I am aware this comes kind of late because version 7 is dead (no more updates) for quite a while already and so was the OS on it's dedicated partition on my AMD FX4300, 8 GB RAM desktop PC. I've always liked Mageia, but somehow did not find the time moving to version 8, with the intention of skipping it in favour of version 9. As the release of the latter keeps on being delayed and the holidays allowed for some spare time I went for the upgrade today.
All went well till the step `dnf system-upgrade reboot`. Even though the documentation advised to get myself a drink and watch the event, this took unusually long. After the reboot it was hanging at some sort of systemd trigger for "daily update mlocate db". After two hours I almost gave up, because I was under the impression that the script would perform the `updatedb` once for every day since the release of Mageia 8. I must concede that Mageia is installed on an old-school-non-ssd HD, but still ... Because I had to leave home I luckily decided not to break the process and let it run until I come back five hours later: voila, all done.
Rebooted into the "new" Mageia 8, my compter and I were more than happy.
I let several recommended DNF and urpme -cleanup procedures run in the terminal, recovering disk space while enjoying an up-to-date Mageia again. Awkward however that the version upgrade dropped some 80 kernel packages, i.e. vmlinuz'es, on the machine. It looks like the script installs every single kernel package since the initial realease. There must be a better way, to be implemented when version 9 comes.
After playing around for a few hours I can confirm the following pro's of Mageia 8:
* stable
* fast and below average resource usage
* awesome implementation of KDE / plasmashell 5.20.4
* no steep learning curve, especially if you've used Mageia before
* amazingly solid documentation on the website
* on the few occasions of asking for help on their forum in the past, I always got super quick, competent and friendly responses.
Looking forward to Mageia 9 final, as I'm not so much of an alphaversion, latest greatest, sometimes buggy -type of user ....
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 9-alpha1
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-12-19
Votes: 100
|
I have been using Mageia daily for meny years, on all my computers, Mandrake and Mandriva before that. Mageia is a workhorse, stable, fast and secure. My main computer is a enterprise grade laptop with attached screen. Freedom with KDE Plasma.
I am using my Mageiacomputers for production, sound, writing, graphics, printable pdf:s etc and I make money thanks to the Mageia community and the distribution. Big thanks! Upcoming Mageia 9 will be fantastic. The best is getting even better!
Due to the way I am working I can say that Mageia is fundamental for me. None of my computers have ever gone down due to Mageia. If I my self make a mistake and screw something up I have allways been able to find solutions thanks to how Mageia is built.
I realy like and also depend on Mageia.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2022-11-26
Votes: 70
|
j'utilise MAGEIA depuis la version 6 avec PLASMA ....excellent même si quelques trucs de décoration que j'aimais bien ont disparus ( fond d'écran de bureaux différents et défilement en cube pour la 9 alpha 1 )
J'ai testé de nombreuse autres distributions ( UBUNTU, FEDORA, DEBIAN, ...) j'ai toujours eu des problèmes d'installations ou lors de mise à jours. C'est peut être lié à mon matériel, mais avec MAGEIA j'ai toujours trouvé une solution dans des forums .
MAGEIA est fiable et rapide .Son installation facile.
Je recommande.
|
Project: Mageia
Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-11-08
Votes: 100
|
Excellent hardware compatibility (even better then ubuntu in my experience). I've used on a number of hardware versions over the years without issues
the graphical config tool Mageia Control Center (drakconf) is good if you like to avoid the command line, although things like cockpit exist this still works well
I've use for over 15 years as a workstation and a server and it performs well, and is easy to SSH to graphic tools to maintain server remotely
The app selection is always a solid selection
|
Project: Mageia
Version: cauldron
Rating: 8
Date: 2022-11-04
Votes: 30
|
I think this needs to be burnt to a single usb ,not really usable in ventoy or similar multi-iso loaders.
It was the only way i could finally get it to install onto a partition.
I made a little space on my ssd drive which was easy to do vis the built-in installer.
I installed it fine on my home-built pc.
MSI Tomahawk Max with AMD 3700X cpu and Nvidia 1660 super graphics card.
Nice OS ,runs smooth ,net connects ok.
Cool design that is easy on the eye.
I only do basic stuff like browsing ,watch movies ,e.tc.
Works ok for me ,i like it.
|
|
|
| TUXEDO |
TUXEDO Computers - Linux Hardware in a tailor made suite
Choose from a wide range of laptops and PCs in various sizes and shapes at TUXEDOComputers.com. Every machine comes pre-installed and ready-to-run with Linux. Full 24 months of warranty and lifetime support included!
Learn more about our full service package and all benefits from buying at TUXEDO.
|
| Star Labs |
Star Labs - Laptops built for Linux.
View our range including the highly anticipated StarFighter. Available with coreboot open-source firmware and a choice of Ubuntu, elementary, Manjaro and more. Visit Star Labs for information, to buy and get support.
|
|
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
bc1qxes3k2wq3uqzr074tkwwjmwfe63z70gwzfu4lx 
lnurl1dp68gurn8ghj7ampd3kx2ar0veekzar0wd5xjtnrdakj7tnhv4kxctttdehhwm30d3h82unvwqhhxarpw3jkc7tzw4ex6cfexyfua2nr 
86fA3qPTeQtNb2k1vLwEQaAp3XxkvvvXt69gSG5LGunXXikK9koPWZaRQgfFPBPWhMgXjPjccy9LA9xRFchPWQAnPvxh5Le 
0x969CD4E778C7b6549A2B00e34114e0168c86A542 