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Mageia


Last Update: 2024-12-09 15:20 UTC

Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, the Mageia project is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 32 (254), 6 months: 45 (204), 3 months: 51 (194), 4 weeks: 53 (192), 1 week: 47 (195)

Average visitor rating: 8.33/10 from 120 review(s).

Mageia Summary
Distribution Mageia
Home Page https://www.mageia.org/
Mailing Lists https://www.mageia.org/mailman/
User Forums https://forums.mageia.org/
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Documentation https://wiki.mageia.org/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-08-27: Distribution Release: Mageia 9
 • 2023-07-23: Development Release: Mageia 9 RC1
 • 2023-05-26: Development Release: Mageia 9 Beta 2
 • 2023-03-01: Development Release: Mageia 9 Beta 1
 • 2022-11-19: Development Release: Mageia 9 Alpha 1
 • 2021-02-26: Distribution Release: Mageia 8
 • 2021-02-06: Development Release: Mageia 8 RC
 • 2020-12-13: Development Release: Mageia 8 Beta 2
 • 2020-08-08: Development Release: Mageia 8 Beta 1
 • 2020-07-02: Development Release: Mageia 8 Alpha 1
 • 2019-07-01: Distribution Release: Mageia 7
 • 2019-06-02: Development Release: Mageia 7 RC
 • More Mageia releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2021-06-08 Mageia 7 nearing its end of life
 • 2019-07-16 Mageia publishes new media for CPU fix
 • 2018-09-15 Mageia 5 no longer supported
 • 2018-05-15 Mageia's Grand Update
 • 2018-02-20 Mageia password breach
 • 2017-02-20 Mageia 6 delayed
 • 2016-09-05 Mageia adopts DNF
 • More Mageia headlines...

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Feature cauldron 9 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Feature
Release Date 2024-12-09 2023-08-24 2021-02-26 2019-07-16 2017-07-16 2016-12-02 2014-06-20 2013-05-19 2012-05-22 2011-06-01 Release Date
End Of Life --   2023-12 2021-06 2019-11 2017-12 2015-09 2014-11 2013-11 2012-12 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   2800-4500 2200-4300 2200-4300 30-3600           Image Size (MB)
Free Download RPMs ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) Package Management
Release Model Rolling Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture aarch64, arm7, i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Asian Language Support
Full Package List cauldron 9 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Full Package List
Package cauldron 9 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Package
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.4 3.0.2 3.0.1 3.0.0 3.0.0 2.9.4 2.9.2 2.8.6 abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.13 1.2.9 1.2.2 1.1.7 1.1.4.1 1.0.28 1.0.27.2 1.0.26 1.0.25 1.0.24.1 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 -- 15.302 14.010.1006 12.104 -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.37 5.2 5.1 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.3) 9.18.30 9.18.15 9.11.27 9.11.6 9.10.5-P2 9.10.3-P4 9.9.4-P2 9.9.2-P2 9.9.0 9.8.0-P1 bind (9.20.3)
chromium (131.0.6778.108) -- -- 73.0.3683.103 -- 57.0.2987.133 53.0.2785.143 33.0.1750.146 26.0.1410.65 18.0.1025.168 -- chromium (131.0.6778.108)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.11 2.4.6 2.3.3 2.2.11 2.2.3 2.0.4 1.7.0 1.5.4 1.5.2 1.4.6 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3 4.4.2 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.3-P1 4.2.5-P1 4.2.5-P1 4.2.3-P2 4.2.1-P1 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.1 1.47.0 1.45.6 1.45.2 1.43.4 1.42.12 1.42.9 1.42.7 1.42.2 1.41.14 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (133.0.3) 128.5.0 102.13.0 78.7.0 67.0.4 52.2.0 45.5.0 24.5.0 17.0.5 10.0.4 4.0.1 firefox (133.0.3)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.13.0 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.7.1 2.5.4 2.5.0.1 2.4.11 2.4.9 2.4.4 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) 14.2.0 12.3.0 10.2.1 8.3.1 5.4.0 4.9.2 4.8.2 4.7.2 4.6.3 4.5.2 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 2.10.38 2.10.34 2.10.22 2.10.10 2.8.22 2.8.14 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.8.0 2.6.11 gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.40 2.36 2.32 2.29 2.22 2.20 2.18 2.17 2.14.1 2.12.1 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.2) 47.2 44.2 3.38.3 3.32.1 3.24.2 3.14.3 3.10.2.1 3.6.3.1 3.4.1 -- gnome-shell (47.2)
gnucash (5.9) 5.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) 1.12.57 1.12.55 1.12.48 1.12.44 1.12.34 1.12.20 1.12.9 1.12.0 1.11.3 1.10.14 gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 0.97 0.97 2.02git 2.02git 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.7) 3.24.43 4.10.3 2.24.33 2.24.32 3.22.16 3.14.8 3.10.6 3.6.4 3.4.1 2.24.4 gtk (4.16.7)
httpd (2.4.62) 2.4.62 2.4.57 2.4.46 2.4.39 2.4.26 2.4.10 2.4.7 2.4.4 2.2.22 2.2.17 httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) 1.4 1.2.2 1.0.2 0.92.4 0.92.1 0.91 0.48.4 0.48.4 0.48.3.1 0.48.1 inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.3) 24.11.80 23.04.1 20.12.0 19.04.0 2.10.0 2.0.3a 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 k3b (24.08.3)
kmod (33) 33 30 28 26 24 18 15 12 7 -- kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) 5.2.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4-alpha1 krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.3) 24.8.3 7.4.2 7.0.4.2 6.2.3.2 5.3.4 4.4.7 4.1.5 4.0.3 3.5.3 3.3.2 LibreOffice (24.8.3)
linux (6.12.4) 6.6.62 6.4.9 5.10.16 5.1.14 4.9.35 4.4.30 3.12.21 3.8.13 3.3.6 2.6.38.7 linux (6.12.4)
Package cauldron 9 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.2.r1 0.10.2 0.10.0 0.10.0 0.9.3 0.7.2 0.5.12 0.5.10 0.5.8 0.5.6 lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) 11.5.2 10.11.4 10.5.8 10.3.16 10.1.24 10.0.28 5.5.37 5.5.28 5.5.23 -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.26.1 1.24.1 1.22.1 1.18.0 1.8.1 1.6.2 -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.1) 24.2.8 23.1.5 20.3.4 19.1.0 17.1.4 10.5.9 10.0.5 9.1.2 8.0.2 7.10.2 mesa (24.3.1)
mysql (9.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.10 mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.1) 47.0 44.2.1 3.38.2 3.32.1 3.24.1 3.14.2 3.10.1 3.6.3 3.4.1 2.32.2.1 nautilus (47.1)
NVIDIA (565.77) -- 515.76 455.45.01 -- 375.66 352.79 325.15 319.17 -- -- NVIDIA (565.77)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.2 3.5.0 3.5.0 3.4.11.2 openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) -- 17.0.3.0.7 11.0.9 -- 8u131 8u45 8u111 7u19 6b24 6b22 openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.8p1 9.3p1 8.4p1 8.0p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 6.2p2 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.3.2 3.0.9 1.1.1i 1.1.0j 1.0.2l 1.0.2j 1.0.1e 1.0.1e 1.0.0j 1.0.0d openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.40.0 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.2 5.22.3 5.20.1 5.18.1 5.16.3 5.14.2 5.12.3 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.4.1) -- 8.2.0 8.0.0 -- 5.6.30 5.6.27 5.5.12 5.4.13 5.3.13 5.3.6 php (8.4.1)
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) 6.2.4 5.27.5 5.20.4 5.15.4 5.8.7 -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.2.4)
postfix (3.9.1) 3.9.0 3.8.1 3.5.9 3.4.5 3.1.6 2.10.3 2.10.2 2.9.6 2.8.8 2.7.4 postfix (3.9.1)
postgresql (17.2) 17.2 -- 13.1 11.4 9.6.3 9.3.14 9.3.4 9.2.4 9.1.3 8.4.8 postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.1) 3.12.7 3.10.11 3.8.7 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.9 2.7.6 2.7.3 2.7.3 2.7.1 Python (3.13.1)
qt (6.8.1) -- 6.4.1 5.15.2 1.2.0 5.6.2 4.8.6 4.8.6 4.8.4 4.8.1 4.7.3 qt (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.2) 4.19.5 4.17.10 4.12.11 4.10.4 4.6.5 3.6.25 3.6.23 3.6.15 3.6.5 3.5.8 samba (4.21.2)
systemd (256.9) 255.13 253.7 246.9 241 230 217 208 195 44 -- systemd (256.9)
thunderbird (133.0) 128.5.0 102.12.0 78.7.0 60.7.2 52.2.1 45.4.0 24.5.0 17.0.5 10.0.4 3.1.10 thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.21 3.0.18 3.0.12.1 3.0.7.1 3.0.0git 2.2.4 2.1.2 2.0.6 2.0.1 -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.19.6 4.18.1 4.16.0 4.13.4 4.12.4 4.12.0 4.10.2 4.10.2 4.9.0 4.8 xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) 21.1.14 21.1.8 1.20.10 1.20.4 1.19.3 1.16.4 1.14.5 1.13.4 1.11.4 1.10.1 xorg-server (21.1.14)

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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-09
Votes: 211


 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.


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Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2024-07-29
Votes: 130


 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


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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


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