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Last Update: 2025-06-19 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: 48 (201), 6 months: 60 (200), 3 months: 63 (195), 4 weeks: 70 (184), 1 week: 71 (171)

Average visitor rating: 8.35/10 from 123 review(s).


Mageia Summary
Distribution Mageia
Home Page https://www.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 2025-06-19 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
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.14 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 (1.2.14)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 22.0.0 19.1.0 19.0.1 -- 15.302 14.010.1006 12.104 -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.1) --                   apparmor (4.1.1)
apt (3.1.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.2)
bash (5.2.37) 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.10) 9.18.36 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 (9.20.10)
chromium (137.0.7151.119) -- -- 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 (137.0.7151.119)
cinnamon (6.4.10) 6.4.10 5.6.7 4.8.3 4.0.10 3.2.8 2.4.5 2.0.14 -- -- -- cinnamon (6.4.10)
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.12 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 (2.4.12)
e2fsprogs (1.47.2) 1.47.2 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 (1.47.2)
ffmpeg (7.1.1) 7.1.1 5.1.3 4.3.1 4.1.4 3.3.2 2.4.13 2.0.3 1.1.4 0.10.3 0.6.3 ffmpeg (7.1.1)
firefox (139.0.4) 128.10.1 102.13.0 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 (139.0.4)
flatpak (1.16.1) 1.15.8 1.14.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.1)
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 (15.1.0) 15.1.0 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 (15.1.0)
gimp (3.0.4) 3.0.4 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 (3.0.4)
git (2.50.0) 2.49.0 2.38.1 2.30.1 2.21.0 2.13.2 2.7.4 1.8.4.5 1.8.1.5 1.7.10 1.7.4.4 git (2.50.0)
glibc (2.41) 2.41 2.36 2.32 2.29 2.22 2.20 2.18 2.17 2.14.1 2.12.1 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (48.2) 48.1 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 (48.2)
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 (4.18.6) 3.24.49 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 (4.18.6)
httpd (2.4.63) 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 (2.4.63)
inkscape (1.4.2) 1.4.2 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 (1.4.2)
kmod (34.2) 33 30 28 26 24 18 15 12 7 -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.9) 5.2.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4-alpha1 krita (5.2.9)
LibreOffice (25.2.4) 25.8.0.beta1 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 (25.2.4)
Package cauldron 9 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Package
libselinux (3.8.1) 3.8 3.4 3.2 -- 2.5 2.3 2.1.13 2.1.13 -- -- libselinux (3.8.1)
linux (6.15.3) 6.12.33 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 (6.15.3)
mariadb (11.8.2) 11.8.2 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 (11.8.2)
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 (25.1.3) 25.0.7 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 (25.1.3)
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.10 mysql (9.3.0)
nautilus (48.2) 48.1 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 (48.2)
NVIDIA (575.64) -- 515.76 455.45.01 -- 375.66 352.79 325.15 319.17 -- -- NVIDIA (575.64)
openjdk (24.0.1) -- 17.0.3.0.7 11.0.9 -- 8u131 8u45 8u111 7u19 6b24 6b22 openjdk (24.0.1)
openssh (10.0p1) 9.9p2 9.3p1 8.4p1 8.0p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 6.2p2 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 openssh (10.0p1)
openssl (3.5.0) 3.5.0 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 (3.5.0)
perl (5.40.2) 5.40.1 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 (5.40.2)
php (8.4.8) 8.4.8 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 (8.4.8)
plasma-desktop (6.4.0) 6.3.91 5.27.5 5.20.4 5.15.4 5.8.7 -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.4.0)
postfix (3.10.2) 3.9.4 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 (3.10.2)
postgresql (17.5) 17.5 -- 13.1 11.4 9.6.3 9.3.14 9.3.4 9.2.4 9.1.3 8.4.8 postgresql (17.5)
Python (3.13.5) 3.13.5 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 (3.13.5)
qt (6.9.1) -- 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 (6.9.1)
samba (4.22.2) 4.22.2 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 (4.22.2)
systemd (257.6) 255.21 253.7 246.9 241 230 217 208 195 44 -- systemd (257.6)
thunderbird (139.0.2) 128.10.2 102.12.0 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 (139.0.2)
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 (4.20.1) 4.20.1 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 (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.18) 21.1.16 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 (21.1.18)

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Version: 9
Rating: 8
Date: 2025-06-11
Votes: 7


A stable release, but lacks a little bit on keeping up with the times. For example it should be using Network manager and not the old scripts. It would benefit in moving from ip tables and shorewall to nftables and firewalld because these are way more adaptable. I find Wayland plasma to be now better than X11 too which is available on mageia. Nvidia support with nouvaux is still a bit of a disaster and allowing easier integration of propriatory drivers would be really useful. Also I have found it good do with better nfv4 support in the control center so that kerberos can be supported, but generally control center is much better than what is offered with ubuntu.

By and large it is a very underrated distro and worthy of much more support. Oh and before I forget kmail isnt very good and they should really adopt thunderbird out of the box.


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Version: 9
Rating: 9
Date: 2025-05-25
Votes: 102



It is simply beyond me why this distro is not better known.

I recently acquired an old (2005)32 bit T43 with 1.5 GB RAM so a low resource distro was mandatory. Several venerable choices like antiX failed but Mageia was a champ. Coming at a mere 247 MB RAM with wifi connected, 625 MB RAM with Firefox up and running, and 849 MB RAM with a youtube video playing. That left me with enough RAM to have Write, Impress, and Calc open at the same time – pretty impressive.

Other equally impressive distros were Salix, Slackel, and Porteus but the thing that sets Mageia apart is its innate simplicity due to its Control Center. Updates are easily handled, no tech knowledge needed. That is in contrast to the former where I felt you needed a bit more technical acumen.

I think any Windows level of knowledge user would feel at home with Mageia. It is a solid, well thought out, tried and true, solid old school implementation.

Mageia purports its purpose to be providing a: “Stable, secure operating system for desktop & server”.
It squarely nails the mark.

Judging by its release schedule and other things I doubt Mageia is for those running new hardware or wanting the latest software but I think those of us who just want to do basic computing will find comfort in Mageia’s stability.



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Version: 9
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-05-14
Votes: 151


Comme utilisateur lambda, je ne suis pas un pro de l'informatique, Mageia répond parfaitement à mes attentes :

Installation simple

Centre de contrôle qui permet d'effectuer de nombreuses opérations sans taper de commande dans un terminal (installation de l'imprimante, d'un vieux scanner agfa, d'un scanneur á diapositives, mise en route du wifi, du bluetooth, d'un accès internet par cable, d'une webcam, etc)

Je ne tape jamais de commande en console, je trouve toujours une interface graphique pour les programmes que j'utilise

Mageia est en français, de même pour le site de la distribution ce qui est un gros avantage pour qui ne pratique pas l'anglo_saxon.

Une communauté française Mageia Linux Online très réactive.

Cette distribution est installée sur un portable Lenovo et sur un vieux ordinateur Acer où elle rempli parfaitement son rôle (navigation Internet, courrier électronique, retouche photos, scan, impression, écoute de musique, visionnage de films,...) pour un utilisateur qui ne veut pas se prendre la tête et qui n'aspire pas à devenir un geek.


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