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Mageia

Last Update: 2019-01-18 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: 33 (301), 6 months: 29 (324), 3 months: 28 (360), 4 weeks: 39 (315), 1 week: 38 (332)

Average visitor rating: 8.38/10 from 120 review(s).


Mageia Summary
Distribution Mageia
Home Page http://www.mageia.org/
Mailing Lists https://www.mageia.org/mailman/
User Forums https://forums.mageia.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://wiki.mageia.org/
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Download Mirrors http://mageia.org/en/downloads/
http://mirrors.mageia.org/
Bug Tracker http://bugs.mageia.org/
Related Websites Mageia Planet • Wikipedia • Mageia Brazil • Mageia China • Mageia Czech Republic • Mageia France • Mageia Greece • Mageia Italy • Mageia Russia • Mageia Thailand • Mageia Turkey
Reviews 6: Dedoimedo • DistroWatch • DarkDuck
5: DistroWatch • Everyday Linux User • ABCLinuxu (Czech) • FOSS Force
4: Linux Review (Farsi) • DistroWatch • LinuxBSDos • Blogspot • ABC Linuxu (Czech) • ZDNet • Linux User
3: Everyday Linux User • ZDNet • DistroWatch • The Inquirer • Blogspot
2: AbcLinuxu (Czech) • Populyarno (Russian) • ABC Linuxu (Czech) • Linux Za Sve (Croatian) • DarkDuck • DistroWatch • LinuxBSDos • Linux User • Wordpress
1: Wordpress • Linux Review (Farsi) • Linux is my life • DarkDuck • DistroWatch • LinuxBSDos • The Inquirer • ZDNet Blogs
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases, download links and checksums:
 • 2018-12-08: Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 1
 • 2018-10-06: Distribution Release: Mageia 6.1
 • 2017-07-16: Distribution Release: Mageia 6
 • 2017-05-25: Development Release: Mageia 6 RC
 • 2017-03-07: Development Release: Mageia 6 Sta 2
 • 2016-12-03: Distribution Release: Mageia 5.1
 • 2016-07-01: Development Release: Mageia 6 Sta 1
 • 2016-03-31: Development Release: Mageia 6 Dev 1
 • 2015-06-20: Distribution Release: Mageia 5
 • 2015-04-27: Development Release: Mageia 5 RC
 • 2015-02-14: Development Release: Mageia 5 Beta 3
 • 2015-01-16: Development Release: Mageia 5 Beta 2
 • More Mageia releases...

  Headlines:
 •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 7-beta1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Feature
Release Date 2019-01-18 2018-12-07 2017-07-16 2016-12-02 2014-06-20 2013-05-19 2012-05-22 2011-06-01 Release Date
End Of Life -- 2019-01 2019-01 2017-12 2015-09 2014-11 2013-11 2012-12 End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)   2100-4300 30-3600           Image Size (MB)
Free Download RPMs ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE Default Desktop
Package Management RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) RPM (urpmi) Package Management
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, LibreOffice Office Suite
Processor Architecture 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 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 ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Asian Language Support
Full Package List cauldron 7-beta1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Full Package List
Package cauldron 7-beta1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Package
abiword (3.0.2) 3.0.2 3.0.2 3.0.1 3.0.0 3.0.0 2.9.4 2.9.2 2.8.6 abiword (3.0.2)
alsa-lib (1.1.8) 1.1.8 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 (1.1.8)
ati-driver (18.30) -- -- -- 15.302 14.010.1006 12.104 -- -- ati-driver (18.30)
bash (5.0) 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 bash (5.0)
bind (9.13.5) 9.11.P1 9.11.4-P1 9.10.5-P2 9.10.3-P4 9.9.4-P2 9.9.2-P2 9.9.0 9.8.0-P1 bind (9.13.5)
chromium (71.0.3578.98) 70.0.3538.77 70.0.3538.77 57.0.2987.133 53.0.2785.143 33.0.1750.146 26.0.1410.65 18.0.1025.168 -- chromium (71.0.3578.98)
cups (2.2.10) 2.2.10 2.2.8 2.2.3 2.0.4 1.7.0 1.5.4 1.5.2 1.4.6 cups (2.2.10)
dhcp (4.4.1) 4.4.1 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 (4.4.1)
e2fsprogs (1.44.5) 1.44.5 1.44.4 1.43.4 1.42.12 1.42.9 1.42.7 1.42.2 1.41.14 e2fsprogs (1.44.5)
firefox (64.0.2) 64.0 63.0.3 52.2.0 45.5.0 24.5.0 17.0.5 10.0.4 4.0.1 firefox (64.0.2)
freetype (2.9.1) 2.9.1 2.9.1 2.7.1 2.5.4 2.5.0.1 2.4.11 2.4.9 2.4.4 freetype (2.9.1)
gcc (8.2.0) 8.2.1 8.2.1 5.4.0 4.9.2 4.8.2 4.7.2 4.6.3 4.5.2 gcc (8.2.0)
gimp (2.10.8) 2.10.8 2.10.8 2.8.22 2.8.14 2.8.6 2.8.2 2.8.0 2.6.11 gimp (2.10.8)
glibc (2.28) 2.28 2.28 2.22 2.20 2.18 2.17 2.14.1 2.12.1 glibc (2.28)
gnome-shell (3.30.2) 3.30.2 3.30.2 3.24.2 3.14.3 3.10.2.1 3.6.3.1 3.4.1 -- gnome-shell (3.30.2)
gnucash (3.4) 3.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (3.4)
gnumeric (1.12.44) 1.12.44 1.12.44 1.12.34 1.12.20 1.12.9 1.12.0 1.11.3 1.10.14 gnumeric (1.12.44)
grub (2.02) 2.02.0 2.02 2.02git 2.02git 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.02)
gtk+ (3.24.3) 3.24.3 3.22.30 3.22.16 3.14.8 3.10.6 3.6.4 3.4.1 2.24.4 gtk+ (3.24.3)
httpd (2.4.37) 2.4.37 2.4.37 2.4.26 2.4.10 2.4.7 2.4.4 2.2.22 2.2.17 httpd (2.4.37)
inkscape (0.92.4) 0.92.4 0.92.3 0.92.1 0.91 0.48.4 0.48.4 0.48.3.1 0.48.1 inkscape (0.92.4)
k3b (18.12.1) 18.12.0 18.08.3 2.10.0 2.0.3a 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.2 k3b (18.12.1)
kmod (25) 25 25 24 18 15 12 7 -- kmod (25)
krita (4.1.7) 4.1.7.101 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4-alpha1 krita (4.1.7)
libreoffice (6.1.4) 6.1.4 6.1.3 5.3.4 4.4.7 4.1.5 4.0.3 3.5.3 3.3.2 libreoffice (6.1.4)
linux (4.20.3) 4.20.3 4.19.6 4.9.35 4.4.30 3.12.21 3.8.13 3.3.6 2.6.38.7 linux (4.20.3)
Package cauldron 7-beta1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Package
lxpanel (0.9.3) 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.7.2 0.5.12 0.5.10 0.5.8 0.5.6 lxpanel (0.9.3)
mariadb (10.3.12) 10.3.12 10.3.11 10.1.24 10.0.28 5.5.37 5.5.28 5.5.23 -- mariadb (10.3.12)
mate-desktop (1.20.4) 1.20.4 1.20.3 1.18.0 1.8.1 1.6.2 -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.20.4)
mesa (18.3.2) 18.3.2 18.3.0rc5 17.1.4 10.5.9 10.0.5 9.1.2 8.0.2 7.10.2 mesa (18.3.2)
mysql (8.0.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.10 mysql (8.0.13)
nautilus (3.30.5) 3.30.5 3.30.4 3.24.1 3.14.2 3.10.1 3.6.3 3.4.1 2.32.2.1 nautilus (3.30.5)
NVIDIA (415.27) -- 410.78 375.66 352.79 325.15 319.17 -- -- NVIDIA (415.27)
openbox (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 (11.0.1) -- 8u191 8u131 8u45 8u111 7u19 6b24 6b22 openjdk (11.0.1)
openssh (7.9p1) 7.9p1 7.9p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 6.2p2 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 openssh (7.9p1)
openssl (1.1.1a) 1.1.0j 1.1.0j 1.0.2l 1.0.2j 1.0.1e 1.0.1e 1.0.0j 1.0.0d openssl (1.1.1a)
perl (5.28.1) 5.28.1 5.28.1 5.22.3 5.20.1 5.18.1 5.16.3 5.14.2 5.12.3 perl (5.28.1)
php (7.3.1) 7.3.1 7.2.12 5.6.30 5.6.27 5.5.12 5.4.13 5.3.13 5.3.6 php (7.3.1)
plasma-desktop (5.14.5) 5.14.4.1 5.14.2 5.8.7 -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.14.5)
postfix (3.3.2) 3.3.2 3.3.2 3.1.6 2.10.3 2.10.2 2.9.6 2.8.8 2.7.4 postfix (3.3.2)
postgresql (11.1) 9.6.10 10.5 9.6.3 9.3.14 9.3.4 9.2.4 9.1.3 8.4.8 postgresql (11.1)
Python (3.7.2) 2.7.15 2.7.15 2.7.13 2.7.9 2.7.6 2.7.3 2.7.3 2.7.1 Python (3.7.2)
qt (5.12.0) 4.8.7 5.11.2 5.6.2 4.8.6 4.8.6 4.8.4 4.8.1 4.7.3 qt (5.12.0)
samba (4.9.4) 4.9.4 4.9.3 4.6.5 3.6.25 3.6.23 3.6.15 3.6.5 3.5.8 samba (4.9.4)
systemd (240) 236 236 230 217 208 195 44 -- systemd (240)
thunderbird (60.4.0) 60.4.0 60.3.2 52.2.1 45.4.0 24.5.0 17.0.5 10.0.4 3.1.10 thunderbird (60.4.0)
vim (8.1) 8.1 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 vim (8.1)
vlc (3.0.6) 3.0.6 3.0.4 3.0.0git 2.2.4 2.1.2 2.0.6 2.0.1 -- vlc (3.0.6)
xfdesktop (4.12.4) 4.13.2 4.13.2 4.12.4 4.12.0 4.10.2 4.10.2 4.9.0 4.8 xfdesktop (4.12.4)
xorg-server (1.20.3) 1.20.3 1.20.3 1.19.3 1.16.4 1.14.5 1.13.4 1.11.4 1.10.1 xorg-server (1.20.3)

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Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-17
Votes: 1


 Packages in cauldron are quite up-to-date, you need a decent connection for updates though.


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Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2019-01-08
Votes: 5


 very light and very productive. Returned again to Mageia and im very happy. Too long tto announce new versiuons though


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Version: 6
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-12-16
Votes: 26


 I've been using mageia since 5.1. It was the first distro I ever tried and I never looked back. Now running mageia 6 without a hitch since it release and eagerly awaiting 7.
Very stable distribution for home computing tasks, never encountered an issue I couldn't solve with a search though the forums, documentation, bugzilla or wiki.
Excellent choice for beginners willing to learn.
The developement cycle may seem a bit slow, but keep in mind that mageia is a non profit, community driven project which is not backed up by a commercial entity. Release when ready makes for rock solid!


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