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Last Update: 2021-04-16 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.



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Average visitor rating: 8.47/10 from 171 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/
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 PlanetWikipediaMageia BrazilMageia ChinaMageia Czech RepublicMageia FranceMageia GreeceMageia ItalyMageia RussiaMageia ThailandMageia Turkey
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2: AbcLinuxu (Czech) • Populyarno (Russian) • ABC Linuxu (Czech) • Linux Za Sve (Croatian) • DarkDuckDistroWatchLinuxBSDosLinux UserWordpress
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 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
 • 2019-04-17: Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 3
 • 2019-02-24: Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 2
 • 2018-12-08: Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 1
 • 2018-10-06: Distribution Release: Mageia 6.1
 • 2017-07-16: Distribution Release: Mageia 6
 • More Mageia releases...

  Headlines:
 •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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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "plasma-desktop" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature cauldron 8 7.1
Release Date 2021-04-16 2021-02-26 2019-07-16
End Of Life --    
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB)   2200-4300 2200-4300
Free Download RPMs ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce
Package Management RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi, dnf)
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture aarch64, arm7, i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64 i586, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes
Full Package List cauldron 8 7.1
abiword (3.0.4) 3.0.4 3.0.4 3.0.2
alsa-lib (1.2.4) 1.2.4 1.2.2 1.1.7
ati-driver (20.45) -- -- --
bash (5.1) 5.1 5.1 4.4
bind (9.17.11) 9.16.13 9.11.27 9.11.6
chromium (90.0.4430.72) 89.0.4389.128 73.0.3683.103 --
cups (2.3.3) 2.3.3op2 2.3.3 2.2.11
dhcp (4.4.2) 4.4.2 4.4.2 4.4.1
e2fsprogs (1.46.2) 1.46.2 1.45.6 1.45.2
firefox (87.0) 78.9.0 78.7.0 67.0.4
freetype (2.10.4) 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.9.1
gcc (10.3.0) 10.3.0 10.2.1 8.3.1
gimp (2.10.24) 2.10.24 2.10.22 2.10.10
glibc (2.33) 2.33 2.32 2.29
gnome-shell (40.0) 40.0 3.38.3 3.32.1
gnucash (4.5) 4.5 -- --
gnumeric (1.12.49) 1.12.48 1.12.48 1.12.44
grub (2.04) 2.06~rc1 0.97 0.97
gtk (4.2.0) 3.24.28 2.24.33 2.24.32
httpd (2.4.46) 2.4.46 2.4.46 2.4.39
inkscape (1.0.2) 1.0.2 1.0.2 0.92.4
k3b (20.12.3) 20.12.3 20.12.0 19.04.0
kmod (28) 28 28 26
krita (4.4.3) 4.4.3 -- --
libreoffice (7.1.2) 7.1.2 7.0.4.2 6.2.3.2
linux (5.11.15) 5.11.14 5.10.16 5.1.14
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.10.0 0.10.0
mariadb (10.5.9) 10.5.9 10.5.8 10.3.16
mate-desktop (1.24.1) 1.24.1 1.24.1 1.22.1
mesa (21.0.2) 21.0.2 20.3.4 19.1.0
mysql (8.0.23) -- -- --
nautilus (40.0) 40.0 3.38.2 3.32.1
NVIDIA (465.24.02) -- 455.45.01 --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (16) -- 11.0.9 --
openssh (8.5p1) 8.5p1 8.4p1 8.0p1
openssl (1.1.1k) 1.1.1k 1.1.1i 1.1.0j
perl (5.32.1) 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.28.2
php (8.0.3) 8.0.3 8.0.0 --
plasma-desktop (5.21.4) 5.21.4 5.20.4 5.15.4
postfix (3.5.10) 3.5.10 3.5.9 3.4.5
postgresql (13.2) 13.2 13.1 11.4
Python (3.9.4) 3.9.4 3.8.7 3.7.3
qt (6.0.3) -- 5.15.2 1.2.0
samba (4.14.2) 4.13.4 4.12.11 4.10.4
systemd (248) 248 246.9 241
thunderbird (78.9.1) 78.9.1 78.7.0 60.7.2
vim (8.2) 8.2 8.2 8.1
vlc (3.0.12.1) 3.0.12.1 3.0.12.1 3.0.7.1
xfdesktop (4.16.0) 4.16.0 4.16.0 4.13.4
xorg-server (1.20.11) 1.20.11 1.20.10 1.20.4

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Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-13
Votes: 22


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!


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Version: 8
Rating: 9
Date: 2021-04-06
Votes: 22


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.


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Version: 8
Rating: 10
Date: 2021-04-06
Votes: 33


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.



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