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Mageia


Last Update: 2023-04-14 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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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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Screencasts
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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Where To Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 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
 • 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
 • 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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  • 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 9-beta1 8
Release Date 2023-04-14 2023-02-24 2021-02-26
End Of Life --    
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB)   2800-4500 2200-4300
Free Download RPMs ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce GNOME, KDE, Xfce
Package Management RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi, dnf) RPM (urpmi, dnf)
Release Model Rolling Rolling 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 9-beta1 8
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.4
alsa-lib (1.2.8) 1.2.8 1.2.8 1.2.2
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- 22.0.0 19.1.0
bash (5.2.15) 5.2.15 5.2 5.1
bind (9.18.13) 9.18.12 9.18.11 9.11.27
chromium (112.0.5615.121) 110.0.5481.177 -- 73.0.3683.103
cups (2.4.2) 2.4.2 2.4.2 2.3.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3 4.4.2
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.45.6
firefox (112.0) 102.10.0 102.7.0 78.7.0
freetype (2.13.0) 2.13.0 2.13.0 2.10.4
gcc (12.2.0) 12.2.1 12.2.1 10.2.1
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 2.10.32 2.10.22
glibc (2.37) 2.36 2.36 2.32
gnome-shell (44.0) 43.1 43.1 3.38.3
gnucash (5.0) 5.0 -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.55 1.12.55 1.12.48
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 0.97
gtk (4.10.1) 3.24.36 4.9.2 2.24.33
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 2.4.55 2.4.46
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 1.2.2 1.0.2
k3b (22.12.3) 22.12.3 22.12.0 20.12.0
kmod (30) 30 30 28
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.5 -- --
libreoffice (7.5.2) 7.5.2 7.4.2 7.0.4.2
linux (6.2.11) 6.2.10 6.1.11 5.10.16
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.0
mariadb (10.11.2) 10.11.2 10.9.5 10.5.8
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.1 1.26.0 1.24.1
mesa (23.0.2) 23.0.2 23.0.0 20.3.4
mysql (8.0.32) -- -- --
nautilus (44.0) 43.2 43.2 3.38.2
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- 515.76 455.45.01
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1
openjdk (20) -- 17.0.3.0.7 11.0.9
openssh (9.3p1) 9.1p1 9.1p1 8.4p1
openssl (3.1.0) 3.0.8 3.0.5 1.1.1i
perl (5.36.0) 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.32.1
php (8.2.5) 8.2.5 8.2.0 8.0.0
plasma-desktop (5.27.4) 5.27.4 5.26.90 5.20.4
postfix (3.7.4) 3.7.4 3.7.4 3.5.9
postgresql (15.2) 15.2 -- 13.1
Python (3.11.3) 3.10.10 3.10.9 3.8.7
qt (6.5.0) -- 6.4.1 5.15.2
samba (4.18.1) 4.17.7 4.17.5 4.12.11
systemd (253.3) 252.9 252.5 246.9
thunderbird (102.10.0) 102.9.1 102.7.2 78.7.0
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 8.2
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.18 3.0.12.1
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 4.16.0
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.8 21.1.7 1.20.10

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Reader Ratings
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Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-18
Votes: 201


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)


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Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-03-09
Votes: 173


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



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Version: 9-alpha1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-22
Votes: 170


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!


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