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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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 • 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
 • 2019-04-17: Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 3
 • 2019-02-24: Development Release: Mageia 7 Beta 2
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 • 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
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Feature cauldron 9-beta2 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Feature
Release Date 2023-06-09 2023-05-19 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 --     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-beta2 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Full Package List
Package cauldron 9-beta2 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 (1.2.9) 1.2.9 1.2.8 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 (1.2.9)
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 (5.2.15) 5.2.15 5.2 5.1 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 bash (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.15) 9.18.15 9.18.14 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 (9.18.15)
chromium (114.0.5735.106) 114.0.5735.106 -- 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 (114.0.5735.106)
cups (2.4.4) 2.4.2 2.4.2 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 (2.4.4)
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 (1.47.0) 1.47.0 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 (1.47.0)
firefox (114.0.1) 102.11.0 102.10.0 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 (114.0.1)
freetype (2.13.0) 2.13.0 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 (2.13.0)
gcc (13.1.0) 12.3.0 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 (13.1.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 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 (2.10.34)
glibc (2.37) 2.36 2.36 2.32 2.29 2.22 2.20 2.18 2.17 2.14.1 2.12.1 glibc (2.37)
gnome-shell (44.2) 44.2 44.1 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 (44.2)
gnucash (5.1) 5.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.1)
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.55 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 (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.06 2.06 0.97 0.97 2.02git 2.02git 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.06)
gtk (4.10.4) 3.24.38 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 (4.10.4)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 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 (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.2.2) 1.2.2 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 (1.2.2)
k3b (23.04.2) 23.04.1 22.12.3 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 (23.04.2)
kmod (30) 30 30 28 26 24 18 15 12 7 -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4-alpha1 krita (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.5.4) 7.5.3 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 (7.5.4)
linux (6.3.7) 6.3.6 6.3.1 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 (6.3.7)
Package cauldron 9-beta2 8 7.1 6 5.1 4.1 3 2 1 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.2.r1 0.10.1 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 (11.1.1) 10.11.3 10.11.2 10.5.8 10.3.16 10.1.24 10.0.28 5.5.37 5.5.28 5.5.23 -- mariadb (11.1.1)
mate-desktop (1.26.1) 1.26.1 1.26.1 1.24.1 1.22.1 1.18.0 1.8.1 1.6.2 -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.1)
mesa (23.1.2) 23.1.2 23.0.3 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 (23.1.2)
mysql (8.0.33) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.10 mysql (8.0.33)
nautilus (44.2.1) 44.2 44.1 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 (44.2.1)
NVIDIA (530.41.03) -- 515.76 455.45.01 -- 375.66 352.79 325.15 319.17 -- -- NVIDIA (530.41.03)
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 (20.0.1) -- 17.0.3.0.7 11.0.9 -- 8u131 8u45 8u111 7u19 6b24 6b22 openjdk (20.0.1)
openssh (9.3p1) 9.1p1 9.1p1 8.4p1 8.0p1 7.5p1 6.6p1 6.2p2 6.1p1 5.9p1 5.8p1 openssh (9.3p1)
openssl (3.1.1) 3.0.9 3.0.8 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 (3.1.1)
perl (5.36.1) 5.36.0 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 (5.36.1)
php (8.2.7) 8.2.7 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 (8.2.7)
plasma-desktop (5.27.5) 5.27.5 5.27.4 5.20.4 5.15.4 5.8.7 -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.5)
postfix (3.8.1) 3.8.1 3.8.0 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 (3.8.1)
postgresql (15.3) 15.3 -- 13.1 11.4 9.6.3 9.3.14 9.3.4 9.2.4 9.1.3 8.4.8 postgresql (15.3)
Python (3.11.4) 3.10.11 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 (3.11.4)
qt (6.5.1) -- 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 (6.5.1)
samba (4.18.3) 4.17.8 4.17.7 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 (4.18.3)
systemd (253.5) 253.5 253.4 246.9 241 230 217 208 195 44 -- systemd (253.5)
thunderbird (102.12.0) 102.11.2 102.10.1 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 (102.12.0)
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.3 vim (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 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 (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 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 (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.8 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 (21.1.8)

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Version: cauldron
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-13
Votes: 233


Lets start with the most important thing here and thats the core root of this incredible operating system, Mandrake. I have used every version of the Mandrake systems from free to paid editions and the one thing they all have in common is that they never break.

Mageia 9 is no exception. The team have done incredible work with this latest release and everything feels as snappy and well put together as any previous versions. The KDE desktop is truly perfect although I've themed mine to my liking but thats down to individual tastes etc.

Latest Kernel is pushed with this so all your hardware should work out of the box. Firefox web browser is the default but for me I went with Microsoft Edge Browser and Google Chrome Browser due to the fact I like using the Google set of tools and Microsofts Office Online products.

I'm a long time fan of systems that use dnf and for me I would hope the devs turn to a rolling release base like Open Mandriva have done.

Mageia is my daily driver on my main laptop so I would suggest just giving it a try as you wont be disappointed.




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Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-05-02
Votes: 190


Very happy with this distribution. It pretty much just works out of the box without much effort, and is very stable and fast, even Cauldron branch is surprisingly stable for a rolling development branch.

It feels similar to Fedora, but has a more customized and friendly experience, that helps you if you are less experienced but also does not hold you back if you are an advanced user. The default KDE Plasma desktop is very nicely integrated, and other desktops like Gnome, MATE, Cinnamon are also presented well. I also enjoy the more old-school approach, as they kept Mandriva's old tools like the very useful Control Center, though I understand it is not for everyone's taste.

I like that it is community-based and not corporate-based, and that nonfree and tainted software (like audio and video codecs) are in first-party repos that you can optionally enable, which is a great solution, and does not result in issues like package conflicts or update delays like RPMFusion in Fedora or Packman in openSUSE.

Only issues I have is that maybe the wifi networking section of the MCC can be a bit better, there is no way to remove/forget a previously connected network, and sometimes it chooses the wrong network if two previously connected ones are within range. But it is a relatively minor issue.

Overall highly recommended if you want something a bit more unique and community-based.


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Version: 9-beta1
Rating: 9
Date: 2023-04-28
Votes: 160


I installed version 9 beta1 xfce on an old laptop with 4GB Ram + intel core2 duo, I was really impressed how well it works. All devices well configured, its control panel is always the best and the amount of software available makes it a wise choice.
As a follower of Mageia I have tried and used all versions daily, I have been a user since it was Mandrake Linux, I have obviously installed many distros but Mageia always makes me come back.

I invite you to try Mageia, the beta1 version works as a final version.

Eduardo B,


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