Mageia

Reader supplied reviews for Mageia Average rating 8.5 from 85 review(s) What are your thoughts on Mageia? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- cauldron9-beta287.165.14.1321 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: cauldron Rating: 10 Date: 2023-05-13 Votes: 203 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. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 9-beta1 Rating: 10 Date: 2023-05-02 Votes: 170 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. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 9-beta1 Rating: 9 Date: 2023-04-28 Votes: 150 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, Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 85 reader reviews of Mageia...