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Mageia
Screenshot of Mageia 8 KDE
OS familyLinux(Unix-like)
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseJune 1, 2011;13 years ago(2011-06-01)
Latest release9Edit this on Wikidata/ 4 September 2023;11 months ago(4 September 2023)[1]
Latest preview9 rc1 / July 23, 2023;13 months ago(2023-07-23)[2]
Available in167 languages[3]
Package managerDNF(alternate) andurpmi(legacy)
Platformsi586,amd64
KerneltypeMonolithic(Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		KDE Plasma Desktop(Live USB/DVD),GNOME 3 Desktop(Live USB/DVD),XFCE(Live USB/DVD)[4]LXDE,LXQt,Cinammon,MATE,Enlightenment
LicenseFree softwarelicenses
(mainlyGPL) and other licenses
Official websitewww.mageia.org/en

Mageiais aLinux-basedoperating system,distributed asfree and open-source software.It wasforkedfrom theMandriva Linuxdistribution.[5][6]TheGreektermmageía(μαγεία) means enchantment, fascination, glamour, wizardry.[7]

The first release of the software distribution, Mageia 1, took place in June 2011.[8][9]

History

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Mageia was created in 2010 as aforkof Mandriva Linux,[5][6][10]by a group of former employees ofMandriva S.A.and several other members of the Mandriva community.

On September 2, 2010, Edge IT, one of the subsidiaries of Mandriva, was placed underliquidationprocess by theTribunal de commercein Paris;[11][12]effective September 17, all assets were liquidated and employees were let go.

The next day, on September 18, 2010, some of these former employees, who were mostly responsible for the development and maintenance of the Mandriva Linux distribution, and several community members announced the creation of Mageia, with the support of many members of the community of developers, users and employees of Mandriva Linux.[13]

Desktop environments

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Mageia can use all major desktop environments. As was the case with Mandrake and Mandriva Linux,KDEis the main and the most used environment. End-users can choose from KDE andGNOME64-bitlive DVDeditions,32-bitand 64-bitXfcelive DVD editions, and any environment in the fullDVDinstallation edition.

It usesMageia Control Center.LXDE,LXQt,Cinammon,MATEandEnlightenmentare also available.

Application repository

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Mageia offers a very large repository of software, such as productivity applications and a large variety of games. It was the first Linux distribution in whichMariaDBreplacedOracle'sMySQL.[14]

Development

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Mageia was originally planned to be released on a nine-month release cycle, with each release to be supported for 18 months.[15]

Actual practice has been to release a new version when the Mageia development community feels the new release is ready from quality and stability viewpoints.

The latest stable version is Mageia 9, released on 27 August 2023.

Version history

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Version Release date End-of-life date[16] Kernel version
1[17][18] 2011-06-01 2012-12-01 2.6.38.7
2[19][20] 2012-05-22 2013-11-22 3.3.6
3[21][22][23] 2013-05-19 2014-11-26 3.8.13
4[24][25][26] 2014-02-01 2015-09-19 3.12.13
4.1 2014-06-20 3.12.21
5[27][28] 2015-06-19 2017-12-31 3.19.8
5.1 2016-12-02 4.4.30
6[29][30] 2017-07-16 2019-09-30 4.9.35
6.1[31] 2018-10-05 4.14.70
7.0[32][33] 2019-07-01 2021-06-30 5.1.14
7.1[34][33] 2019-07-16
8[35] 2021-02-26 2023-11-30 5.10.16
9[1] 2023-08-27 3 months after its successor's release date 6.4
Legend:Old version, not maintainedOlder version, still maintainedCurrent stable versionFuture version


See also

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  • OpenMandriva Lx—a Linux distribution based on Mandriva Linux
  • PCLinuxOS—another Linux distribution now independent, but whose start was based on Mandriva Linux
  • Unity Linux—Mandriva-based distribution designed to be a base for end-user distributions

References

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  1. ^ab"Mageia 9 Release Notes - Mageia wiki".wiki.mageia.org.RetrievedAugust 23,2022.
  2. ^"Mageia Blog (English)".blog.mageia.org.Mageia.RetrievedJuly 24,2023.
  3. ^"Available locales".Mageia. November 26, 2013. Archived fromthe originalon March 26, 2018.RetrievedMarch 3,2013.
  4. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD".distrowatch.
  5. ^abSpencer Dalziel (September 20, 2010)."Ex-Mandriva Linux staff fork the distro".The Inquirer. Archived fromthe originalon September 23, 2010.RetrievedMay 21,2012.
  6. ^abThom Holwerda (September 19, 2010)."Mandriva Fork Announced by Former Employees".OSnews.RetrievedMay 21,2012.
  7. ^"Greek - English Dictionary".myEtymology.RetrievedSeptember 20,2013.
  8. ^Sufyan bin Uzayr (June 6, 2011)."Mageia 1 Review: The Magic Begins Now!".Muktwar.RetrievedMay 20,2012.
  9. ^Heuillard, Romain (June 3, 2011)."Mageia 1: la variante purement communautaire de Mandriva est disponible".Clubic.RetrievedMay 24,2012.
  10. ^Belfiore, Guillaume (September 20, 2010)."Mageia: un prochain fork de Mandriva".Clubic.RetrievedMay 24,2012.
  11. ^"EDGE-IT à paris sur SOCIETE.COM (444481204)"(in French). Societe. 2010.RetrievedMay 22,2012.
  12. ^"Edge-IT, le faux nez de Mandriva, en liquidation judiciaire"(in French). Channelnews. 2010.RetrievedMay 22,2012.
  13. ^Community Mageia (September 18, 2010)."Public Announcement".RetrievedMay 20,2012.
  14. ^"Distributions Which Include MariaDB".AskMonty KnowledgeBase.RetrievedMay 22,2012.
  15. ^Neil Richards (July 18, 2011)."Mageia Goes For 9 Month Release Cycle".Muktware.RetrievedMay 20,2012.
  16. ^Mageia."Support for Mageia distribution".mageia.org.Mageia releases are supported at least for 18 months. Or a minimum of 3 months after the next release, whichever is longer
  17. ^"Mageia 1.0 review - LinuxBSDos".linuxbsdos.18 June 2011.
  18. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD".distrowatch.
  19. ^"Mageia 2 review - LinuxBSDos".linuxbsdos.4 June 2012.
  20. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD".distrowatch.
  21. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD".distrowatch.
  22. ^Watson, J.A."Hands on with Mageia 3 - ZDNet".ZDNet.
  23. ^"Mageia 3 – Gone in 60 seconds".Everyday Linux User.Archived fromthe originalon June 23, 2018.
  24. ^Watson, J.A."Mageia 4.0, hands-on: Another excellent release - ZDNet".ZDNet.
  25. ^"Mageia 4 review – Cinnamon, GNOME 3, KDE and MATE desktops - LinuxBSDos".linuxbsdos.13 February 2014.
  26. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD".distrowatch.
  27. ^"Mageia 5 – So Much Better Than Last Time".Everyday Linux User.Archived fromthe originalon June 23, 2018.
  28. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD".distrowatch.
  29. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD".distrowatch.
  30. ^"Mageia 6 review - Very refreshing".Dedoimedo.
  31. ^"It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Mageia 6.1".Mageia. October 5, 2018.RetrievedOctober 6,2018.
  32. ^DistroWatch."DistroWatch: Distribution Release: Mageia 7".distrowatch.
  33. ^ab"Mageia 7 will reach End of Support on 30th of June –" The king is dead, long live the king! "".Mageia. June 8, 2021.RetrievedJune 8,2021.
  34. ^"Mageia 7.1, Mageia 7 with Ryzen 3000 hardware support".Mageia. July 16, 2019.RetrievedSeptember 7,2019.
  35. ^"Made it to a byte – announcing the release of Mageia 8".Mageia Blog (English).Mageia. February 26, 2021.RetrievedFebruary 28,2021.
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