Kde is the default desktop environment, however you can choose the gnome as your desktop gui. Hardware architecture and software releases versions of debian include ten different hardware architectures, including 32 and 64 bit intel chips called i386 and amd64 for historic reasons, apple, and two different arm ports that support everything from singleboards like the raspberry pi to main frames. It seemed the company behind mandriva and the communities behind spinsoffs like mageia were always dying, always on the verge of closing shop. March 2020 issue of the pclinuxos magazine released the pclinuxos magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the march 2020 issue.
There are persistent navigation filters, which you can change at any time from the filter banner. Use these instructions to put the live iso on a cd, dvd or usb. Unlike other linux variants, it uses mariadb for its default database rather than oracle mysql. Jean francois shared here a link to an ftp directory where i could download mageia 6 sta2 live dvd. Mageia would seem to be a relative newcomer, only now in the beta of its third release, but its roots go back to red hat 5. Mageia is an open source gnulinux operating system based on the deprecated mandriva linux distribution and built around the kde and gnome desktop environments.
You will be required to learn a lot of commands even for simple activities. Mageia documentation is not bad inherited from mandrake but community is just not that bigand they sometimes seem to struggle a bit to keep everyone up to date. The greek term mageia means enchantment, fascination, glamour, wizardry the first release of the software distribution, mageia 1, took place in june 2011. Releases announcements with download links and checksums. The mageia community proudly announced the general availability of mageia 5, on june 19, 2015.
Old packages are still available in the repository. Mageia is right up at the top in terms of quality of os. Mageia is a linuxbased operating system, distributed as free and open source software. Mageia 6 comes with grub2 as the default bootloader and kde plasma 5 is replacing the kde sc4 from the previous release. Packages for mageia have been discontinued as of 20181219. With a premium account, your character is fully synced in one click and you can access all the features available on the website. As far as the best mandrake based distro, i agree with most of the opinions here. Does anybody use mandrivabased distribution mageia. Kororaa 17, a fedora spin and the lts version of linux mint are in joint third po sition. It can be installed in several ways, with the live or classical isos being the most popular methods. Pclinuxos, often shortened to pclos, is an x8664 linux distribution, with kde plasma desktop, mate and xfce as its default user interfaces. The system is distributed as dvd iso images that can only be installed, one for each of the supported hardware platforms. Mageiacal win over humanity linux notes from darkduck.
Spreading mageia, and many others options you have to help. The openmandriva association we will achieve our objectives for the best balance between the most modern features and stability. Magelo sync is a quick and easy way to synchronize your characters whenever you want and as much as you want multi boxing and offline characters are supported. Comparing mandriva, mageia and pclinux os, what are the. Unfortunately, direct start of rpm file did not work. It put me back to my browser to search in the internet. I once updated picaros and the result was a major disaster. Fourth is rosa 2012 for a really gorgeous kde spin. Mandriva fork mageia has a new release after more than 2 years. A large group of former mandriva employees has come together to announce mageia, a fork of the mandriva distribution.
Moreover, there is no skype for mageia or mandriva at all. Namely, there was an issue with the system starting up on these. The next step towards mageia 6 is here, sta1 has been. The system is distributed as dvd iso images that can only be installed, one for each of the supported. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Mandrake was essentially a respin of red hat with better default configurations and an emphasis on the kde desktop redhat has long been gnomecentric. Fedora vs opensuse detailed comparison as of 2020 slant. It is a primarily free software operating system for personal computers aimed at ease of use. Mageia is a community distribution which started as a fork of the mandriva project, but which now operates as an independent distribution. It uses the rpm rpm package manager for managing its packages. Mageia is a fork of mandriva linux formed in september 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular french linux distribution. This was pretty much why i stayed away from mandriva.
Further, it is supported by detailed documentation. The first stabilisation snapshot, as the name suggests, aims to start bringing everything together and getting the new software stable enough for release. Jul 01, 2016 everyone at mageia is very happy to announce the release of the next step in the path to mageia 6. The communitydriven project mageia 6 is finally here, available to download after a long wait of over 2 years, but the wait is worth. Personally i rate mageia kde as the best among mandriva forked distros including rosa and pclinuxos. On those activities rely the making of mageia linux distribution. Jul 16, 2017 mageia 6 will be supported for at least 18 months, i. Jan 22, 20 mageia would seem to be a relative newcomer, only now in the beta of its third release, but its roots go back to red hat 5. Mageia 5 is a gnulinux distribution for your computer, released by the mageia community. Unlike mandriva, which is a commercial entity, the mageia project is a community project and a nonprofit organisation whose goal is to develop a free linuxbased operating system. After the first year this board will be regularly elected by committed.
The bootable live dvd provides an easytouse graphical installer and the distribution sports a wide range of popular applications for the typical desktop user, including browser plugins and. Mageia installation discs are provided for download as iso image files filename. Pclinuxos has to be updated frequently and picaros diego and elive are special. Since then ive become a fan of the rolling release reinstalling is against my religion, which gives me another reason to stick where i am. Jul 24, 2019 mageia is an open source gnulinux operating system based on the deprecated mandriva linux distribution and built around the kde and gnome desktop environments. Unlike mandriva, which is a commercial entity, the mageia project is a community project and a nonprofit organisation whose. Our roots are in mandrake and its traditions, we are a worldwide community of people who are passionate about free software working together and take our technical and strategic decisions in a collaborative manner. Download the mageia iso, check the integrity and then burn the iso to the media using the command burn an iso image. Apr 23, 2020 spreading mageia, and many others options you have to help. Upon its inception, this distro was also a fork of mandriva, although the bulk of its focus has been on u. If during installation of mageia 6 you wish to avoid overwriting the mbr pcbios or changing the default option in the uefi nvram then at the summary screen you must enter the bootloader section and then proceed to the next screen titled bootloader configuration where there is an advanced button. Updates are released for mageia on a schedule of once every nine months. I think, i just couldnt find an url to use although links to download the files themselves are very easy to find of course. Mageia is forked from the mandriva linux distribution.
Second is the d istro for all seasons, linux mint 14 very stable and performs like a beast. Mageia 6 will be supported for at least 18 months, i. It booted normally and, after a while, i was greeted by plasma 5. Dump the iso to the usb stick, using either isodumper or the dd command. There are versions of skype rpms for fedora and suse. Packaging and translating for mageia this forum is dedicated to packaging and translating. With the exception of a brief period in 2009, the pclinuxos magazine has been published on a monthly basis since september, 2006. Installing on systems with uefi firmware mageia wiki. Oct 21, 2017 mageia is a community distribution which started as a fork of the mandriva project, but which now operates as an independent distribution. It is not a userfriendly distro like ubuntu, pclos.
It allows for the use of any desktop environment, although it is most commonly used with kde. After more than one year of development with lots of new features which will give separate identification to mageia. If the support duration were to be extended as it was for mageia 5, it will be announced on this blog and updated on the website. Pclinuxos is a userfriendly linux distribution with outofthebox support for many popular graphics and sound cards, as well as other peripheral devices. It was developed by the former mandriva employees and other users, supporters of mandriva. The company would look like it was folding, people would leave, the company got weaker, so more people left.
Mageia linux is a linux variant first released in 2010 as a fork of mandriva linux. Mageia app db is the online applications and packages database from the mageia linux distribution. For software that can do this, search for dvd iso burning software in the search box located towards the top of. It was forked from the mandriva linux distribution. The website for linux mint was hacked in 2016 and its download links led to a modified iso, which contained spyware. Everyone at mageia is very happy to announce the release of the next step in the path to mageia 6. Yes, simply cutting off all the dependencies is a cure for. Mageia is a topnotch linux distribution entirely made by and for its community. And the winner is mageia for providing a balanced kde edition which consumes the least resources and pleasant aesthetics. Of course, i downloaded it and put it into a pendrive to test it on my zareason strata.
My mother 85 yrs old have been using fedora for 3 years with absolutely no problem. While mageia and my daughter had pretty much the same age at first, my child will be 9 this year and mageia is not 7 yet. If i compare to mint kde or kubuntu, mageia may be slightly more difficult to install but offers similar or better user experience. I believe this problem arises if you have an nvme drive. With mageia taking the lead as the goto mandriva fork alternative, a number of folks have been wondering where this leaves pclinuxos.