Mageia Explained

Mageia
Family:	Linux (Unix-like)
Working State:	Active
Source Model:	Open source
Latest Preview Version:	9 rc1
Latest Preview Date:	^[1]
Language:	167 languages^[2]
Kernel Type:	Monolithic (Linux)
Userland:	GNU
Ui:	KDE Plasma Desktop (Live USB/DVD), GNOME 3 Desktop (Live USB/DVD), XFCE (Live USB/DVD)^[3] LXDE, LXQt, Cinammon, MATE, Enlightenment
License:	Free software licenses (mainly GPL) and other licenses
Supported Platforms:	i586, amd64
Package Manager:	DNF (alternate) and urpmi (legacy)
Predecessor:	Mandriva Linux

Mageia is a Linux-based operating system, distributed as free and open-source software. It was forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution.^{[4] [5]} The Greek term (Greek, Modern (1453-);: μαγεία) means enchantment, fascination, glamour, wizardry.^[6]

The first release of the software distribution, Mageia 1, took place in June 2011.^{[7] [8]}

History

Mageia was created in 2010 as a fork of Mandriva Linux,^{[4] [5] [9]} by a group of former employees of Mandriva S.A. and several other members of the Mandriva community.

On September 2, 2010, Edge IT, one of the subsidiaries of Mandriva, was placed under liquidation process by the Tribunal de commerce in Paris;^{[10] [11]} 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.^[12]

Desktop environments

Mageia can use all major desktop environments. As was the case with Mandrake and Mandriva Linux, KDE is the main and the most used environment. End-users can choose from KDE and GNOME 64-bit live DVD editions, 32-bit and 64-bit Xfce live DVD editions, and any environment in the full DVD installation edition.

It uses Mageia Control Center. LXDE, LXQt, Cinammon, MATE and Enlightenment are also available.

Application repository

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 which MariaDB replaced Oracle's MySQL.^[13]

Development

Mageia was originally planned to be released on a nine-month release cycle, with each release to be supported for 18 months.^[14]

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

Version	Release date	End-of-life date^[15]	Kernel version
style=background:#fdb3ab	1^[16] ^[17]	2011-06-01	2012-12-01	2.6.38.7
style=background:#fdb3ab	2^[18] ^[19]	2012-05-22	2013-11-22	3.3.6
style=background:#fdb3ab	3^[20] ^[21] ^[22]	2013-05-19	2014-11-26	3.8.13
style=background:#fdb3ab	4^[23] ^[24] ^[25]	2014-02-01	2015-09-19	3.12.13
style=background:#fdb3ab	4.1	2014-06-20		3.12.21
style=background:#fdb3ab	5^[26] ^[27]	2015-06-19	2017-12-31	3.19.8
style=background:#fdb3ab	5.1	2016-12-02		4.4.30
style=background:#fdb3ab	6^[28] ^[29]	2017-07-16	2019-09-30	4.9.35
style=background:#fdb3ab	6.1^[30]	2018-10-05		4.14.70
style=background:#fdb3ab	7.0^[31] ^[32]	2019-07-01	2021-06-30	5.1.14
style=background:#fdb3ab	7.1^[33]	2019-07-16
style=background:#fdb3ab	8^[34]	2021-02-26	2023-11-30	5.10.16
style=background:#d4f4b4	9^[35]	2023-08-27	3 months after its successor's release date	6.4
Legend:

See also

• 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

External links

• • Official wiki

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mageia Blog (English). Mageia. July 24, 2023. blog.mageia.org.
2. Web site: Available locales. March 3, 2013. Mageia. November 26, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20180326203100/https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Available_locales. March 26, 2018. dead.
3. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
4. Web site: Ex-Mandriva Linux staff fork the distro. https://web.archive.org/web/20100923150854/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1733986/ex-mandriva-linux-staff-fork-distro. September 23, 2010. Spencer Dalziel. September 20, 2010. The Inquirer. May 21, 2012.
5. Web site: Mandriva Fork Announced by Former Employees. Thom Holwerda. September 19, 2010. OSnews. May 21, 2012.
6. Web site: Greek - English Dictionary. myEtymology. September 20, 2013.
7. News: Muktwar. Sufyan bin Uzayr. Mageia 1 Review: The Magic Begins Now!. June 6, 2011. May 20, 2012.
8. Web site: Heuillard. Romain. Mageia 1 : la variante purement communautaire de Mandriva est disponible. Clubic. June 3, 2011. May 24, 2012.
9. Web site: Mageia : un prochain fork de Mandriva. Clubic. September 20, 2010. May 24, 2012. Belfiore, Guillaume.
10. Web site: EDGE-IT à paris sur SOCIETE.COM (444481204). 2010. fr. Societe.com. May 22, 2012.
11. News: Edge-IT, le faux nez de Mandriva, en liquidation judiciaire. 2010. fr. Channelnews. May 22, 2012.
12. News: Community Mageia. Public Announcement. September 18, 2010. May 20, 2012.
13. Web site: Distributions Which Include MariaDB. AskMonty KnowledgeBase. May 22, 2012.
14. Web site: Mageia Goes For 9 Month Release Cycle. Neil Richards. July 18, 2011. Muktware. May 20, 2012.
15. Web site: Support for Mageia distribution. Mageia. www.mageia.org. Mageia releases are supported at least for 18 months. Or a minimum of 3 months after the next release, whichever is longer.
16. Web site: Mageia 1.0 review - LinuxBSDos.com. linuxbsdos.com. 18 June 2011.
17. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
18. Web site: Mageia 2 review - LinuxBSDos.com. linuxbsdos.com. 4 June 2012.
19. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
20. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
21. Web site: Hands on with Mageia 3 - ZDNet. J.A.. Watson. ZDNet.
22. Web site: Mageia 3 – Gone in 60 seconds. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623165909/http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/08/mageia-3-gone-in-60-seconds.html. June 23, 2018. Everyday Linux User.
23. Web site: Mageia 4.0, hands-on: Another excellent release - ZDNet. J.A.. Watson. ZDNet.
24. Web site: Mageia 4 review – Cinnamon, GNOME 3, KDE and MATE desktops - LinuxBSDos.com. linuxbsdos.com. 13 February 2014.
25. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
26. Web site: Mageia 5 – So Much Better Than Last Time. https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193916/http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2015/08/mageia-5-so-much-better-than-last-time.html. June 23, 2018. Everyday Linux User.
27. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
28. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
29. Web site: Mageia 6 review - Very refreshing. Dedoimedo.
30. Web site: It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Mageia 6.1. Mageia. October 5, 2018. October 6, 2018.
31. Web site: DistroWatch.com: Distribution Release: Mageia 7. DistroWatch. distrowatch.com.
32. Web site: Mageia 7 will reach End of Support on 30th of June – "The king is dead, long live the king!". Mageia. June 8, 2021. June 8, 2021.
33. Web site: Mageia 7.1, Mageia 7 with Ryzen 3000 hardware support. Mageia. July 16, 2019. September 7, 2019.
34. News: Made it to a byte – announcing the release of Mageia 8. Mageia Blog (English). Mageia. February 26, 2021. February 28, 2021.
35. Web site: Mageia 9 Release Notes - Mageia wiki. August 23, 2022. wiki.mageia.org.