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Mageia
Screenshot of Mageia 8 KDE
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseJune 1, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-06-01)
Latest release9 Edit this on Wikidata / 4 September 2023; 2 years ago (4 September 2023)[1]
Latest preview10 alpha / January 10, 2026; 10 days ago (2026-01-10)[2][3]
Available in167 languages[4]
Package managerDNF (alternate) and urpmi (legacy)
Supported platformsi586, amd64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default
user interface		KDE Plasma Desktop (Live USB/DVD), GNOME 3 Desktop (Live USB/DVD), XFCE (Live USB/DVD)[5]LXDE, LXQt, Cinnamon, MATE, Enlightenment
LicenseFree software licenses
(mainly GPL) and other licenses
Preceded byMandriva Linux
Official websitewww.mageia.org/en

Mageia is a Linux-based operating system, distributed as free and open-source software. It was forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution.[6][7] The name comes from the Greek μαγεία (mageia, lit. 'magic' or 'sorcery').

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 a fork of Mandriva Linux,[6][7][10] 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;[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]

Red Hat Linux

Desktop environments

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Mageia can use all major desktop environments. As was the case with Mandrake and Mandriva Linux, KDE Plasma is the main and the most used environment. End-users can choose from Plasma 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, Cinnamon, MATE and Enlightenment are 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 which MariaDB replaced Oracle's MySQL.[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 maintained   Older version, still maintained   Current stable version   Future 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. ^ a b "Mageia 9 Release Notes - Mageia wiki". wiki.mageia.org. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. ^ Davide (10 January 2026). "Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Validated by Council". Mageia Blog. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Mageia Blog (English)". blog.mageia.org. Mageia. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Available locales". Mageia. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  5. ^ "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 730, 18 September 2017". distrowatch.com. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b Dalziel, Spencer (20 September 2010). "Ex-Mandriva Linux staff fork the distro". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  7. ^ a b Holwerda, Thom (19 September 2010). "Mandriva Fork Announced by Former Employees". OSnews. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  8. ^ Sufyan bin Uzayr (6 June 2011). "Mageia 1 Review: The Magic Begins Now!". Muktwar. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  9. ^ Heuillard, Romain (3 June 2011). "Mageia 1 : la variante purement communautaire de Mandriva est disponible". Clubic. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  10. ^ Belfiore, Guillaume (20 September 2010). "Mageia : un prochain fork de Mandriva". Clubic. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  11. ^ "EDGE-IT à paris sur SOCIETE.COM (444481204)" (in French). Societe.com. 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Edge-IT, le faux nez de Mandriva, en liquidation judiciaire" (in French). Channelnews. 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  13. ^ Community Mageia (18 September 2010). "Public Announcement". Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Distributions Which Include MariaDB". AskMonty KnowledgeBase. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  15. ^ Neil Richards (18 July 2011). "Mageia Goes For 9 Month Release Cycle". Muktware. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  16. ^ Mageia. "Support for Mageia distribution". 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
  17. ^ "Mageia 1.0 review - LinuxBSDos.com". linuxbsdos.com. 18 June 2011.
  18. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com.
  19. ^ "Mageia 2 review - LinuxBSDos.com". linuxbsdos.com. 4 June 2012.
  20. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com.
  21. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com.
  22. ^ Watson, J.A. "Hands on with Mageia 3 - ZDNet". ZDNet.
  23. ^ "Mageia 3 – Gone in 60 seconds". Everyday Linux User. Archived from the original on 23 June 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.com". linuxbsdos.com. 13 February 2014.
  26. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com.
  27. ^ "Mageia 5 – So Much Better Than Last Time". Everyday Linux User. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018.
  28. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com.
  29. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com.
  30. ^ "Mageia 6 review - Very refreshing". Dedoimedo.
  31. ^ "It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Mageia 6.1". Mageia. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  32. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Distribution Release: Mageia 7". distrowatch.com.
  33. ^ a b "Mageia 7 will reach End of Support on 30th of June – "The king is dead, long live the king!"". Mageia. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  34. ^ "Mageia 7.1, Mageia 7 with Ryzen 3000 hardware support". Mageia. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  35. ^ "Made it to a byte – announcing the release of Mageia 8". Mageia Blog (English). Mageia. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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