First step reached for Mageia 5: alpha 1 is available for tests

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Anne Nicolas

Time has come again for ISO testing!

Here is the first step towards Mageia 5. Most of your favorite software has been updated to their latest versions. There is still a long road ahead, but all in all, this first alpha is in rather good shape.

You can have a look at planned features for Mageia 5 for more details. Work is in progress. Stay tuned!

This first development release is dedicated to our friend Thomas (aka tmb), we wish him good health and to be back soon!

More information about alpha 1:

As a reminder, here are the planned release dates for Mageia 5:

  • Alpha 1: 2014/07/08
  • Alpha 2: 2014/08/04
  • Beta 1: 2014/09/30
  • Beta 2: 2014/10/31
  • Release Candidate: 2014/11/21
  • Internal release: 2014/12/12
  • Final Release: 2014/12/19

Enjoy this new release!

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15 Responses to First step reached for Mageia 5: alpha 1 is available for tests

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  2. Richard Richie Vajdel says:
    July 8, 2014 at 11:40 pm

    Only network installation for now or LiveDVD is coming…?

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  11. Michael Eklund says:
    July 10, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    Dedicating a new disk for this as 5 is my lucky number 🙂

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