Author Archives: Donald Stewart

Mageia supports the Public Money, Public Code campaign

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Donald Stewart

Open Source software, or more specifically, the ideals behind it go far beyond Mageia or the wider GNU/Linux Community. Being a part of this is something that Mageia has always been very proud of, and when possible, we have given … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, community | 3 Comments

Weekly roundup 2017 week 28 – 30

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Donald Stewart

So this is the first roundup since the release of Mageia 6, so there are a few more weeks in here than normal. Cauldron As expected, Cauldron has been flooded with large updates, and despite their best efforts, everything seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly roundup | 4 Comments

Known issues with upgrades from Mageia 5 to Mageia 6

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Donald Stewart

Since the release of Mageia 6 last week, there have been several reports about issues with upgrades from Mageia 5, particularly for users upgrading from KDE 4. While that is not surprising due to the complex nature of the upgrade … Continue reading →

Posted in Mageia, release, users | 28 Comments

Weekly roundup 2017 – week 27

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Donald Stewart

Cauldron The last Council meeting on Tuesday was focused around the go/no go on releasing Mageia 6, rather unsurprisingly. While there was lots of discussion about blockers and update paths, one issue that stood out was ISO size. It is … Continue reading →

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Weekly roundup 2017 – week 25 & 26

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Donald Stewart

Cauldron The ISO testing for the final release is coming along well, the majority of the remaining blocking bugs were closed recently, the last remaining big issue was with LibreOffice only installing properly in English, however, that has been fixed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Weekly roundup | 8 Comments