On December 1st, the Mageia development team met to discuss the progress of Mageia 10, establishing an initial release roadmap and addressing the status of key software stacks.
A tentative schedule was agreed upon, aiming to start the release cycle as soon as possible with a first alpha version to be released “yesterday” (here I’m kidding on the square), a first beta due in the first half of January 2026 followed by a second beta a month later. The release candidate is scheduled two weeks after the second beta while the final release is expected in April 2026.
This sequence aims to prevent the software stacks in Mageia 10 from becoming obsolete before its stable release and at the same time to ensure users that everything works perfectly as per our standards.
The team also reviewed the status of various software stacks to be included in the next version:
- PHP: versions 8.5 (in Cauldron) and 8.4 (likely in parallel) will be included to support a wider range of websites.
- Python: no immediate move to Python 3.14 is planned.
- Ruby: no planned update to Ruby 4.0.0, as it does not contain major changes.
- Java: Java 21 will be kept as the LTS (Long-Term Support) version to ensure 32-bit support, but Java 25 (the latest version) will be available as
java-latestfor 64-bit architectures. - GCC and LLVM: GCC is currently at 15.2.0, and LLVM at 20.1.8; the decision was to stay with these for the release.
- Go/Golang: It was agreed to move to version 1.25.x, with a focus on fixing dependent packages that need updating (around 820 packages).
- Kernel: The current kernel is 6.12.XX (LTS). There is an ongoing discussion about adopting Kernel 6.18.XX (the next LTS) for better support of the latest hardware, especially for gaming.
For the desktop environments, LXDE and LXQt are already up to date but there is still an open discussion about KDE and GNOME. LibreOffice is at 25.8.3, with 26.2 planned for the end of January 2026.
You can find a more detailed list of stacks/apps/software versions proposed here.
Now the critical points.
At the time of the team meeting, creation of 32-bit ISOs was blocked due to a segfault in perl-URPM, which has since been overcome.
The problem of manually updating GPG keys and crypto-policies for migration from Mageia 9 to Mageia 10 was raised. The team is looking for a solution to be implemented in Mageia 9 prior to the release.
Mozilla and other vendors are abandoning the 32-bit architecture, making it increasingly difficult to maintain full support.
There is uncertainty about the status of Chromium as it’s currently unmaintained.
The work on integrating two new rented ARM build nodes is well underway, with progress made on using Docker containers for builds, although minor modifications to the ulri and iurt tools are required.
The meeting highlighted a constructive and progress-oriented climate. Mageia 10 appears ready to enter the Alpha phase, with awareness of the problems still to be solved – especially regarding i686 – the kernel and the tuning of the various software stacks.
The community is active and collaborative, and the consolidation work done so far lays a solid foundation for a stable release in the coming months.
Further updates on the work will follow but we still recommend keeping Release Notes and Errata pages monitored.
We’re still welcoming your contribution to test our distribution (or even more contribute to it)!
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Thanks for all your good work, guys.
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Any plans on supporting ZFS, Quarkus, Lombok, Panache, GraphQL, Kafka, MongoDB, Neo4j or another Graph db LXD,
You can fill new package request in the bugzilla.
About kernel is 6.12.XX or Kernel 6.18.XX, with look on how these BIG projects like Slackware, Debian, Mageia take on their leash, and are mede, even FreeBSD, newer kernel is definitely gain.
There is already a kernel 6.18.2-3 in stabletesting.
I’d like to recommend join forces with PCLinuxOS.. both base its roots on Mandriva.
It sounds like the two projects have different goals. PCLinuxOS is a rolling distro, has no 32-bit support, and has no classic installer. It sounds more similar to OpenMandriva than to Mageia.
So happy to read this!!!
I’m so grateful this wonderful rock solid Linux distribution still thrives.
Using it with pride since countless years on many computers.
Very nice to see the two digits version milestone soon reached!
Thank you so much, all teams involved here!
“For the desktop environments, LXDE and LXQt are already up to date but there is still an open discussion about KDE and GNOME.”
There are no plans for XFCE or MATE?
I’m an intermediate level user. Is it possible for me to help with Chromium maintenance?
There is already a 4.21 XFCE and MATE 1.28 in Cauldron.
You’re very welcome for the help with Chromium maintenance. Please sign in on dev mailing list.
I can’t sign in on dev mailing list. I have a Mageia account, but not work.
Hello, did you try to login here for subscription?
https://ml.mageia.org/l
A 32bit version would be welcome if it’s possible, along with the ability to install the MATE D/E from square one – as is currently the case via the Mageia 9 install. Having the option to upgrade an existing Mageia 9 MATE installation would also be helpful. I’m currently running two Mageia 9 systems, one 32 bit and one 64 bit. The 32 bit MATE unit is recent, the 64 bit GNOME unit (an MS Surface) has been the longest running (and most stable) o/s install I’ve ever had.
Kudos to the Mageia team!
> At the time of the team meeting, creation of 32-bit ISOs was blocked due to a segfault in perl-URPM, which has since been overcome.
As written in the last two words that’s fixed already. Note that instead of i586 there will be i686 which means that some early 32-bit processors will not be supported.
Regarding upgrades: our QA team is really great. They’ll find and report any issues. But of course they need your help.
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is way to download now?
Issue to mageia its use own mandriva tools and old kernel, wine, firefox.
its that fixed so its be more like ubuntu\fedora or debian?
Kernel: The current kernel is 6.12.XX (LTS). There is an ongoing discussion about adopting Kernel 6.18.XX (the next LTS) for better support of the latest hardware, especially for gaming.
Next ubuntu: with plans for 6.20/7.0 in 26.04 LTS ( planed release April 23, 2026) so if half year to next version of mageia i think? August 2026.
Awesome!! Thank you guys!
BTW, any news about the progress of the Mageia ARM port…? I’m running Mageia 10 KDE (Cauldron) for ARM in a Parallels virtual machine on an M3 Mac, and it runs really well: but there’s still the problem that no sound card is detected; and of course it’s also rather difficult to install, involving the terminal (on ARM, there’s not yet the excellent Mageia ISO installer). Let’s hope that things will evolve, also for the ARM version… 🙂