This is a slightly edited version of a post written by BAud.
Having been approved by the Council, the Mageia 10 beta1 ISOs are now available for public testing. All together about 26GB of ISOs have landed in the ../mageia/iso/10/ branch of our mirrors.
A lot of fixes and new updates have been added since Mageia 10 alpha1 arrived back in January.
Following version freeze, here are notable changes from Mageia 9:
- kernel 6.18 (LTS)
- Plasma 6.5
- GNOME 49
- Xfce 4.20
- LibreOffice 26.2
- Firefox ESR 140.8
- Mesa 26.0.2 – enabling latest drivers for AMD, Intel and nouveau (nVidia proprietary drivers are available too)
The plan is still to have the official Mageia 10 release ready in April 2026.
Next steps include:
- Publish a beta 2 containing artwork and documentation updated for mga10
- Increase tests, especially for upgrades from mga9
- Concentrate on fixing release blocker bugs
The Mageia 10 Beta1 set includes a comprehensive collection of installation formats:
- Classical Installation ISOs for traditional installs on 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit systems
- Live Desktop Images featuring popular desktops such as Plasma, GNOME, and Xfce
The ISOs can be found here or in the ../mageia/iso/10/ directory of your favourite mirror.
Enjoy your testing _o/!
