Author Archives: marja

A Cauldron of ideas to help those facing the end of Windows 10

Posted on July 20, 2025 by marja

By Aguador. The end is coming, the end is coming…the end of Windows 10 support, that is…and as part of the Linux community we can help those affected. As of 14 October support for Windows 10 will end, leaving its … Continue reading →

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Firefox and Thunderbird updates for armv7hl

Posted on July 13, 2025 by marja

Written by katnatek. This is an unusual post… As we warned in the past updates MGASA-2025-0195, MGASA-2025-0197 and MGASA-2025-0201, the updates for Firefox and Thunderbird could not be delivered for armv7hl for a long time. The issue had two causes. … Continue reading →

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An avalanche of AI bots is repeatedly taking parts of our website down

Posted on May 18, 2025 by marja

We have always had bots visiting our website. They were mostly kind bots, like the crawlers that keep the databases of search engines up-to-date. Those kind bots start by looking at our robots.txt files before doing anything, and respect the … Continue reading →

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And here is new MADb!

Posted on November 3, 2024 by marja

Written by Atelier Team That was fast: we have only just explained why our Mageia Application Database was offline and now papoteur tells us that new MADb is ready to be used. Open the site and at first glance you … Continue reading →

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Out with the old MADb and (almost) in with the new

Posted on October 31, 2024 by marja

UPDATE: It is now possible to visit the new MADb here https://madb.mageialinux-online.org/. It will take a bit longer for https://madb.mageia.org/ to link to it. Written by aguador. In Mageia, MADb, the Mageia App Db, has been an essential tool, particularly … Continue reading →

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