Category Archives: community

Mageia at the Free Software Days in Lyon (JDLL 2015)

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Samuel Verschelde

On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of March, the association for the development of free information technology of Lyon (France) organises a two-days event called Free Software Days (actually, it’s “Les Journées du Logiciel Libre”, in French), also known as … Continue reading →

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It’s Christmas in FOSS-land!

Posted on December 17, 2014 by grenoya

Or Hannuka or Kwanzaa or the solstice or… you get the picture. Whatever holiday you celebrate, it’s here! And in the spirit of warmth and light and giving, Mageia is embarking on (what we hope will be) a yearly tradition … Continue reading →

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They make Mageia: David Walser

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Anne Nicolas

How should we call you ? Luigi or David and why using Luigi ? David. Luigi is my favorite video game character from growing up. When I first started using the internet in the mid-90’s, one of my first destinations … Continue reading →

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Let’s say goodbye to Mageia 3

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Rémi Verschelde

It’s been a great run, but all good things must end. Or at least, upgrade to a greater thing. Since Mageia 3 was released in May 2013 our packaging and security teams have provided hundreds of updates (actually 1136 source packages … Continue reading →

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As Philae, Mageia 3 is running out of batteries…

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Anne Nicolas

As you all know, we can’t maintain Mageia releases forever. And it’s time to say goodbye to Mageia 3. After Wednesday the 26th of November, this release won’t benefit from any more security or bugfix updates. This will allow QA … Continue reading →

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