Category Archives: community

We are very sad to announce that José Jorge, who used the login zezinho, passed away on September the 11th

Posted on September 14, 2020 by papoteur

José was 46 years old, father to 3 children. He, and his 16 year old son, who was accompanying him on a bicycle ride, died September the 11th after being struck by a car. José was a major contributor to … Continue reading →

Posted in community, Uncategorized | 11 Comments

News from our package manager “urpmi”

Posted on August 28, 2020 by neoclust

News from our package manager “urpmi” :Inherited from the Mandriva distribution, Mageia’s default package manager is URPMI. It offers a wide range of features to manage software repositories, install, update and remove applications packaged in rpm format. This standardized format … Continue reading →

Posted in community, Mageia, QA, release, Updates | 3 Comments

More Progress for Mageia 8 – Beta 1 is available for testing

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Donald Stewart

We are happy to announce the release of Mageia 8 Beta 1. After the good feedback from Alpha 1, there have been some improvements and fixes for this release, we look forward to hearing your feedback and thoughts so that … Continue reading →

Posted in community, Mageia, packager, release | 24 Comments

Mageia 8 Artwork Contest

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Donald Stewart

As with every release, the artwork for Mageia 8 will come from you, the great community that supports and makes Mageia possible. With development well underway, Alpha 1 has just been released, it’s time to start getting the artwork ready. As … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, Atelier, Collaboration, community | 1 Comment

The first step towards Mageia 8 – Alpha 1 is available for testing

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Donald Stewart

We are happy to announce the release of the test images of Mageia 8. These are available to early testers to help with the development towards a stable final release of Mageia 8. There have been large scale updates of all packages as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in alpha, community, Mageia, QA, release | 11 Comments