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Category Archives: QA
PwnKit (polkit’s pkexec exploit) – CVE-2021-4034
The update fixing the issue for Mageia 8 was released Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:31 UTC (05:31 EST). For anyone still running Mageia 7 (or older releases), the recommendation is … As root run “chmod 0755 /usr/bin/pkexec”.That will mean pkexec … Continue reading
Announcing Mageia 8 RC1
We look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback so that we can continue workingto get Mageia 8 ready for release. Mageia 8’s new artwork has also been integrated, the community has made some really nice images, here is the new signature background, as … Continue reading
Posted in Mageia, QA, release
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News from our package manager “urpmi”
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
The first step towards Mageia 8 – Alpha 1 is available for testing
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
Chronicle in May
It’s been a very long time since you’ve heard from us on this blog. Now it’s time to give you some fresh news, because no matter what it seems, a lot of work has been done since then. Organization Many … Continue reading
Posted in community, Mageia, packager, QA
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