Category Archives: QA

Mageia 5 beta 2 is out! A story of badluck

Posted on January 16, 2015 by grenoya

After several delays the beta 2 version of Mageia 5 is finally out! You can find more information here. But, it seems that yet again we need to postpone the Mageia 5 release. Due to various difficulties with EFI boot, … Continue reading →

Posted in alpha, bugsquad, packager, QA, release, test | 28 Comments

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 →

Posted in community, Mageia, QA, security, They Make Mageia, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in community, Mageia, QA, release, security, users | 11 Comments

The Long and Winding Road

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Rémi Verschelde

Well, it’s been a long road, longer than we anticipated, but we’re almost there! Mageia 5 Beta 1 is now validated! What exactly does that mean? What took so long (a month and a half longer than originally planned)? RPM … Continue reading →

Posted in alpha, community, Mageia, packager, QA, release, test | 14 Comments

We Need You! (to try and break stuff)

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Rémi Verschelde

Guys, this one is coming from the heart. We keep talking about how Mageia is this and Mageia needs that and Mageia did this totally awesome thing. But you know what? That’s a little bit misleading. See, Mageia isn’t some … Continue reading →

Posted in community, Mageia, QA, users | 4 Comments