Category Archives: release

Some more time again for the first beta version of Mageia 4

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Anne Nicolas

It seems witches and pixies decided to spend more time with us. We are, at the moment, working on finalizing the isos for this beta 1 version after a huge amount of work on some critical bugs in the installer … Continue reading →

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New release date for Mageia 4 beta 1

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Anne Nicolas

Following the existing planning, Mageia 4 Beta 1 should be released on 2013/10/31. It looks like witches and pumpkins are playing a part in this release. Due to a nasty bug discovered on rpm itself, we have made an early … Continue reading →

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Mageia 4 alpha 2 is waiting for your tests!

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Anne Nicolas

We tried to do it and we finally release on time this second alpha for Mageia 4. This is a “real” alpha, meaning there was a lot of breakages and fun in testing. But thanks to packagers and QA team, … Continue reading →

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New isos available for Mageia 3 (classical installer)

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Anne Nicolas

Despite the care we take to test isos for new versions of Mageia, we missed a potentially huge bug… It concerned the isos using the classical installer. If the user chose to add online media at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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All grown up and ready to go dancing: Mageia 3’s out!

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Patricia Fraser

We still can’t believe how much fun it is to make Mageia together, and we’ve been doing it for two and a half years. For people who can’t wait, get it here; release notes are here. To upgrade from Mageia … Continue reading →

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