Category Archives: Updates

PwnKit (polkit’s pkexec exploit) – CVE-2021-4034

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Filip Komar

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 →

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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 →

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Mageia 6 End of Life – Time to Upgrade

Posted on December 2, 2019 by papoteur

As you know, Mageia 7 was released this summer, followed shortly after by Mageia 7.1. It is time to say goodbye to Mageia 6 – updates have stopped, including security updates.As usual, before the upgrade, do a backup of your data and documents.You have a couple of ways to install Mageia … Continue reading →

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It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Mageia 6.1

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Donald Stewart

This release brings all of the updates and development that has gone into Mageia 6 together into fresh installation media, giving users a kernel that supports hardware released after Mageia 6. The new installations will benefit from the countless updates … Continue reading →

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Roundup 2018 – Weeks 28-30, an Anniversary, RMLL and more

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Patricia Fraser

What’s been happening? Astonishing numbers of people in the northern hemisphere have been vacationing, harvesting, fighting fires – but there’s still a heap of work happening. Thanks, Mageians! Mageia 6.1 is getting closer all the time, and in the meantime, … Continue reading →

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