We are proud to announce the second beta of Mageia 9. Since the release of beta 1 in February 2023 the Mageia team has worked to solve a number of stubborn issues and provide security fixes and new updates.
Thanks to all the teams that make up Mageia for the great work done in these months, to fix, test and validate all these new features and add the new wallpaper. The following features stand out:
Kernel – 6.3.3
glib – 2.36
gcc – 12.3.0
rpm – 4.18.0
Chromium – 110
Firefox ESR – 102.11
LibreOffice – 7.5.2
Plasma – 5.27.4
GNOME – 44
Xfce – 4.18.1
LXQt – 1.3.0
mesa – 23.1.0
A full list of included packages is available in the .idx file for the installation media. There is currently a hard version freeze in effect pending the outcome of user testing of the release, including the upgrade mechanism.
For those that want to jump in and test straight away, the images can be downloaded here. As always with pre-release images, use your best judgement, but all testing and comments are welcome.
We continue to offer (as few do) installation media for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, 64-bit live images for Plasma, GNOME and Xfce, as well as a 32-bit live image for Xfce.
Congratulations to all the teams that make up Mageia for the great work done in these months, to fix, test and validate all these new features, of which the following stand out:
Kernel – 6.1.11
glib – 2.36
gcc – 12.2.1
rpm – 4.18.0
Chromium – 110
Firefox ESR – 102.8
LibreOffice – 7.5.0
Plasma – 5.26.90
GNOME – 43
Xfce – 4.18
LXQt – 1.2.1
mesa – 23.0
A full list of included packages is available in the .idx file for the installation media. Do note that despite current version freeze there will be still updates to the beta 1 released packages. Mostly bugs and security fixes.
For those that want to jump in and test straight away, the images can be downloaded here. As always with pre-release images, use your best judgement.
We continue to offer (as few do) installation media for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, 64-bit live images for Plasma, GNOME and Xfce, as well as a 32-bit live image for Xfce.
If you missed it in the first Alpha, Mageia now has a new tool for removing old kernels, which will be configured by default and can be found in the “Tools” section of the applications menu.
We are happy to announce the release of the test images of Mageia 9. These are available to early testers to help with the development towards a stable final release of Mageia 9. There have been large scale updates of all packages as well as new features implemented to improve what Mageia already offered.
Some of the key updates include:
Kernel – 6.0.5
glib – 2.36
gcc – 12.2.1
rpm – 4.18.0
Chromium – 106
Firefox ESR – 102.5
LibreOffice – 7.4.2
Plasma – 5.25.9
GNOME 43.1
Xfce 4.17
LXQt 1.2.0
A full list of included packages is available in the .idx file for the installation media.
For those that want to jump in and test straight away, the images can be downloaded here. As always with pre-release images, use your best judgement.
The available ISO images are the same as in Mageia 8, offering installation media for both 32 and 64bit systems, 64bit live images for Plasma, GNOME and Xfce, as well as a 32bit live image for Xfce.
The Control Centre now adds a new feature that will allow the removal of old kernels. This feature will be automated by default in Mageia 9, but will also allow the user to configure and run it manually. There are also improvements in boot times with the Plasma update to 5.25 and Systemd.
And as always there are many package updates. So please update during or at least soon after install.
Neoclust wrote this blog post last Sunday, but we (Atelier Team) needed three days to enhance it a little and publish it, sorry about that to Neoclust and all our readers. If you want to join Atelier Team to help publish our blog posts faster and more often, you’re very welcome!
It is time to start having good habits again and tell what we do in Mageia.
It has been a busy week, as usual! Hundreds of packages were pushed to Cauldron (499 Source RPMs, so even many more packages). Security and bugfix updates for Mageia 8 landed on our mirrors, too.
Security updates in Mageia 8:
webkit2
ytnef
thunderbird
mariadb
postgresql11, postgresql13
clamav
net-snmp
python-ldap
firefox
and a lot more
Bugfix updates in Mageia 8:
apache
boinc-client
kernel
libreoffice
dkms-bbswitch
and a lot more
Summary of updates in Mageia 8
Since mageia 8 got out, we released 757 security packages and 323 bugfix packages.
Mageia 9 is boiling
Actually (as you may have understood when you read about the hundreds of packages that are made for Cauldron) a big work is done to update packages in the upcoming mageia 9.
Three highlights: We updated Gnome to its version 42, plasma to version 5.25.4. The kernel has been updated to the latest stable release: 5.19.6.
As with every release, the artwork for Mageia 9 will come from you, the great community that supports and makes Mageia possible. The Development of Mageia 9 is progressing quickly, with many major updates and key features getting ready for testing and release. With this progress, it’s time to get the artwork ready for release. As in previous years, we’re looking for your contributions and ideas, but not just images and photos – if you have icons and logos, or ideas on how login screens or animations should look, then it’s time to discuss or show them off.
We will typically choose a digital abstract piece using the colours of the Mageia logo for the signature background. It should be easily cropped to different aspect ratios without losing the feel of the image and have a resolution of at least 3,200 by 2,400px, to accommodate a wide variety of monitors. Alternative background and screensavers have less restrictive guidelines, so if you feel like flexing your creativity, we’d love to see what you come up with.
Rules The contest begins on the 4th of August 2022 and will run until the 25th of August 2022, Mageia will provide 1 official background, 10 additional backgrounds and all the other bits we do to make Mageia look great. If you’d like to participate, it’s easy: Please submit your work to the Mageia 9 artwork drop. You also have the option to send a link to the Atelier mailing list. The Atelier team will choose 10 backgrounds from different contributors to be included in the “additional backgrounds”.
Prerequisites
minimal size: 3,200×2,400 px for images, preferably SVG for icons
no borders
no text inside: the Mageia logo may be placed for show, but will need to be removable
scalable or croppable for all possible aspect ratios: 4:3, 16:9, 16:10 etc.
License: CC By SA 3.0 or later
Please also have a look here for more information about things you have to watch out for or to see previous Mageia wallpapers. Some screensavers and the Mageia 8 background are uploaded on the artwork drop for reference. Photos will be considered for screensavers and additional backgrounds, provided no recognisable people are visible. Please avoid copyrighted artwork, unless you own the copyright and agree to the CC By SA 3.0 license. All the work needs to be original with the source files (SVG, xcf, etc) available and within Mageia’s artwork guidelines. Please upload a png or similar as they are much easier for previewing. We hope that these guidelines will make everything clear and help you to make something that will make Mageia look great. The guidelines cover the Official Mageia Logo, colour scheme, website motif, fonts, wallpaper and other elements. The Mageia official logo is also covered by our Trademark Policy. Take a moment to learn the rules, then, jump in and create with us!
Final choice The Mageia council will choose the final winners and they will be announced on the Mageia blog.
