Time for tests! Mageia 3 beta 2 is out

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Anne Nicolas

 

We are reaching the final run for Mageia 3 release: beta 2 isos are available for tests. This was a real release full of server failures and bugs :). Still, the QA team did a fantastic work as usual.

We will need your feedback on the Broadcom wireless chipset. We intentionally removed all proprietary drivers for it. So it comes configured using only the free one. This is a test to check support by the free drivers. If in some way we get too many failures, we will revert it for the hardware that still needs the proprietary driver.

This release comes also with the brand new vesion of LibreOffice, the 4.0.0 RC2 version.

 

 

 

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More information on this release:

The time is now  getting short before the final release. Your tests are essential to make Mageia even more reliable and usable. So we will get many more nice reviews.

Enjoy!

 

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Mageia 3 beta 2 is coming soon

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Anne Nicolas

Being later than planned is becoming quite a tradition with Mageia3!

Due to some unforeseen problems with the build server and a nasty kernel bug affecting USB support, beta 2 development release is also a bit delayed. All being well though, it should be available in the next few days.

Stay tuned!

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Mageia will have a booth at FOSDEM 2013

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Anne Nicolas

fosdem2013As with previous years, Mageia will be at FOSDEM 2013. We will have a booth in building K, first floor. If you are around let’s meet and speak about our favorite distribution!

We will speak about coming Mageia 3 release, but also ARM port, community… Some goodies will also be available (stickers, tee-shirts).

You can find more details on Mageia wiki.

FOSDEM is also the place for the annual general assembly of the Mageia.Org association.

Finally join us for the Mageia dinner. Please register on the wiki so that we can plan it properly.

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Happy Mageia New Year!

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Patricia Fraser

To all Mageia people around the world, wherever you are, summer or winter, we hope 2013 is a great year for you – and we plan to make it a great year for Mageia!

Looking back…

2012 was a pretty good year for Mageia. We had our second release and we’re well on the way to Mageia 3; we can confirm that Mageia is doing well,  and we’re definitely a long term project.

We had lots of positive reviews (here’s another one), and we made it to the top 10 of the Distrowatch lists – Mageia is now seen as one of the main distributions on Distrowatch and ZDNet and TuxRadar – and we’ve had number 2 spot in Distrowatch page hit rankings all year! We’re right up there with distros that have been around much longer. That’s due to everyone in the Mageia community – thanks to everyone for your great work!

What’s happening now?

We’re in the middle of  development releases for Mageia 3; check the wiki  for updated release dates. We’re almost at Versions Freeze, and Beta 2 is due on January 18th – time to prepare for some more testing! Feedback about Beta 1 has been really good, but we can always use more testing.

And as we did for the last couple of years, we will have a stand at FOSDEM in Brussels, on the 2nd and 3rd of February. If you’ll be in Brussels then, FOSDEM is a great conference – come and talk to us, pick up a Mageia t-shirt and meet the folks you only see online!

Come join us!

How about making some new friends in the new year? Make 2013 your year for joining the community. Check out all the teams and see which one suits you best: we’ll welcome you with open arms!

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Mageia 3 beta 1 waits for your tests

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Anne Nicolas

Finally here is Mageia 3 beta 1. This first beta release was a bit tricky as it comes with some major new features in installer. GRUB2 has been included as an option for now.

Using DVDs with classical installer you will be proposed to install some proprietary drivers and/or firmwares. Just choose to add nonfree media.

We need your feedbacks on these isos. Please have a look on:

QA team is waiting for your bug reports! Please help us to make Mageia 3 meet high quality level.

Enjoy!

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