And now it’s time for beta 2

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Anne Nicolas

The second beta release of Mageia is now available for download and testing.

Go get it!

What’s new?

Lots of bug fixes and software updates! Kernel 2.6.38.4, LibreOffice 3.3.2.2, KDE 4.6.2, Firefox 4.0, Chromium browser 12.0.742.0 and many more.

We froze the software package versions last week. This means that no new, big, upstream code changes will be accepted in Mageia until our final release in June; then we will re-open the doors. We will now focus on fixing and reducing our bugs lists and refining and polishing the user experience.

We are setting up our security team so it’s ready for the final release; secteam’s job is to validate and push software security updates to your Mageia 1 installations.

Test it!

We need you to finalise this first release cycle! You as a tester, as a new user, as a contributor. This is the last week to check the following items:

  • is your favourite piece of software included? there’s still time to add some!
  • how does the upgrade feel like, starting from Mandriva Linux 2010.1 and 2010.2 to Mageia 1 beta 2? see our upgrade test page;
  • are your computers and peripherals properly recognised and handled by Mageia?
  • how does the installation process feel to you? (see our testing procedure).

Feel free to get in touch with us!

  • via our development mailing-list;
  • via IRC, on #mageia-dev on the Freenode server;
  • via our forum
  • via our Bugzilla
  • or catch one of us in Bordeaux, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Edinburgh, Genoa, Knoxville, Leuven, London, Lille, Lyon, Mexico, Moscow, Nanterre, Paris, Tampere or in many other places (beware: this method may require some coffee, beer or other beverage to work properly).

Mageia 1 final will be available in 35 days! \o/

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On the tests again!

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Anne Nicolas

Mageia 1 Beta 1 is just out and it’s now time for testing. Let’s improve the quality of our favourite distro!

We have organized 2 testing days on April 11th and 12th. We’re testing the Beta 1 ISOs; please focus on these areas:

  • the list of software packages included in ISOs and repositories: please file a bug report if you notice that a package is missing and include an explanation of why we should add it;
  • upgrading from Mandriva Linux 2010.1 and 2010.2: we want to have an easy upgrade from these to Mageia 1 Final release, so these tests are really important. Please have a look on the upgrade test page;
  • hardware detection: please test your hardware configuration and file a bug report for any problem you experience;
  • the installation process: please test the Mageia installer from Beta 1 ISOs, following this installation testing procedure;
  • Asian locales (and input methods) and localisation in general.

You will find all sorts of help on the various Mageia support channels:

Thanks in advance for your contributions.

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Try Mageia 1 Beta1 right now!

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Anne Nicolas

As has been stated in the Mageia roadmap, Mageia 1 Beta1 is now available for tests. The first Mageia stable release is planned for 1st of June (which is now quite near!). Our focus is always on improving distribution content but also lots of work was done on localisation support (locales, main applications, Asian locales). Core packages versions include: kernel 2.6.38.2, KDE 4.6.1, GNOME 2.32, Firefox 4.0, … More information is available in the release notes and web announcement.

For Beta1, the Mageia team has set up an easy page to help you download the ISO’s: have a look at the download page. Also note that torrents have been set up for Beta1, grab the relevant .torrent file from here. 2 Live CDs will be available on mirrors, on 7th of april the latest.

Update: as we have issues at the moment on live build, we will delay for some days live cds release. More information soon.

Once again we need your feedback to improve quality:

Enjoy!

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Welcome in Mageia forums

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Anne Nicolas

Finally we did it: the Mageia forums are online!

These are the official portal for the Mageia community: support, distro testing reports, contributions, discussions…. The default language is English but you can join any of the other local Mageia community forums here.

We hope you’ll enjoy all the various forum activities (discussions, technical support and of course a bit of trolling here and there) ! Your feedback is important and will help all Mageia teams to improve your favourite distribution.

How to use it? Just go and log in http://forums.mageia.org/en/ with your Mageia user account.

Enjoy!

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Mageia 1 Alpha 2: Primavera is coming!

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Anne Nicolas

As outlined in the Mageia roadmap, here comes Primavera, the second alpha release.

Many thanks to all those who worked on this important step towards our first, official release: packagers, translators, developers, admins and testers.

Again, this has been a very busy month: our build system is now running at full capacity and the list of available software has grown to over 6,100 SRPMS, including full integration of LibreOffice and Eclipse, rpm 4.8.1, KDE 4.6.1. Now we need your help to test the distro!

Alpha2 is available through 2 DVDs in 32 and 64 bit flavours respectively. You can also find a dual CD ISO, including both 32 and 64 arch for minimal installations. You can pick a mirror to download from our mirrors list. Torrents are not yet available, however they should be available for the beta release cycle. Help is welcome on that specific topic. Live CDs are also planned later for beta releases.

Alpha2 ISOs are not intended to be used in production as the distro remains in alpha phase. Final design is not yet fully-integrated and a lot of work is still left to be done on theme and icons. Stay tuned!

All information about Primavera:

We hope you will enjoy this brand new Alpha release and we look forward to seeing you again for Beta1 due on the 15th of April!

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