{"id":1584,"date":"2012-05-22T20:17:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T20:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2012-05-22T20:17:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T20:17:56","slug":"mageia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/2012\/05\/22\/mageia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our baby&#8217;s growing up: Mageia 2 is here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re the Mageia community, and we are very happy to announce the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mageia.org\/2\/\">Mageia 2<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had a great time building our community and our new release, and we hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed making it.<\/p>\n<p>You can get started right now &#8211; see what&#8217;s available, choose your version and download it from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mageia.org\/2\/\">http:\/\/www.mageia.org\/2\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Mageia 2 &#8211; what&#8217;s new and what&#8217;s going on in the Mageia community &#8211; read on:<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s new in Mageia 2?<\/h2>\n<p>Mageia 2 is a completely new release; you can check the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/Mageia_2_Release_Notes\">Release Notes<\/a> to learn more about what&#8217;s inside.<\/p>\n<p>You can also take a look at the list of packages upgraded from Mageia 1, by checking the Mageia Apps Database:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mageia.madb.org\/package\/comparison\/release\/1\/withrelease\/2\">Applications<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mageia.madb.org\/package\/comparison\/release\/1\/application\/0\/withrelease\/2\">All updated packages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why would you choose Mageia?<\/h2>\n<h3>Good Software<\/h3>\n<p>Mageia 2 is built from the best Free and Open Source software with a constantly expanding choice of apps &#8211; there is something for everyone&#8217;s taste.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the nice things included in Mageia 2:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KDE 4.8.2 &#8211; KDE 4.8.2 SC, the current release of the popular KDE desktop<\/li>\n<li>razorqt 0.4.1 &#8211; The latest release of the new lightweight Qt desktop<\/li>\n<li>LXDE<\/li>\n<li>Sugar<\/li>\n<li>GNOME 3.4.1<\/li>\n<li>XFCE 4.8.3<\/li>\n<li>Digikam and Showfoto 2.6 &#8211; The latest release of these leading photograph management systems<\/li>\n<li>VLC 2.0.1 &#8211; The latest version of the popular do it all media player<\/li>\n<li>Flash Player Plugin 11.2 &#8211; Up to date and secure version of Adobe&#8217;s popular web content player<\/li>\n<li>Skype &#8211; Easy installer for this common VOIP client<\/li>\n<li>Firefox ESR 10 &#8211; Long Term Support version of the Firefox Browser<\/li>\n<li>Chromium Browser 18 &#8211; The latest version of the Open Source upstream project for Google&#8217;s Chrome Browser<\/li>\n<li>GIMP 2.8 &#8211; Featuring the all new single window interface<\/li>\n<li>Amarok 2.5 -Popular media player written in Qt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, check the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/Mageia_2_Release_Notes\">Release Notes<\/a> for the complete list.<\/p>\n<h3>Great Community<\/h3>\n<p>Mageia is a community as well as a distribution. This means that you can be part of the teams putting your distro together; your voice is welcome as we work out where Mageia is going and how we&#8217;re getting there.<\/p>\n<p>Mageia is all about communicating. We talk together on <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/IRC\">IRC<\/a>, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.mageia.org\/\">forums<\/a>, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\">wiki<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mageia.org\/mailman\/listinfo\">mailing lists<\/a>; we meet often, and we welcome your feedback on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Identi.ca, Diaspora&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re a community distribution and we&#8217;re very happy for companies to be part of our community. We&#8217;ll even <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mageia.org\/en\/Commercial_vendors\">credit<\/a> you!<\/p>\n<p>Join us &#8211; be part of making your software the way you want it.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/\/www.mageia.org\/support\/\">Open Support<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Mageia&#8217;s bug reporting system is open to everyone, as are the mailing lists and community support, making it easier for you to have your voice heard and follow what is happening &#8211; and you don&#8217;t need to subscribe or pay to have access to the fully tested and prompt security updates.<\/p>\n<h3>Nice New Clothes<\/h3>\n<p>Not only has Mageia&#8217;s look been updated, but the appearance of applications has been unified, giving a smoother appearance regardless of desktop:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/2012\/05\/22\/mageia-2\/mageia-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1647\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1647\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/2012\/05\/22\/mageia-2\/mageia-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/mageia-2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1366,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mageia 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/mageia-2.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/mageia-2.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1647\" title=\"mageia 2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mageia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/mageia-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Mageia 2 screenshot\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Mageia 2!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re the Mageia community, and we are very happy to announce the release of Mageia 2! 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