Mageia

Screenshot of Mageia 8 KDE

OS family| Linux (Unix-like)
Working state| Active
Source model| Open source
Initial release| June 1, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-06-01)
|Final release|Latest release}}| 6 (July 16, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-07-16)[1]) [±]
|Final preview|Latest preview}}| 10 alpha / January 10, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-01-10)[2][3]
Available in| 167 languages[4]
Package manager| DNF (alternate) and urpmi (legacy)
Platforms| i586, amd64
Kernel type| Monolithic (Linux)
Userland| GNU
Default user interface| KDE Plasma Desktop (Live USB/DVD), GNOME 3 Desktop (Live USB/DVD), XFCE (Live USB/DVD)[5]LXDE, LXQt, Cinnamon, MATE, Enlightenment
License| Free software licenses
(mainly GPL) and other licenses
Preceded by| Mandriva Linux
Official website| www.mageia.org/en

Mageia is a Linux-based operating system, distributed as free and open-source software. It was forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution.[6][7] The name comes from the Greek μαγεία (mageia, lit. magic – lit. sorcery).

The first release of the software distribution, Mageia 1, took place in June 2011.[8][9]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Desktop environments
* 3 Application repository
* 4 Development
* 4.1 Version history
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## History

Mageia was created in 2010 as a fork of Mandriva Linux,[6][7][10] by a group of former employees of Mandriva S.A. and several other members of the Mandriva community.

On September 2, 2010, Edge IT, one of the subsidiaries of Mandriva, was placed under liquidation process by the Tribunal de commerce in Paris;[11][12] effective September 17, all assets were liquidated and employees were let go.

The next day, on September 18, 2010, some of these former employees, who were mostly responsible for the development and maintenance of the Mandriva Linux distribution, and several community members announced the creation of Mageia, with the support of many members of the community of developers, users and employees of Mandriva Linux.[13]

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## Desktop environments

Mageia can use all major desktop environments. As was the case with Mandrake and Mandriva Linux, KDE Plasma is the main and the most used environment. End-users can choose from Plasma and GNOME 64-bit live DVD editions, 32-bit and 64-bit Xfce live DVD editions, and any environment in the full DVD installation edition.

It uses Mageia Control Center. LXDE, LXQt, Cinnamon, MATE and Enlightenment are also available.

## Application repository

Mageia offers a very large repository of software, such as productivity applications and a large variety of games. It was the first Linux distribution in which MariaDB replaced Oracle's MySQL.[14]

## Development

Mageia was originally planned to be released on a nine-month release cycle, with each release to be supported for 18 months.[15]

Actual practice has been to release a new version when the Mageia development community feels the new release is ready from quality and stability viewpoints.

The latest stable version is Mageia 9, released on 27 August 2023.

### Version history

Version | Release date | End-of-life date[16] | Kernel version

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1[17][18] | 2011-06-01  | 2012-12-01  | 2.6.38.7
2[19][20] | 2012-05-22  | 2013-11-22  | 3.3.6
3[21][22][23] | 2013-05-19  | 2014-11-26  | 3.8.13
4[24][25][26] | 2014-02-01  | 2015-09-19  | 3.12.13
4.1  | 2014-06-20  | 3.12.21
5[27][28] | 2015-06-19  | 2017-12-31  | 3.19.8
5.1  | 2016-12-02  | 4.4.30
6[29][30] | 2017-07-16  | 2019-09-30  | 4.9.35
6.1[31] | 2018-10-05  | 4.14.70
7.0[32][33] | 2019-07-01  | 2021-06-30  | 5.1.14
7.1[34][33] | 2019-07-16
8[35] | 2021-02-26  | 2023-11-30  | 5.10.16
9[36] | 2023-08-27  | 3 months after its successor's release date  | 6.4
Legend: Old version, not maintained Older version, still maintained Current stable version Future version

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## See also

* OpenMandriva Lx--a Linux distribution based on Mandriva Linux
* PCLinuxOS--another Linux distribution now independent, but whose start was based on Mandriva Linux
* Unity Linux--Mandriva-based distribution designed to be a base for end-user distributions

## References

1. ↑ "Announcing Mageia 6, finally ready to shine!". Mageia Blog (English). July 16, 2017. https://blog.mageia.org/en/2017/07/16/announcing-mageia-6/.
2. ↑ Davide (10 January 2026). "Mageia 10 First Alpha ISO Validated by Council" (in en-US). https://blog.mageia.org/en/2026/01/10/mageia-10-first-alpha-iso-validated-by-council/.
3. ↑ "Mageia Blog (English)". Mageia. https://blog.mageia.org/en.
4. ↑ "Available locales". Mageia. 26 November 2013. https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Available_locales.
5. ↑ "DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 730, 18 September 2017". 18 September 2017. http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20170918#mageia.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dalziel, Spencer (20 September 2010). "Ex-Mandriva Linux staff fork the distro". The Inquirer. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1733986/ex-mandriva-linux-staff-fork-distro.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Holwerda, Thom (19 September 2010). "Mandriva Fork Announced by Former Employees". OSnews. http://www.osnews.com/story/23820/Mandriva_Fork_Announced_by_Former_Employees.
8. ↑ Sufyan bin Uzayr (6 June 2011). "Mageia 1 Review: The Magic Begins Now!". Muktwar. http://www.muktware.com/articles/1336/mageia-1-review-magic-begins-now.
9. ↑ Heuillard, Romain (3 June 2011). "Mageia 1 : la variante purement communautaire de Mandriva est disponible". Clubic. http://www.clubic.com/linux-os/actualite-426042-mageia-1-fork-mandriva-linux-disponible.html.
10. ↑ Belfiore, Guillaume (September 20, 2010). "Mageia : un prochain fork de Mandriva". Clubic. http://www.clubic.com/linux-os/actualite-366354-mageia-prochain-fork-mandriva.html.
11. ↑ "EDGE-IT à paris sur SOCIETE.COM (444481204)" (in fr). Societe.com. 2010. http://www.societe.com/societe/edge-it-444481204.html.
12. ↑ "Edge-IT, le faux nez de Mandriva, en liquidation judiciaire" (in fr). Channelnews. 2010. http://www.channelnews.fr/accueil/en-bref/101-actualite-des-societes/7609-edge-it-la-filiale-operationnelle-de-mandriva-en-liquidation-judiciaire.html.
13. ↑ Community Mageia (September 18, 2010). "Public Announcement". http://www.mageia.org/en/about/2010-sept-announcement.html.
14. ↑ "Distributions Which Include MariaDB". AskMonty KnowledgeBase. http://kb.askmonty.org/en/distributions-which-include-mariadb.
15. ↑ Neil Richards (July 18, 2011). "Mageia Goes For 9 Month Release Cycle". Muktware. http://www.muktware.com/1878/mageia-goes-9-month-release-cycle.
16. ↑ Mageia. "Support for Mageia distribution". https://www.mageia.org/en/support. "Mageia releases are supported at least for 18 months. Or a minimum of 3 months after the next release, whichever is longer"
17. ↑ "Mageia 1.0 review - LinuxBSDos.com". 18 June 2011. http://linuxbsdos.com/2011/06/18/mageia-1-0-review.
18. ↑ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110627#feature.
19. ↑ "Mageia 2 review - LinuxBSDos.com". 4 June 2012. http://linuxbsdos.com/2012/06/03/mageia-2-review.
20. ↑ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20120604#feature.
21. ↑ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20130527#feature.
22. ↑ Watson, J.A.. "Hands on with Mageia 3 - ZDNet". https://www.zdnet.com/article/hands-on-with-mageia-3/.
23. ↑ "Mageia 3 – Gone in 60 seconds". http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/08/mageia-3-gone-in-60-seconds.html.
24. ↑ Watson, J.A.. "Mageia 4.0, hands-on: Another excellent release - ZDNet". https://www.zdnet.com/article/mageia-4-0-hands-on-another-excellent-release/.
25. ↑ "Mageia 4 review – Cinnamon, GNOME 3, KDE and MATE desktops - LinuxBSDos.com". 13 February 2014. http://linuxbsdos.com/2014/02/12/mageia-4-review-cinnamon-gnome-3-kde-and-mate-desktops.
26. ↑ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20140303#feature.
27. ↑ "Mageia 5 – So Much Better Than Last Time". http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2015/08/mageia-5-so-much-better-than-last-time.html.
28. ↑ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150914#mageia.
29. ↑ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.". https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20170918#mageia.
30. ↑ "Mageia 6 review - Very refreshing". https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/mageia-6.html.
31. ↑ "It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Mageia 6.1". Mageia. October 5, 2018. https://blog.mageia.org/en/2018/10/05/it-is-with-great-pleasure-that-we-announce-the-release-of-mageia-6-1.
32. ↑ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Distribution Release: Mageia 7". https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=10599.
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Mageia 7 will reach End of Support on 30th of June – "The king is dead, long live the king!"". Mageia. June 8, 2021. https://blog.mageia.org/en/2021/06/08/mageia-7-will-reach-end-of-support-on-30th-of-june-the-king-is-dead-long-live-the-king.
34. ↑ "Mageia 7.1, Mageia 7 with Ryzen 3000 hardware support". Mageia. July 16, 2019. https://blog.mageia.org/en/2019/07/16/mageia-7-1-mageia-7-with-ryzen-3000-hardware-support.
35. ↑ "Made it to a byte – announcing the release of Mageia 8". Mageia Blog (English) (Mageia). February 26, 2021. https://blog.mageia.org/en/2021/02/26/made-it-to-a-byte-announcing-the-release-of-mageia-8.
36. ↑ "Mageia 9 Release Notes - Mageia wiki". https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_9_Release_Notes.

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