Difference between revisions of "Mageia"

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Mageia 1

First release 06/01/2011

http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/06/01/mageia-1/

Initial Release Notes

Talk:Mageia

Download

Updated 04/11/2013

http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/1/

End of Life:http://blog.mageia.org/en/2012/12/02/mageia-1-eol

http://mageia.org/en/downloads/

https://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/iso/1/

Readme and iso contents Talk:Mageia

Detailed info on install methods: http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mageia_installation_media

http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/mageia/

http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/mageia/distrib/1/i586/install/images/

Notes

Creating a chroot: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packagers_chroot

Cauldron

Not available after release (Development Builds)

Task-sugar added 08/15/2011: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1969

Mageia 1 06/01/2011 released

beta2-dvd 25/04/2011

Alpha Release 15/02/2011

Beta Release 02/21/2012

Bugs

https://bugs.mageia.org/

https://bugs.mageia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mageia

http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=iso1:alpha1_errata Virtualbox 3 fix and fix for bootsplash

RPMS

http://members.hellug.gr/xrg/Mandriva/2010.1/RPMS/x86_64/

Notes

It is hoped that sugar will be available here, as it is based on Mandriva 2010.2

Note I was told on IRC that task-sugar would be made available after the release. satellit
http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=sciencesig

ToolKit

http://magcius.mecheye.net/shell/docs/st/

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-==Mageia==
+<noinclude>[[Category:Supported systems]]</noinclude>
-[[File:Mageia-2011.png|250px]]
+<span class="linkgroup">[[File:Mageia-2011.png|250px|link=http://www.mageia.org/]]</span>
 :Linux Distribution ported from Mandriva 2010.2
 ::Many contributors from Mandriva are building this Distribution.
-===Mageia 2 alpha 2===
+===Mageia_5_beta3===
-*new; Dec 15 2011--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 11:10, 19 December 2011 (EST)
+::Updated 02/15/2015
-*Release Notes: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_alpha2
+:https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_5_beta3
-*Announcement: http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/12/15/next-step-alpha-2-is-ready-to-test/
+*Release Notes
- Here's the next milestone on the way to Mageia 2 - alpha 2 ISO images are ready for download.
+:https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_5_Release_Notes
- Major new features: ships with the latest stable release of the kernel 3.1 with support for improved virtualisation with Xen native support,
+*Download
- improved performances and new subsystem such as a new iSCSI stack or NFC, and better security with the Tomoyo framework;
+:http://www.mageia.org/en/5/
- latest stable glibc 2.14.1; Systemd for booting; with KDE 4.7.4 with the target of reaching 4.8.x for final release;
+::http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-5-beta3-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-5-beta3-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso
- GNOME 3.3.3 with the target of reaching 3.4.x for final release; up-to-date LXDE packages, including PCManFM 0.0.10; Sugar 0.95 is in the repository.....
+::http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/Mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-5-beta3-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-5-beta3-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso
+::http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/mageia.org/pub/mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-5-beta3-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-5-beta3-x86_64-DVD.iso
+===Mageia 3===
+*Updated 03/31/2013
-====Downloads====
+:Download:http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/
-:http://www.mageia.org/en/2/
+*beta 4
-:http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-2-alpha2-LiveCD-GNOME-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD/Mageia-2-alpha2-LiveCD-GNOME-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD.iso
+::http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-3-beta4-i586-DVD/Mageia-3-beta4-i586-DVD.iso
-:http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-2-alpha2-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD/Mageia-2-alpha2-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-i586-CD.iso
+::http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/iso/cauldron/Mageia-3-beta4-x86_64-DVD/Mageia-3-beta4-x86_64-DVD.iso
-:http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/
+::http://blog.mageia.org/en/2013/03/10/mageia-3-beta-3-is-finally-out/
+::Release Notes: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_3_beta3
+:Errata:https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_3_Errata#Live
+:http://www.mageia.org/3/
+:http://www.mageia.org/en/about/
+*Ranked 2 in Distrowatch:http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
+::http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mageia
+::http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=07685
+====Install Sugar====
+Update 03/11/2013
+*NOTE: Sugar-emulator 0.98.3 and task-sugar 0.96.0 offered but show up as white screens
+:add programs - search sugar or task-sugar
+*https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1969#c24
+[[File:Mageia-3-beta3-task-sugar.png|700px]]
-====Adding Sugar 0.95.1 to Mageia 2 alpha2====
+===Mageia 2===
-:'''This is not a complete install at this time'''
-:surf-115 and Browse do not start
-:Initial request to include task-sugar: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1969
-:Run from Education/Sugar
-*Install Mageia-2-alpha2-LiveCD-KDE-Europe1-Americas-i586
-::Boot Live CD
-::Use Live Installer (Drakelive-install)
-::Use whole Disk
-*Boots to Login Screen KDE is default
+:Great News;
-:'''Session'''
+: Mageia-2  has task-sugar 0.95.1 and sugar-emulator 0.95.3. [1]
-# Default
+: Ranked 2 in Distrowatch [2]
-# Custom
+: (Mageia is the independent fork of Mandriva built by a majority  of the Mandriva developers.)
-# IceWM
+:Runs GNOME 3.4.1 Shell on ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 netbook
-# KDE4
+:Runs GNOME 3.4.1 in Gnome-classic in VirtualBox
-# Sugar  (After install detailed below)
-# drak3d
-# Failsafe
-*Magia Control Center (Drakconf.real)
-*Configure media sources for install and update
-:Click Add
-:(Long Download)
-:Check these Mirror Lists:
- Enabled/ Updates
-                 CD-ROM Core Media  <==(Uncheck this)
- X               Core Release
- x         x     Core Updates
-                 NonFree Updates
-                 Tainted Updates
-:(OK)
-*Update your System
-:(long Download)
-::Re-Boot
-*Install & Remove Software
-:Search: "Sugar"
-::Select sugar-emulator 0.95,1
-:Apply
-*(Task-sugar 0.95.1 will not install due to missing dependencies)
-:(Individual items in sugar are no longer displayed here)
-*Exit Magia Control Center
-*Enter Konsole
- su
- password
- urpmi task-sugar --allow-force
- installs 80 of 90 rpms
- message '''gnome-keyring: no socket to connect to'''
-*start sugar-emulator with: Applications/Education/Sugar
-*Drag sugar ICON from favorites to desktop
-:properties sugar-emulator -f  (full screen)
-=====About my Computer=====
-  Build:            Mageia release 2 (Cauldron) for i586
- Sugar:            0.95.1
- Firmware:         v1.05
- Wireless Firmware wlan0:N/A eth0:N/A
-=====[[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Activities|Activities]]=====
- log 27
- turtle art 129
- pippy 44
- etoys 115 (DOES NOT START)
- chat 73 (Does not share on neighborhood f1)
- image viewer 17
- calculate 38
- terminal 35
- jukebox 23
- write 77 (DOES NOT START)
-=====[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Drag-Drop|Drag-Drop install from 2nd USB-stick]]=====
+*[1] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mageia
- firefox 6
+====Downloads====
- surf-115 (DOES NOT START)
+*Mageia 2 https://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/
- IRC 10
+:[2] http://www.mageia.org/en/2/
+:http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/
-*NO browser is a problem.
+====Install Sugar====
-:the applications Browse and Surf-115 have missing dependencies (see above) and do not start.
+*Updated March 10 2013
-:[http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/downloads/file/26526/firefox-6.xo Firefox-6.xo] works if installed with [[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Drag-Drop|Drag-Drop install]]
+:'''Do not update Mageia (Gtk2.0 => Gtk3.0 will cause browse to fail)'''
-:But does not save to the sugar-journal as it is not properly "sugarized" (integrated into sugar)
+*add programs - search sugar
+: Choose task-sugar and sugar-emulator
+[[File:Mageia2-sugar.png]]
+*Sugar: About my Computer
+[[File:Mageia-2.png]]
+*Problems:
+:Sugar Jabber connection fails if anything is changed in the sugar control panel
+::Known Bug in sugar 0.95.x
+:Update of Mageia: (Gtk2.0 => Gtk3.0) will cause browse to fail.
+====Tutorials: Introduction to the Sugar Interface====
+*[[Tutorials/Introduction to the Sugar Interface]]
+:A series of annotated screen shots describing basic Sugar-desktop operations and how to do them.
 ===Web Site===
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 *http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/06/01/mageia-1/
 ===Initial Release Notes===
-[[Talk:Community/Distributions/Mageia]]
+[[Talk:Mageia]]
 ====Download====
+::Updated 04/11/2013
+*http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/1/
+:End of Life:http://blog.mageia.org/en/2012/12/02/mageia-1-eol
 :http://mageia.org/en/downloads/
 :https://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/iso/1/
-: Readme and iso contents http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Community/Distributions/Mageia
+: Readme and iso contents [[Talk:Mageia]]
 : '''Detailed info on install methods: http://www.mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mageia_installation_media'''
 :http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/mageia/
 :http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/mageia/distrib/1/i586/install/images/
+====Notes====
+*Creating a chroot: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packagers_chroot
 ===Cauldron===
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 :beta2-dvd   25/04/2011
 :Alpha Release 15/02/2011
+:Beta Release 02/21/2012
 ===Bugs===

Difference between revisions of "Mageia"

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Contents

Mageia_5_beta3

Mageia 3

Install Sugar

Mageia 2

Downloads

Install Sugar

Tutorials: Introduction to the Sugar Interface

Web Site

Blog

Reviews

Mailing list

Mirrors

IRC

Make a Live CD/USB

dd install to USB

Mageia 1

Initial Release Notes

Download

Notes

Cauldron

Bugs

RPMS

Notes

ToolKit

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