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Download Mageia 1

http://ftp.mandrivauser.de/mirrors/Mageia/iso/1/

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Which iso should I download?

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Please read below to get more information about Mageia isos content.

Hybrid isos

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All isos are hybrid isos. You can dump it on a USB key and use this key as an install media using "dd" command.

Mageia DVDs

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The dvds edition of Mageia are 'free' in both senses: it costs nothing and it contains only free and open source software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation and Open Source Initiative. It contains a fully functional distribution with a range of applications aimed at typical desktop use. It must be installed to your hard disk prior to use. This is the ideal edition of Mageia to use if you wish to evaluate a comprehensive Mageia edition, or if you wish to use only free / open source software on your system.

DVD version is the most complete version of Mageia edition. You can choose 32 or 64 bits version depending of your architecture.

Mageia dual arch mini iso

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Mini iso proposes all minimum for a light environment for both 32 and 64 arch. Choice is done when starting installation. This iso will provide very basic graphical environment and minimal installation. This is not targetting very beginner users.

Mageia live CDs

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Live CDs are operating system which boot and run directly from CD, with no installation required, and without making any permanent change to the system on which it runs. The small size also makes it ideal for users with slow or bandwidth limited Internet connections.

You will find 8 CDs images, providing KDE or GNOME graphical environment. Then choose the right languages set following below list:

mageia-livecd-1-GNOME-africa-india-cdrom-i586

Afrikaans (af) Amharic (am) Arabic (ar) Assamese (as) Berber (ber) Bengali (bn) English (American) (en_US) Hausa (ha) Hebrew (he) Hindi (hi) Igbo (ig) Kannada (kn) Malayalam (ml) Marathi (mr) Punjabi (gurmukhi) (pa_IN) Tamil (ta) Tswana (tn) Tsonga (ts) Venda (ve) Xhosa (xh) Yoruba (yo) Zulu (zu)

mageia-livecd-1-GNOME-asia-noindia-cdrom-i586

English (American) (en_US) Indonesian (id) Japanese (ja) Korean (ko) Thai (th) Vietnamese (vi) Chinese Simplified (zh_CN) Chinese Traditional (zh_TW)

mageia-livecd-1-GNOME-europe1-americas-cdrom-i586

German (de) Greek (el) English (Australia) (en_AU) English (Canada) (en_CA) English (en_GB) English (Ireland) (en_IE) English (New-Zealand) (en_NZ) English (American) (en_US) English (South Africa) (en_ZA) Spanish (es) French (fr) Italian (it) Dutch (nl) Portuguese (pt) Portuguese Brazil (pt_BR) Turkish (tr)

mageia-livecd-1-GNOME-europe2-cdrom-i586

Bulgarian (bg) Czech (cs) Danish (da) English (American) (en_US) Estonian (et) Finnish (Suomi) (fi) Croatian (hr) Hungarian (hu) Lithuanian (lt) Latvian (lv) Norwegian Bokmaal (nb) Norwegian Nynorsk (nn) Polish (pl) Romanian (ro) Russian (ru) Swedish (sv) Ukrainian (uk) Uzbek (uz) Uzbek (cyrillic) (uz@cyrillic)

mageia-livecd-1-KDE4-africa-india-cdrom-i586