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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
:Linux Distribution ported from Mandriva 2010.2
::Many contributors from Mandriva are building this Distribution.
::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]]


===Mageia 2===


====Adding Sugar 0.95.1 to Mageia 2 alpha2====
:Great News;
:'''This is not a complete install at this time'''
: Mageia-2  has task-sugar 0.95.1 and sugar-emulator 0.95.3. [1]
:surf-115 and Browse do not start
: Ranked 2 in Distrowatch [2]
:Initial request to include task-sugar: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1969
: (Mageia is the independent fork of Mandriva built by a majority  of the Mandriva developers.)
:Run from Education/Sugar
:Runs GNOME 3.4.1 Shell on ACER ASPIRE ONE N450 netbook
*Install Mageia-2-alpha2-LiveCD-KDE-Europe1-Americas-i586
:Runs GNOME 3.4.1 in Gnome-classic in VirtualBox
::Boot Live CD
::Use Live Installer (Drakelive-install)
::Use whole Disk


*Boots to Login Screen KDE is default
*[1] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mageia
:'''Session'''
====Downloads====
# GNOME
*Mageia 2 https://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/
# GnomeClassic  <== use this option
:[2] http://www.mageia.org/en/2/
# IceWM
:http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/
# Sugar  (After install detailed below)
====Install Sugar====
# drak3d
*Updated March 10 2013
*Magia Control Center (Drakconf.real)
:'''Do not update Mageia (Gtk2.0 => Gtk3.0 will cause browse to fail)'''
*Configure media sources for install and update
*add programs - search sugar
:Click Add
: Choose task-sugar and sugar-emulator
:(Long Download)
[[File:Mageia2-sugar.png]]
:Check these Mirror Lists:
*Sugar: About my Computer
Enabled/ Updates
[[File:Mageia-2.png]]
                CD-ROM Core Media  <==(Uncheck this)
*Problems:
X              Core Release   
:Sugar Jabber connection fails if anything is changed in the sugar control panel
x        x    Core Updates   
::Known Bug in sugar 0.95.x
                NonFree Updates 
:Update of Mageia: (Gtk2.0 => Gtk3.0) will cause browse to fail.
                Tainted Updates 
====Tutorials: Introduction to the Sugar Interface====
:(OK)
*[[Tutorials/Introduction to the Sugar Interface]]
*Update your System
:A series of annotated screen shots describing basic Sugar-desktop operations and how to do them.
:(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)
=====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]]=====
firefox 6
surf-115 (DOES NOT START)
IRC 10
 
*NO browser is a problem.
:the applications Browse and Surf-115 have missing dependencies (see above) and do not start.
:[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]]
:But does not save to the sugar-journal as it is not properly "sugarized" (integrated into sugar)


===Web Site===
===Web Site===
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*http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/06/01/mageia-1/
*http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/06/01/mageia-1/
===Initial Release Notes===
===Initial Release Notes===
[[Talk:Community/Distributions/Mageia]]
[[Talk:Mageia]]
====Download====
====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/
:http://mageia.org/en/downloads/
:https://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/iso/1/
: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'''
: '''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/
:http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/mageia/distrib/1/i586/install/images/
: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===
===Cauldron===
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:beta2-dvd  25/04/2011
:beta2-dvd  25/04/2011
:Alpha Release 15/02/2011
:Alpha Release 15/02/2011
:Beta Release 02/21/2012


===Bugs===
===Bugs===