Mageia is a computer operating system forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution. It is distributed as free and open source software.[3][4]
The Greek term mageía (μαγεία) means "magic".[5]
The first release of the software distribution, Mageia 1, took place in June 2011.[6][7]
History
Mageia was created in 2010 as a fork of Mandriva Linux,[3][4][8] by a group of former employees of Mandriva S.A. and several other developers and users and supporters of the Mandriva community.
On September 2, 2010, Edge IT, one of the subsidiaries of Mandriva, was placed under liquidation process by the Paris (France) Tribunal de Commerce;[9][10] effective by 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.[11]
Desktop Environment
Like many other distributions, Mageia uses all major desktop environments. Similar to Mandrake/Mandriva Linux, KDE (K Desktop Environment) is the main and the most used environment. End-users can choose from KDE and GNOME for the small installation DVD edition, any environment in full DVD edition and LXDE on the dual-arch CD.
Development
Mageia is planned to be released on a 9-month release cycle, with each release to be supported for 2 cycles, that is 18 months.[12]
The latest stable version is Mageia 2, released in May 2012.
Version history
| Color | Meaning |
|---|
| Red | Release no longer supported |
| Green | Release still supported |
| Blue | Future release |
| Project Name | Version | Release date | End-of-life date | Kernel version |
|---|
| Mageia | 1 | June 1, 2011 | December 1, 2012 | 2.6.38 |
|---|
| 2 | May 22, 2012 | November 22, 2013 | 3.3.6 |
| 3 (Cauldron) | may 3rd, 2013 | | |
Notable Features
Mageia is the first Linux distribution where MariaDB replaced Oracle's MySQL.[13]
Derivative products
Mandriva SA announced that they will use the Mageia distribution as a technical platform for their new Business Server product.[14]
See also
- Mandriva Linux
- PCLinuxOS another Linux Distribution based on Mandriva Linux
- Unity Linux a Mandriva-based distribution designed to be a base for end user distributions.
References
- ^ "Mageia 2 supported locales". Mageia. November 17, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ^ http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/05/18/ mageia-2-and-the-default-gnome-3-desk top/
- ^ a b Spencer Dalziel (September 20, 2010). "Ex-Mandriva Linux staff fork the distro". The Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ a b Thom Holwerda (September 19, 2010). "Mandriva Fork Announced by Former Employees". OSnews. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ "Etymology of the Greek word mageia (μαγεία)". myEtymology. 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ Sufyan bin Uzayr (June 6, 2011). "Mageia 1 Review: The Magic Begins Now!". Muktwar. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ Heuillard, Romain (June 3, 2011). "Mageia 1 : la variante purement communautaire de Mandriva est disponible". Clubic. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ Belfiore, Guillaume (September 20, 2010). "Mageia : un prochain fork de Mandriva". Clubic. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ "EDGE-IT à paris sur SOCIETE.COM (444481204)" (in French). Societe.com. 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ "Edge-IT, le faux nez de Mandriva, en liquidation judiciaire" (in French). Channelnews. 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ Community Mageia (September 18, 2010). "Public Announcement". Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ Neil Richards (July 18, 2011). "Mageia Goes For 9 Month Release Cycle". Muktware. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ "Distributions Which Include MariaDB". AskMonty KnowledgeBase. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ^ Croset, Jean-Manuel. "Mandriva SA evolves". Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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