Mageia
Sign in to saveMageia is a Linux-based operating system, distributed as free and open-source software. It was forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution. The name comes from the Greek (, ).
Key facts
- OS.name
- Mageia
- OS.logo
- Mageia logo.svgclass=skin-invert
- OS.screenshot
- Mageia 8 Welcome screen.png
- OS.caption
- Screenshot of Mageia 8 KDE
- OS.family
- Linux (Unix-like)
- OS.working state
- Active
- OS.source model
- Open source
- OS.latest preview version
- 10 alpha
- OS.language
- 167 languages
- OS.kernel type
- Monolithic (Linux)
- OS.userland
- GNU
- OS.ui
- KDE Plasma Desktop (Live USB/DVD), GNOME 3 Desktop (Live USB/DVD), XFCE (Live USB/DVD)LXDE, LXQt, Cinnamon, MATE, Enlightenment
- OS.license
- Free software licenses(mainly GPL) and other licenses
- OS.supported platforms
- i586, amd64
- OS.package manager
- DNF (alternate) and urpmi (legacy)
- OS.preceded by
- Mandriva Linux
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Desktop environments
- Application repository
- Development
- Version history
- See also
- References
- External links
Mageia is a Linux-based operating system, distributed as free and open-source software. It was forked from the Mandriva Linux distribution. The name comes from the Greek (, ).
The first release of the software distribution, Mageia 1, took place in June 2011.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mageia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.