I just downloaded and installed Mageia on a spare HD I have here to just try out. After problems with booting into the install from Kubuntu's grub2 I was able to get in (with help from the Ubuntu forum). It looks and acts just like Mandriva from which it forked. So far, everything has run smoothly.
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Re: Has anyone else tried Mageia yet?
Installing from netinstall now...
Why do they only offer 32-bit LiveCDs? For 64-bit, I havbe to download a DVD or use the netinstall. No one downloads DVDs anymore... -
Re: Has anyone else tried Mageia yet?
I have the 32-bit Gnome version installed. For now, Mageia is using the Classic Gnome 2.32.1 with a few apps from version 3 like gucharmap. I personally would rather use a (Live)-CD because it is a much quicker and smaller dl than a DVD, even an iso that could only fit a DVD like LM KDE edition or such.The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers. -- Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires (now Pope Francis)Comment
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Re: Has anyone else tried Mageia yet?
I installed the 64-bit KDE version in Parallels desktop for mac. Nice control center, highly customized KDE & LSB compliant. Package selection isn't as good as *buntu with GetDeb or Fedora with rpmfusion. Like the installer, but this isn't a system for old computers.Comment
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Re: Has anyone else tried Mageia yet?
Yes, I did. It inherits most of itself from Mandriva and therefore doesn't have a way to connect to the Internet via a CDMA device.http://saurav.celestarium.org/Comment
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Re: Has anyone else tried Mageia yet?
Earlier this week I upgraded my MAgeia install from 1 to Cauldron, which is their version of Mandriva's Cooker or OpenSuse's Factory. After I did that, the number of packages increased, and I was welcomed with Gnome 3 with the shell. There must be something wrong with Mageia's implementation of mutter because every timer I log into the Gnome shell it (mutter) crashes. I could still into the "classic" UI to anything like upgrading though. Other than that, Mageia is OK, not greatlike Kubuntu is.The unjust distribution of goods persists, creating a situation of social sin that cries out to Heaven and limits the possibilities of a fuller life for so many of our brothers. -- Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires (now Pope Francis)Comment
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