Mageia 6.1 Released, Available For Download
Donald Stewart has announced the release of Mageia 6.1, an updated build of the desktop-oriented Linux distribution which was launched in 2010 as a fork of the defunct Mandriva Linux. The new version represents the accumulation of all software updates since the release of Mageia 6 some 15 months ago
Mageia is a GNU/Linux-based, Free Software operating system.It is a community project, supported by a nonprofit organisation of elected contributors.
Beyond just delivering a secure, stable and sustainable operating system, the goal is also to become and maintain a credible and recognized community in the free software world.
This release brings all of the updates and development that has gone into Mageia 6 together into fresh installation media, giving users a kernel that supports hardware released after Mageia 6. The new installations will benefit from the countless updates that current fully updated Mageia systems will have, allowing new installations to avoid the need for a large update post install. So if you are currently running an up to date Mageia 6 system, there is no need to reinstall Mageia 6.1 as you will already be running the same packages.
This release is available with only Live media, i.e. Live Plasma, Live GNOME and Live Xfce in 64bits, and Live Xfce in 32 bits. A network installation is also available, for users wanting more granular control over the installation.
Some of the release highlights include:
- Firefox – 60.2
- Chromium – 68
- LibreOffice – 5.3.7.2
- Plasma – 5.12.2
- GNOME – 3.24.3
- Xfce – 4.12.0
- VLC – 3.0.2
- Kernel – 4.14.70
The kernel used in this release is the latest longterm support kernel, giving a well tested and stable base for the rest of the system.
Download (mirror list, pkglist):
Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-Plasma-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,382MB, SHA512, signature, torrent)
Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-GNOME-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,127MB, SHA512, signature, torrent)
Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-Xfce-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,974MB, SHA512, signature, torrent)
Mageia-6.1-LiveDVD-Xfce-i586-DVD.iso (1,935MB, SHA512, signature, torrent).
