Mageia Linux

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The 9 most detailed of 9 comments. Each links to the original.

1. I'd much sooner go with Mageia or OpenSUSE than an Arch derivative.

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too”

2. the package versions in Mageia 9 were quite old

   Mixed · Jan 2026 · in “Mageia 10 Alpha Released – 32-Bit ISOs Still Available”

3. Mageia's also a fine European distro.

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Spoiling Linux Kernel with "sanctioned" code”

4. but last released in 2023?!

   Mixed · Jun 2026 · in “Windows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates”

5. The people I've switched from windows to Mageia since win11 all love it.

   Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Windows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates”

6. parental controls that are easy to use and don't surveil users

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “Null ID – A local daemon for age restrictions without surveillance”

7. There's also Mageia if you can stomach RPM instead of Deb

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark”

8. Am super glad that Mageia does too.

   Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “Mageia 10 keeps the 32-bit Linux flame alive”

9. which is stable as anything

   Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great”