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    Phoronix: Mageia 3 Beta 2 Is Ready For Testing

    The second beta release of Mageia 3 is now ready for testing...

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  • #2
    Who needs Mageia? What sets them appart from other distros?
    It is #2 on Distrowatch (I know this doesn't mean that much).
    But I have never seen anyone using it.

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    • #3
      It has traditionally been aimed at novice users, with user-friendliness being very important, ever since the Mandrake days. It also aims to offer a smooth desktop experience.

      Mandrake used to be something like Ubuntu for rpm-based distros, and there could be a good market for this. I don't know if this is still true, but Mandrake and Conectiva used to have quite a lot of mindshare in France and Brazil, respectively (like SUSE is still very popular in Germany), so that could play a big role too.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by blackout23 View Post
        Who needs Mageia? What sets them appart from other distros?
        It is #2 on Distrowatch (I know this doesn't mean that much).
        But I have never seen anyone using it.
        What sets Mageia apart is that it's a fully community distro with elected governance.

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        • #5
          From wikipedia:

          Package manager: RPM

          BBBZZZZZT. Wrong answer. NEXT!

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          • #6
            It's a distribution with a lot of attention towards usability (ease of use). It's just very simple and straight-forward to do everything there, and advanced options are also always there for those who need them. Plus it has good support for alternative desktops, like Razor-qt, and even then makes sure that they look consistent. Their community is very nice, too.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Hohlraum View Post
              From wikipedia:

              Package manager: RPM

              BBBZZZZZT. Wrong answer. NEXT!


              BBBZZZZZT. Another idiot. NEXT

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              • #8
                Sorry. I tend to have strong opinions about package managers as I've been using Linux since before they existed.

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