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Mageia 3 Released

Posted by timothy on from the linux-mandrake-back-to-the-future dept.

Freshly Exhumed writes "Forked from Mandriva Linux back in 2010, Mageia Linux has hit a new release milestone. Trish at the Mageia blog announces: 'All grown up and ready to go dancing: Mageia 3's out! We still can't believe how much fun it is to make Mageia together, and we've been doing it for two and a half years. For people who can't wait, get it here; release notes are here. To upgrade from Mageia 2, see here.'" Adds reader hduff: "It offers cutting edge and stable versions of your favorite applications and desktop environments as well as a version of the STEAM gaming software."

3 of 89 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Fun putting together a distro? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Give me a break! Dude, if you're ready to go dancing and having fun putting together a distro there's something wrong with you - get off the sauce!

    It is fun, when you're putting together the Disney of distros...

  2. Re:Sounds like a game name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    All went down the drain when they changed the name from mystical "Mandrake" to "Mandriva", which sounds like the name of a night club for french gay vampires.

  3. Re:Sounds like a game name by greg1104 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Mandriva", which sounds like the name of a night club for french gay vampires.

    Still a better love story than Twi...actually, that's almost the same story.