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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."

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  1. Sounds like a game name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Am I the only one who thought this was the name of a game?

    1. Re:Sounds like a game name by lennier1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Considering Mandrake is a comic character, that's quite an achievement! ;)
      But you're right, it was because of a lawsuit from the Hearst Corporation (their comic subsidiary also holds the rights to The Phantom, Flash Gordon, Popeye and a ton of other classic stuff).

  2. Re:what is the point of forking a distro ? by tripleevenfall · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There are so many forks to so many distros out there, the goal of getting a lot of people to coalesce around one distro so Linux can gain some momentum becomes a pipe dream. (as if it wasn't already)

    I think it's probably a case of egos more than anything

  3. Re:what is the point of forking a distro ? by flyingfsck · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Each Linux distribution is a different business entity, with different customers. Do you really believe that there should be only one Sirius Cybernetics Corporation that makes everything (badly)?

    --
    Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!