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The term Mageia — ìáãåßá in greek — means <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic" title="Magic">magic</a> in english. It's a reference to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Mandrake" title="Leon Mandrake">Mandrake (the magician)</a>, old name of the distribution <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva_Linux" title="Mandriva Linux">Mandriva Linux</a>.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/20 Oliver Burger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oliver.bgr@googlemail.com">oliver.bgr@googlemail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Maurice Batey <<a href="mailto:maurice@bcs.org.uk">maurice@bcs.org.uk</a>><br>
</div><div class="im">> I must have missed some posting that explains "mageia"!<br>
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> What is the origin of this name, please?<br>
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</div>It's ancient greek and means "magic".<br>
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Oliver<br>
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