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Mageia is for...

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  • ...the daily work!

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    Providing office suites, development environments, database tools,...

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  • ...fun and entertainment!

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    Providing games, audio and video players, PVRs,...

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  • ...actuality and stability!

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    Not sacrificing stability for the single purpose of being cutting edge, but staying actual enough, providing recent stable releases of applications...

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  • ...universal usage!

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    Providing a large scale of applications, mirroring the different needs of the community building the distribution

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  • ...the community!

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    Mageia is a distribution built by the community for the community, maing it easy and comfortable for everyone to contribute to the great work!

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  • ...people!

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    Mageia is not only a technical project. Mageia is a living community consisting of people from all over the world. So the distribution is made for the people using it.

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Mageia is focusing on...

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  • ...users

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    Run Mageia inside or beside your existing Operation system, or use a LiveCD to try Mageia without changing your system.

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    Easy installation - choose from a standard list of things to do, or choose individual packages. Have your fully-working system up and running really fast! Choose from a range of desktops - make your computing environment just the way you like it.

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    Mageia is safe, stable and secure by default. Automatic updates and an on-by-default firewall keep it that way.

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    Lots of Productive Desktop applications - Web browsing, email, Office suites, Graphics management and editing, audio and video players, CD and DVD burning, games and more - we've got your software needs covered.

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    All the system administration tools at your fingertips - control your system yourself, or use our simple tools. New users can feel safe with the default settings.

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    Support from the community - join our mailing lists and forums, or talk to people online using IRC.

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    We're following the UNIX tradition of letting people have fun with their computer by programming - Mageia 1 is fully loaded with various popular compilers and interpreters

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    While our schedule didn't permit us to offer everything we planned, we tried very hard to cover most needs.

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    • glibc 2.12.1
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    • gtk+ 2.24.4
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    • qt 4.7.3
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    • perl 5.12.3
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    • python 2.7.1
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    • ruby 1.8.7
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    • php 5.3.6
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    • java openjdk 1.6.0.0
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    • java sun 1.6.0.25
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    • netbeans 6.9
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    • anjuta 2.32.1.1
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    • kdevelop 4.2.2
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    • padre 0.840.0
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    We're ready to welcome your feedback and contributions to improve this for next release - check the contact links, and contact us with questions and suggestions.

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  • ...contributors

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