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        <div id="hd" role="banner"><h1><a id="logo" href="/"><span>Mageia</span></a> <span class="lsep">|</span> <span class="subh">Support</span></h1></div>
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                            <li><a href="#comm">Community Support</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#pro">Professional Support</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#hw">Hardware Requirements</a></li>
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                    <h2 id="comm">Community Support</h2>
                    <p>If you need help, information or directions about the Mageia distribution
                        you installed or about the project, you can try to reach us through:</p>
                    <ul class="hl">
                        <li><a href="http://forums.mageia.org/en/">Community support forums</a> in English
                            &ndash; see <a href="https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewforum.php?f=20">other
                                Mageia community forums</a> for support in your language;</li>
                        <li>IRC channels where you can discuss live with other Mageia users and contributors:
                            <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/#mageia" hreflang="en">#mageia</a>
                            or other localized <a href="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=irc#channels_in_other_languages">channels</a>;
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                        <li>our <a href="http://mageia.org/wiki/">Wiki</a> (still rough at the time, we're working on it!).</li>
                        <li>(to be done: mailing-lists, documentation, local events info)</li>
                    </ul>

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                    <h2 id="pro">Professional Support</h2>
                    <p>Mageia.Org does not provide or endorse commercial/professional
                        support or other services around the distribution.
                        But there are organizations providing such services and more.</p>
                    <p>Please check the <a href="/wiki/doku.php?id=commercial_vendors">commercial vendors</a> list.</p>

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                    <h2 id="hw">Hardware Requirements</h2>
                    <p>Mageia software runs on most of x86 computer systems available as of today, April 2011.</p>

                    <p>You can follow this hardware requirements list:</p>
                    <ul class="hl">
                        <li>Processor: any AMD, Intel or VIA processor;</li>
                        <li>Memory (RAM): 512MB minimum, 2GB recommended;</li>
                        <li>Storage (HDD): 1GB for a minimal installation, 6GB for a full setup;</li>
                        <li>Optical drive: CD or DVD depending on the ISO you use (network, USB key installation available);</li>
                        <li>Graphic card: any ATI, Intel, Matrox, nVidia, SiS or VIA graphic card;</li>
                        <li>Sound card: any AC97, HDA or Sound Blaster sound card.</li>
                    </ul>
                    <p>For some kind of some hardware (Wi-Fi chipsets, 3D graphic cards) to work properly,
                        specific firmware or software may be needed, that is available in a specific
                        online repository called "nonfree" (learn more).</p>

                    <p class="dlinfo">We may set up a hardware compatibility list/directory
                        as well as a hardware certification process; but that's
                        still at the planning stage. Feel free to join/contact our
                        <a href="/wiki/doku.php?id=web">Web</a> and <a href="/wiki/doku.php?id=qateam">QA</a> teams
                        if you would like to help in this regard.</p>

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