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Mageia Specifications

  1. Copied from the site: CentOS Product Specifications
  2. Mageia 1 Note Release - Mageia 1 development
  3. Mageia 2 Note Release - Mageia 2 development
  4. Mageia 3 Proposed Feature Mageia 3 - Mageia 3 development
  5. Linux Package Search
Lifetime Lifecicle
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Release June 01, 2011 May 22, 2012 Mar 20, 2013
End of suport Dec 31, 2012 Nov 30, 2013 Sep 30, 2014
Architecture
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Latest Release 1 2 3
Desktop
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Desktop Environments
KDE4 Yes Yes Yes
GNOME Yes Yes Yes
LXDE Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
XFCE4 Yes Yes Yes
E17 Yes Yes Yes
Razor-Qt Yes Yes Yes
Window Managers
Openbox Yes Yes Yes
WindowMaker Yes Yes Yes
IceWM Yes Yes Yes
Fluxbox Yes Yes Yes
Fvwm2 Yes Yes Yes
Awesome Yes Yes Yes
DESKTOP APPLICATIONS
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Office
LibreOffice Yes Yes Yes
Caligra Yes Yes Yes
KOffice No No No
Finance Manager
KmyMoney Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Skrooge Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
GnuCash Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Communications
Instant Messaging
Kopete Yes Yes Yes
Pidgin Yes Yes Yes
Empathy Yes Yes Yes
Kadu Yes Yes Yes
IRC
Quassel Yes Yes Yes
Konversation Yes Yes Yes
XChat-gnome Yes Yes Yes
KVIr Yes Yes Yes
VOIP
QuteCom Yes Yes Yes
Ekiga Yes Yes Yes
CCTV Security
ZoneMinder Yes Yes Yes
Virtualisation Yes Yes Yes
VirtualBox Yes Yes Yes
virt-manager Yes Yes Yes
Graphics
Gimp Yes Yes Yes
Inkscape Yes Yes Yes
Blender Yes Yes Yes
Multimedia Applications
Multimedia Players
Amarok Yes Yes Yes
Rhythmbox Yes Yes Yes
Totem Yes Yes Yes
VLC Yes Yes Yes
MPlayer Yes Yes Yes
XBMC Media Center Yes Yes Yes
Multimedia Editors
Avidemux Yes Yes Yes
Kino Yes Yes Yes
OpenShot Yes Yes Yes
TV-related Multimedia Applications
MythTV Yes Yes Yes
Miro Yes Yes Yes
Recommended minimum requirements
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
x86 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
other architectures Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Minimum disk space Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
KVM-Virtualization
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Maximum number of cores on host Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum memory on host Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum number of vCPUs in fully virtualized

guest (x86/x86_64)

Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum memory in fully virtualized guest

(x86/x86_64)

Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Minimum memory in fully virtualized guest

(x86/x86_64)

Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
OS features (Kernel, Server, Client, etc.)
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Kernel Linux 2.6.38.8 Linux 3.3.6 Linux 3.5.0 *
Compiler/toolchain Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Languages supported Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
SELinux Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Ext3 Performance Enhancements Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Bluetooth support Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Hyperthreading scheduler Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
IPv6 support Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Autofs V4 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Auditing Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Compatibility libraries (toolchain) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
LSB support Yes/ 2.0-34 Yes/ 2.0-36 Yes/ 2.0-38
NFS Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Web Server Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Server Message Block (SMB) Samba 3.5.8 Samba 3.6.5 Samba 3.6.6 *
Database MySQL-5.5.10, PostgreSQL 9.0 Mariadb-5.5.25, PostgreSQL 9.1 mariadb-5.5.25, PostgreSQL 9.1 *
Programming Languages Php 5.3.6, python? perl? Php 5.3.13, python? perl? ?
Desktop GUI KDE SC 4.6.3, GNOME 2.32,

XFCE4 4.8.1, LXDE

KDE SC 4.8.2, GNOME 3.4,

XFCE4 4.9.0, LXDE

KDE SC 4.9.0, GNOME 3.5,

XFCE4 4.10, LXDE (*)

Graphics Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Office Suite LibreOffice 3.3.2.2 LibreOffice 3.5 LibreOffice 3.6 (*)
Ximian Evolution Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Default browser Firefox 4.0.1 Firefox ESR 10.0.4 Firefox 14 (*)
Multimedia capabilities Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Plug and Play Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Other items (available seperately from Mageia)
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Cluster Suite Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Global File System Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
  • * Mageia 3 is still in development, as Cauldron
  • This page is created and maintained by _______________-. Other Wiki contributors are invited to make corrections, additions, or modifications.



Mageia Specifications

  1. Copied from the site: CentOS Product Specifications
  2. Mageia 1 Note Release - Mageia 1 development
  3. Mageia 2 Note Release - Mageia 2 development
  4. Mageia 3 Proposed Feature Mageia 3 - Mageia 3 development
  5. Linux Package Search
End of Lifetime (EOL) Dates
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Release June 01, 2011 May 22, 2012 Mar 20, 2013
End of suport Dec 31, 2012 Nov 30, 2013 Sep 30, 2014
Architecture
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Latest Release 1 2 3
Supports x86 Systems (32-bit Pentium, AMD, Via) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Supports x86_64 systems (AMD64/EM64T) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Supports ia64 systems5 (Itanium2) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Supports s390/s390x systems (IBM zSeries

& IBM S/390)

Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Supports ppc/ppc64 systems (IBM Power, Mac) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Supports SPARC systems (Sun SPARC processors) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Supports Alpha systems (DEC Alpha processors) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
CPU / Memory / Filesystem limits (Tested/possible)
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Maximum logical CPUs
x86 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
ia64 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
x86_64 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
PPC Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
s390/S390x Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
SPARC Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Alpha Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum memory
x86 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
ia64 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
x86_64 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
PPC Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
s390/S390x Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
SPARC Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Alpha Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Filesystem
Maximum filesize (ext3) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum file system size (ext3) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum filesize (ext4) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum file system size (ext4) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum boot LUN size (BIOS) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum x86 per-process virtual address space Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum x86_64 per-process virtual address space Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Recommended minimum requirements
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
x86 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
other architectures Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Minimum disk space Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
KVM-Virtualization
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Maximum number of cores on host Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum memory on host Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum number of vCPUs in fully virtualized

guest (x86/x86_64)

Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Maximum memory in fully virtualized guest

(x86/x86_64)

Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Minimum memory in fully virtualized guest

(x86/x86_64)

Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
OS features (Kernel, Server, Client, etc.)
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Kernel Linux 2.6.38.8 Linux 3.3.6 Linux 3.5.0 *
Compiler/toolchain Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Languages supported Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
SELinux Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Ext3 Performance Enhancements Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Bluetooth support Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Native POSIX Threading Library (NPTL) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Hyperthreading scheduler Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
IPv6 support Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Autofs V4 Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Auditing Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Compatibility libraries (toolchain) Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
LSB support Yes/ 2.0-34 Yes/ 2.0-36 Yes/ 2.0-38
NFS Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Web Server Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Server Message Block (SMB) Samba 3.5.8 Samba 3.6.5 Samba 3.6.6 *
Database MySQL-5.5.10, PostgreSQL 9.0 Mariadb-5.5.25, PostgreSQL 9.1 mariadb-5.5.25, PostgreSQL 9.1 *
Programming Languages Php 5.3.6, python? perl? Php 5.3.13, python? perl? ?
Desktop GUI KDE SC 4.6.3, GNOME 2.32,

XFCE4 4.8.1, LXDE

KDE SC 4.8.2, GNOME 3.4,

XFCE4 4.9.0, LXDE

KDE SC 4.9.0, GNOME 3.5,

XFCE4 4.10, LXDE (*)

Graphics Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Office Suite LibreOffice 3.3.2.2 LibreOffice 3.5 LibreOffice 3.6 (*)
Ximian Evolution Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Default browser Firefox 4.0.1 Firefox ESR 10.0.4 Firefox 14 (*)
Multimedia capabilities Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Plug and Play Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Other items (available seperately from Mageia)
Mageia 1 Mageia 2 Mageia 3 *
Cluster Suite Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
Global File System Yes/No? Yes/No? Yes/No?
  • * Mageia 3 is still in development, as Cauldron
  • This page is created and maintained by _______________-. Other Wiki contributors are invited to make corrections, additions, or modifications.