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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 3em; color: #ffffff">Documentation Portal</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 2em; color: #ffffff">for Mageia users</span>
<br>
 
<span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold; ">Mageia  </span>
 
<span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 3.5em; font-weight: bold; color: #2397D4">Documentation</span><br><br>
 
<span style="font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 1.4em;">The whole Documentation for Mageia users</span>
 
 
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|[[File:Germany.png|x15px|border|Deutsch|link=https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Dokumentation-de]]
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|[[File:France.png|x15px|border|Français|link=https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Documentation-fr]]
!style="text-align:center; width:350px;"| Current Release is Mageia 5 [[image:Mageia5.png|300px]]<br>
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|[[File:Spain.png|x15px|border|Español|link=https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Documentaci%C3%B3n]]
*[[Mageia 5 Release Notes]]<br>
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|[[File:Portugal.png|x15px|border|Português|link=https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Documentacao_pt-PT]]
*[[Mageia 5 Errata]]
 
 
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</div><br><br>
  
=[[File:Mageia.png‎|32px]] Discovery of Linux and Mageia (For newcomers) =
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[[image:Mageia-7-Default-1920x1200.png|thumb|300px|''Mageia 7 [[Mageia 7 Release Notes|release notes]] and [[Mageia 7 Errata|errata]]'']]
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== [[File:Mageia.png‎|32px]] Discovery of Linux and Mageia ==
 
<div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4;">
 
<div style="column-count:4;-moz-column-count:4;-webkit-column-count:4;">
 
*[[Desktop environments]]
 
*[[Desktop environments]]
*[[First step with Gnome]]
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*[[First step with Gnome|First step with GNOME]]
 
*[[First step with KDE]]
 
*[[First step with KDE]]
 
*[[First step with Linux and Mageia]]
 
*[[First step with Linux and Mageia]]
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*[[List of applications]]
 
*[[List of applications]]
 
*[[LXDE desktop]]
 
*[[LXDE desktop]]
*[[MATE_Desktop]]
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*[[MATE Desktop]]
*[[Newcomers_start_here]]
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*[[Newcomers start here]]
 
*[[Presentation of Mageia for beginners]]
 
*[[Presentation of Mageia for beginners]]
*[[Razorqt Desktop]]
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*[[XFCE desktop]]
 
  
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== The Community ==
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<p>'''Help us to improve our documentation''', even for a few hours. Questions welcome on the [irc://irc.freenode.net/#mageia-doc #mageia-doc IRC channel], [https://ml.mageia.org/l/info/doc-discuss doc-discuss mailing list] or [https://forums.mageia.org/en/index.php forum ].<br>
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'''Meet us in real life for help or information''': [[Mageia_wiki:Current_events | Events of the year]]</p>
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{|style="text-align:center; border: 2px solid red; -webkit-column-break-inside: avoid; page-break-inside: avoid; break-inside: avoid"
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! Contributors documentation: [[:category:doc|doc]]<br>
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Join the team:<br>
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[[Documentation team]]<br>
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Our current priority:<br> [[Missing MCC and installer screenshots|Help us to get the missing screenshots in your language]]
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*[[Bugzilla]]: to file a bug
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*[[How to report a bug properly]]
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*How to use [[Cauldron]]
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*[[Finding Mageia rsync servers]]
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*[[How to ask help|How to ask for help]]
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*[[How to use IRC]]
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*[[How to write a wiki page]]
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*[[IRC bots]]
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*[[Mageia IRC Channels]]
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*[[Mageia.org user account]]
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*[[Mailing lists]]
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*[[Mirror List]]
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*[[Sophie]]
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*[[Transifex and git syncing]]
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*[[What is i18n, what is l10n]]
 
</div>
 
</div>
<br>
 
  
=[[File:Applications_section.png‎ |32px]] Installation =
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== [[File:Applications_section.png‎ |32px]] Installation ==
 
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!User manuals in many languages:<br/><br/>
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!User manuals in many languages:<br>
 
[http://doc.mageia.org Online, PDF and EPUB format]<br>
 
[http://doc.mageia.org Online, PDF and EPUB format]<br>
 
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*[[Auto inst]]: Automated installation
 
*[[Auto inst]]: Automated installation
*[[Boot.iso install]]
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*[[Dump Mageia ISO on a USB flash drive - Alternative tools|Dump Mageia ISO on a USB flash drive - alternative tools]]
*[[Dump Mageia ISO on a USB flash drive - Alternative tools]]
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*[[How_to_choose_the_right_Mageia_upgrade_method|How to choose the right Mageia upgrade method]]
*[[Hd partition in Mageia 2 for beginners]]
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*[[How to set up kernel options]]
*[[How_to_set_up_kernel_options]]
 
*[[Install and remove software for beginners]]
 
 
*[[Installation Media]]
 
*[[Installation Media]]
*[[Installation on a SSD (Solid State Drive)]]
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*[[Installation on a SSD (Solid State Drive)|Installation on an SSD (Solid State Drive)]]
*[[Installation of Mageia from a Live CD]]
 
 
*[[Installation of Mageia in dual boot with Windows]]
 
*[[Installation of Mageia in dual boot with Windows]]
*[[Installing_on_systems_with_UEFI_firmware|<span style="color:purple;">Installing on systems with UEFI firmware</span>]]
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*[[Installing on systems with UEFI firmware|<span style="color:purple;">Installing on systems with UEFI firmware</span>]]
*[[Installation with GPT Partition Table]]
 
*[[Installing LiveCD]]
 
*[[Installing Mageia]]
 
 
*[[Installing Mageia from ISO on disk]]
 
*[[Installing Mageia from ISO on disk]]
 
*[[Installing Mageia on a removable drive]]
 
*[[Installing Mageia on a removable drive]]
*[[Install media in Mageia 2 for beginners|Install media for beginners]]
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*[[Installing Mageia on ChromeOS devices|Installing Mageia on ChromeOS devices]]
*[[Installing_Mageia_on_ChromeOS_devices|Installing Mageia on ChromeOS devices]]
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*[[IsoDumper Writing ISO images on USB sticks]]
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*[[Linx-7_tablet_dual_boot]]
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*[[Mageia in dual boot with Windows8 and over|<span style="color:purple;">Mageia in dual boot with Windows8 and onwards</span>]] (UEFI)
 
*[[Mageia Live USB|Mageia Live USB]]
 
*[[Mageia Live USB|Mageia Live USB]]
*[[UEFI_how-to]]
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*[[Mageia Netinstall Iso (Boot.iso)]]
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*[[Ways_to_install_programs|Ways to install programs]]
 
*[[Writing CD and DVD images]]
 
*[[Writing CD and DVD images]]
 
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
=[[File:Drakconf.png|32px]] MCC tools (also called Draktools) =  
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== [[File:Drakconf.png|32px]] MCC tools (also called Draktools) ==  
 
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! User manuals in many languages:
 
! User manuals in many languages:
 
[http://doc.mageia.org Online, PDF and EPUB format]<br>
 
[http://doc.mageia.org Online, PDF and EPUB format]<br>
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*[[Drakguard]]
 
*[[Drakguard]]
 
*[[Draklive]]
 
*[[Draklive]]
*[[Enabling_the_Testing_media]]
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*[[Enabling the Testing media]]
*[[Installing_and_removing_software]]
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*[[Installing and removing software]]
*[[Install media in Mageia for beginners]]
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*[[Install and remove software for beginners|Installing and removing software for beginners]]
*[[MCC]]: (Mageia Control Center)
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*[[Install media in Mageia for beginners|Mageia install media for beginners]]
 
*[[Msec]] (Mageia security)
 
*[[Msec]] (Mageia security)
 
*[[Server Wizards]]
 
*[[Server Wizards]]
 
*[[Software management]]
 
*[[Software management]]
 
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
=[[File:Configuration_section.png‎ |32px]] Setting and using Mageia =
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== [[File:Configuration_section.png‎ |32px]] Configuring and using Mageia ==
<span style="color:green;">{{note|Links in green are accessible to newcomers}}</span>
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<span style="color:green;">{{note|Links in green are intended for newcomers}}</span>
== '''Software''' ==
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=== Software ===
 
<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em; ">[[File:Network-workgroup.png‎|32px]] Network - Internet</div>
 
<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em; ">[[File:Network-workgroup.png‎|32px]] Network - Internet</div>
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
*[[Amazon EC2 Mageia]]
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*[[Azure|Azure]]
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*[[Citrix Receiver]]
 
*[[Cookbook web2project]]
 
*[[Cookbook web2project]]
*[[Dmesgs_compared]]
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*[[Create a mirror inside your corporate network|Create a mirror inside your corporate network]]
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*[[Dma_Dragonfly_Mail_Agent|Dma Dragonfly Mail Agent]]
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*[[Dmesgs_compared|Dmesgs compared]]
 
*[[Dropbox|<span style="color:green;">Dropbox</span>]]
 
*[[Dropbox|<span style="color:green;">Dropbox</span>]]
*[[Finding_Mageia_rsync_servers]]
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*[[Finding_Mageia_rsync_servers|Finding Mageia rsync servers]]
 
*[[Flash Plugin Installation|<span style="color:green;">Flash Plugin Installation</span>]]
 
*[[Flash Plugin Installation|<span style="color:green;">Flash Plugin Installation</span>]]
 
*[[Google Earth|<span style="color:green;">Google Earth</span>]]
 
*[[Google Earth|<span style="color:green;">Google Earth</span>]]
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*[[How to develop a Website]]
 
*[[How to develop a Website]]
 
*[[How to use iscsi]]
 
*[[How to use iscsi]]
*[[Install_java_oracle|<span style="color:green;">Install_java_oracle</span>]]
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*[[Install java oracle|<span style="color:green;">Install java oracle</span>]]
 
*[[Installing OpenAFS Client]]  
 
*[[Installing OpenAFS Client]]  
 
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*[[OwnCloud]] / [[Nextcloud]]
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*[[Saned]]
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*[[Systemd-networkd|Systemd-networkd]]
 
</div>
 
</div>
  
  
<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Packaging_section.png‎|32px]] Packages Management</div>
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<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Packaging_section.png‎|32px]] Package Management</div>
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
*[[How_to_do_your_own_backports]]
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*[[Fedora COPR|Building packages with Fedora COPR]]
*[[How_to_find_a_source_RPM]]
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*[[OpenSUSE Build Service|Building packages with OpenSUSE Build Service]]
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*[[Using Mock|Building packages using Mock]]
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*[[Using the LiveCD Tools|Building Live images]]
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*[[How to do your own backports]]
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*[[How to find a source RPM]]
 
*[[Removing packages]] <span style="color: red">WARNING about '''{{cmd|urpme --auto-orphans}}'''!</span>
 
*[[Removing packages]] <span style="color: red">WARNING about '''{{cmd|urpme --auto-orphans}}'''!</span>
*[[Upgrading_with_urpmi|<span style="color:green;">Upgrading_with_urpmi</span>]]
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*[[Upgrading with urpmi|<span style="color:green;">Upgrading with urpmi</span>]]
 
*[[URPMI|<span style="color:green;">URPMI</span>]]
 
*[[URPMI|<span style="color:green;">URPMI</span>]]
 
*[[Urpmi-proxy]]
 
*[[Urpmi-proxy]]
 
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*[[Using_DNF|Using DNF]]
 
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</div>
  
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*[[Root|<span style="color:green;">Root</span>]]
 
*[[Truecrypt]]
 
*[[Truecrypt]]
 
 
</div>
 
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<div style="margin-left:24px; color:#262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:App-other.png‎|32px]] Others</div>
 
<div style="margin-left:24px; color:#262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:App-other.png‎|32px]] Others</div>
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
*[[As_easy_as_a_shell]]
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*[[As_easy_as_a_shell|As easy as a shell]]
*[[Bluefish|<span style="color:green;">Bluefish</span>]]
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*[[Cauldron]]
*[[Chroot]]
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*[[Systemd-nspawn]]
*[[Code Saturne FR]] (French only)
 
 
*[[Debugging software crashes]]
 
*[[Debugging software crashes]]
 
*[[Display Managers|<span style="color:green;">Display Managers</span>]]
 
*[[Display Managers|<span style="color:green;">Display Managers</span>]]
 
*[[Drakcowsay|<span style="color:green;">Drakcowsay</span>]]
 
*[[Drakcowsay|<span style="color:green;">Drakcowsay</span>]]
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*[[Troubleshooting section for the manual|General troubleshooting]]
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*[[Grub2-efi_and_Mageia|Grub2-efi and Mageia]]
 
*[[How to add adb to console in Mageia]]
 
*[[How to add adb to console in Mageia]]
 
*[[How to add a new Window Manager or Display Manager]]
 
*[[How to add a new Window Manager or Display Manager]]
 
*[[How to configure an Android build environment in Mageia]]
 
*[[How to configure an Android build environment in Mageia]]
*[[How to do some easy commands|<span style="color:green;">How to do some easy commands</span>]]
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*[[Input methods]]
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*[[Installing_VMware_workstation_12.5.9_in_Mageia_6]]
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*[[List_of_applications|List of applications]]
 
*[[MariaDB]] (Database)
 
*[[MariaDB]] (Database)
 
*[[Nomachine]]
 
*[[Nomachine]]
 
*[[Openbox]]
 
*[[Openbox]]
*[[Speeding up KDE|<span style="color:green;">Speeding up KDE</span>]]
 
 
*[[Useful polkit policies]]
 
*[[Useful polkit policies]]
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*[[Virt-Manager|Virt-Manager]]
 
*[[VirtualBox|<span style="color:green;">VirtualBox</span>]]
 
*[[VirtualBox|<span style="color:green;">VirtualBox</span>]]
*[[ZEN]] (hypervisor)
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*[[Ways_to_install_programs|<span style="color:green;">Ways to install programs</span>]] (more than packaged)
 
 
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
== '''Hardware''' ==
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=== Hardware ===
 
<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Computer.png|32px‎]] Graphic and display</div>
 
<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Computer.png|32px‎]] Graphic and display</div>
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
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<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Network-workgroup.png‎|32px]] Network</div>   
 
<div style="margin-left:24px; color: #262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Network-workgroup.png‎|32px]] Network</div>   
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
*[[Setup_wireless_networking|<span style="color:green;">Setup_wireless_networking</span>]] and troubleshooting
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*[[Setup wireless networking|<span style="color:green;">Setup wireless networking</span>]] and troubleshooting
 
*[[Skype with video|<span style="color:green;">Skype with video</span>]]
 
*[[Skype with video|<span style="color:green;">Skype with video</span>]]
  
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<div style="margin-left:24px; color:#262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Printer.png|32px‎‎]] Scanners and Printers</div>  
 
<div style="margin-left:24px; color:#262F45; font-size: 1.6em;">[[File:Printer.png|32px‎‎]] Scanners and Printers</div>  
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
*[[Epson_scanners|<span style="color:green;">Epson_scanners</span>]]
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*[[Epson scanners|<span style="color:green;">Epson scanners</span>]]
*[[Cloudprinting_to_CUPS]]
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*[[Cloudprinting_to_CUPS|Cloudprinting to CUPS]]
  
 
</div>
 
</div>
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<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
<div style="margin-left:48px; column-count:3;-moz-column-count:3;-webkit-column-count:3;">
 
*[[Blackberry Playbook access|<span style="color:green;">Blackberry Playbook access</span>]]
 
*[[Blackberry Playbook access|<span style="color:green;">Blackberry Playbook access</span>]]
*[[EFI:_can_no_longer_boot_into_Mageia]]
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*[[EFI: can no longer boot into Mageia]]
 
*[[Efibootmgr]]
 
*[[Efibootmgr]]
*[[How_to_set_up_kernel_options]]
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*[[File transfer with Android devices]]
*[[LIRC]] (Infra-red Remote Control)
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*[[Troubleshooting section for the manual|General troubleshooting]]
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*[[How to delete a partition with fdisk]]
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*[[How_to_set_up_kernel_options|How to set up kernel options]]
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*[[Logging|Logging]]
 
*[[MakeBootCD|<span style="color:green;">MakeBootCD</span>]] How to make a bootable CD
 
*[[MakeBootCD|<span style="color:green;">MakeBootCD</span>]] How to make a bootable CD
 
*[[Power saving|<span style="color:green;">Power saving</span>]]
 
*[[Power saving|<span style="color:green;">Power saving</span>]]
 
*[[RAID and EVMS]]
 
*[[RAID and EVMS]]
 
*[[Remote Control with libCEC]]
 
*[[Remote Control with libCEC]]
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*[[Rescue|Rescue]]
  
 
</div>
 
</div>
 
<br>
 
<br>
  
= The Community =
 
'''Help us to improve the documentation''', even for a few hours, questions welcome on [irc://irc.freenode.net/#mageia-doc the #mageia-doc IRC channel], [https://ml.mageia.org/l/info/doc-discuss doc-discuss mailing list] or [https://forums.mageia.org/en/index.php forum ].<br>
 
'''Meet us in real life for help or information''': [[Mageia_wiki:Current_events | 2015 Events]]
 
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{|style="text-align:center; border: 2px solid red "
 
! Contributors documentation: [[:category:doc|doc]]<br>
 
Join the team:<br>
 
[[Documentation_team]]<br>
 
Our current priority:<br> [[Missing_MCC_and_installer_screenshots|Help us to get the missing screenshots in your language]]
 
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*[[Bugzilla]]: to file a bug
 
*[[How to report a bug properly]]
 
*How to use [[Cauldron]]
 
*[[Finding Mageia rsync servers]]
 
*[[How to ask help]]
 
*[[How_to_use_IRC]]
 
*[[IRC bots]]
 
*[[Mageia IRC Channels]]
 
*[[Mageia.org user account]]
 
*[[Mailing lists]]
 
*[[Mgasoft]]
 
*[[Mirror List]]
 
*[[Sophie]]
 
*[[Transifex and git syncing]]
 
*[[What is i18n, what is l10n]]
 
  
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For an alphabetical list of the Documentation pages look [[:category:documentation|here]].
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Find [[:category:documentation|here]] all the links of this page sorted by alphabetical order and some more information about documentation.
 

Revision as of 09:18, 1 July 2019

Documentation Portal
for Mageia users



Mageia.png Discovery of Linux and Mageia

The Community

Help us to improve our documentation, even for a few hours. Questions welcome on the #mageia-doc IRC channel, doc-discuss mailing list or forum .
Meet us in real life for help or information: Events of the year

Applications section.png Installation


Drakconf.png MCC tools (also called Draktools)


Configuration section.png Configuring and using Mageia

Note:
Links in green are intended for newcomers

Software

Network-workgroup.png Network - Internet


Packaging section.png Package Management


Security section.png Security


App-other.png Others


Hardware

32px‎ Graphic and display


Sound editors section.png Sound


Network-workgroup.png Network


32px‎‎ Scanners and Printers


32px‎‎ Others



For an alphabetical list of the Documentation pages look here.