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If you're new to Mageia, and especially if you're new to Linux, the following will help you to get started:

Support

If you can't find what you need in the documentation below, there are several ways to get support. Read more here.

Wiki documentation

First step with Linux and Mageia
Installation of Mageia in dual boot with Windows
Installation of Mageia from a Live CD
Presentation of Mageia for beginners
Install media for beginners
Install and remove software for beginners
Software management
A little list of some applications
Desktop environments
First step with KDE
First step with LXDE
First step with Xfce
First step with Gnome
First step with Mate
Removing packages with WARNING about how using urpme --auto-orphans can ruin your installation. Read this page, including the WARNING before ever using that command!
First step with the command line and useful examples

Official documentation in several languages

www.mageia.org/doc

Click the link to www.mageia.org/doc to find documentation in several languages about:

Installation of Mageia with traditional installer (choose Installer)
MCC, the Mageia Control Center (choose Control Center)
Note:
Live CDs and Live DVDs use their own, not traditional installer, all the other installation media use traditional installer

Contributing

Everyone can contribute to Mageia, regardless of whether you're new to Mageia or even new to Linux, or not.
You can help us to have better documentation, by telling Documentation team what you miss in our documentation, or what confuses you.
You can help QA team test updates. There are easy updates to begin with!
If you're creative or good at marketing, you can help Atelier team

We're a community distro, the more volunteers, the better Mageia's future will be :-D