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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 3em; color: #ffffff">Welcome to the Mageia wiki</span>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 18pt"> Proposal for extra information to add in the wiki (may be in [[Installation_Media]]) or in the manuals ? </span>
 
  
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= Presentation =
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This page deals with the different ways to upgrade a Mageia operating system version from n to n+1. It is different from a simple packages update. It is not possible to upgrade from more than one step.
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Mageia 6 is supported until January 16th, 2019</p>
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= Requirements =
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According to the upgrade method you choose, you may need to know one or several following features about your existing system:
 
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* If it has or hasn't a separate /home partition
 
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* Its architecture, 32 or 64 bit
 
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* Its firmware mode, bios or UEFI
 
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* The disks partitioning mode, ms-dos (also called MBR) or GPT.
 
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* The installed desktop(s) environment
 
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* The user-names with their UIDs and GIDs
 
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You also need to know which of theses features you want to change in the new system if any.<br>
 
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At last, whatever your decision is, always
 
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* read the errata, there is a wiki page for each release,
 
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* backup your data
 
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* update your Mageia version n
 
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= Vocabulary =
 
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We are used to name the different upgrades according to what partitions are formatted as shown in the following table, but take care that other names may be used in other pages.
 
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! scope="col"| Situation
 
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| No formatted partition
 
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| only / is formatted
 
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|/ and /home are formatted
 
 
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| style="background-color: #faeaff"|Simple upgrade
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* [[Mageia_6_Release_Notes|Mageia 6 Release Notes|]]
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| style="background-color: #faeaff"|Clean install
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* [[Mageia_6_Errata|Mageia 6 Errata]]
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| style="background-color: #faeaff"|New install
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* [https://advisories.mageia.org/ List of updates]
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* [[Mageia_6_Press|Mageia 6 Reviews]]
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If one or more other OS(es) are able to load on your system, we call that '''"dual boot"''' if there is two OSes and '''"multi boot"''' for more, often simplified by '''"dual boot"''' in any case. e.g.: A clean installation in dual boot.
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Ways to find help and engage with other 'Mageians'</p>
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* [[Documentation|Documentation]] - installation, configuration, Howtos, Tutorials ...
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== Advantages and drawbacks ==
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** Newcomers start [[Newcomers start here|here]]
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* Our [https://forums.mageia.org/en/ forums]
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; Simple upgrade
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* [[Users_Community_team|Contacts]] for Mageia local user-groups
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: '''Advantages:''' Quick (no afterwards configuration), easy (no questions from the installer)
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* Commercial services: [[Commercial_vendors|Policy and Vendors]]
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: '''Drawbacks:''' If problems, instabilities, useless data, ... exist, they are kept. Some upgrades can be risky when the step is important (e.g. KDE4 > Plasma5)
 
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: '''Special features:'''
 
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::* In case of important graphic evolutions (e.g. KDE4 -> Plasma5) it is more secure to do the upgrade in text mode. See the Howto below.
 
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::* It is impossible to change any of the characteristics listed above
 
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::* Third party applications are not updated
 
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::* Boot loader configuration is updated, may need manual action in dual boot.
 
  
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; Clean installation
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: '''Advantages:''' Clean the system (see Simple upgrade drawbacks), few configuration (icons, widgets, wallpapers, bookmarks, data ... are preserved), low risk of failure.
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: '''Drawbacks:''' Need some skills (to choose the partitions and the desktop, to create the users, ...). Some configuration to do again (e.g. networks, some devices not fully supported)
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The next Mageia release will be [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Category:Mageia_7 Mageia 7]</p>
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: '''Special features:'''  
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* [[Mageia_7_Development|Planning]]
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::* Take care the installation preserves the same users UIDs and GIDs. See the Howto below.
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* [[Features_policy|Features proposals policy]]
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::* Third party applications are not updated
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* [[:Category:ProposedFeatureMageia7|Mageia 7 Technical specifications proposals]]
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::* Allow to move from 32 bit architecture to 64 bit one and vice versa
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* [[FeatureMageia7_Review|Mageia 7 features list]]
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::* Boot loader configuration is updated, may need manual action in dual boot.
 
  
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; New installation
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|style=" font-size:102%; background-color: #fdfdfd; border-radius:8px; border: 2px solid steelblue; box-shadow: 2px 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);"|<p>'''Contributor's Corner'''<br>
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: '''Advantages:''' Everything is clean, /home included,
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Ways to help the Mageia project and its users</p>
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: '''Drawbacks:''' need skills and is longer, it is like a first installation, the whole configuration must be re-done.
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* Development, QA/testing, artwork, documenting, forums ...
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: '''Special features:'''  
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* Find [[IRC|IRC]], [https://forums.mageia.org/en/ forums] or [[Mailing lists|mailing lists]]
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::* It is an opportunity to update the disc partitioning,
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* Join a Mageia [[Contributing| team]]
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::* If no dual boot, it is also an opportunity to move from bios to UEFI mode
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* [http://www.mageia.org/en/donate/ Donations]
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::* Boot loader configuration is updated, may need manual action in dual boot.
 
  
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; Whatever in dual boot
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: '''Advantages:''' Add the possibility to use two or more OSes on the same computer,
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| style="font-size:102%; background-color: #fdfdfd; border-radius:8px; border: 2px solid steelblue; box-shadow: 2px 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);"|<p>'''Previous releases'''<br>
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: '''Drawbacks:''' The boot loader is rewritten and skills are needed to re-configure it if necessary.
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The following are no longer supported:</p>
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* [[Mageia 5 Release Notes|Mageia 5]]
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* [[Mageia 4]]
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* [[Mageia 3]]
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* [[Mageia 2]]
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* [[Mageia 1]]
  
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{{note|If you want to change a msdos disc to GPT, only a new installation allow that as a new disc partitioning is needed.}}
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| style="font-size:102%; background-color: #fdfdfd; border-radius:8px; border: 2px solid steelblue; box-shadow: 2px 4px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);"|'''Wiki in other languages'''
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* [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/%E9%A6%96%E9%A1%B5 简体中文]
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{{note|If you want to change the architecture from 32 bit to 64 bit, an upgrade is not possible as / must be formated }}
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* [http://www.wiki.mageia.cz/ Česky cs: wiki]
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* [http://wiki.mageia.org/de/ Deutsch de: Hauptseite]
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=== Howto do an upgrade in text mode ===
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* [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Bienvenido Español]
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* [[Accueil-fr|Français fr]] (wiki officiel Mageia)
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:et [http://www.mageialinux-online.org/wiki/wiki.php mageialinux-online.org] (wiki officiel de MLO)
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=== Howto keep the users IDs in a clean install === 
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* [https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Main_Page_PL Polski]
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* [[Página Principal pt-PT|Português (Portugal)]]
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== Media choice == 
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* [https://wiki.mageia.org.ru/index.php?title=Заглавная_страница Русский]
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* [http://wiki.mageia.org/en/Ana_sayfa Türkçe]
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! Media !! Upgrade !! Clean installation !! New installation
 
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|Live
 
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Latest revision as of 09:03, 26 June 2018

Welcome to the Mageia wiki



Current release
Mageia 6 is supported until January 16th, 2019

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Mageia Users
Ways to find help and engage with other 'Mageians'

Distribution development
The next Mageia release will be Mageia 7

Contributor's Corner
Ways to help the Mageia project and its users

Previous releases
The following are no longer supported:

 Wiki in other languages
et mageialinux-online.org (wiki officiel de MLO)
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