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General
Also see Pages to revise/archive
This page is intended to organise the work on wiki pages.
If you want to create a page for the documentation, we are happy for you to take the initiative. However, you should first check that no existing page - either partially or completely - covers the subject you want to document. Consider also improving/expanding a page which seems to be incomplete. If you intend to modify a page substantially, it is a good idea to mention it either in the mailing list doc-discuss or directly with the original writer.
If you start to work on one of the topics below, please post in the mailing list doc-discuss the link to the page you started here, together with your name and current progress. This information should be updated frequently, to avoid duplication or multiple contributors working on the same topic in parallel.
What you can do
We have listed below a structure of the documentation as we imagine it can be, with main items and sub-entries. The existing pages are already linked to. We have assessed their degree of completeness, so you can see which ones you are invited to complete.
We have also given an indication of the priority to be given (high or low) and the skill level needed (normal user, advanced user, expert).
Here is a short list of selected items.
Top wishes
Here are the items that we would particularly like people to work on, according to the skill level of the writer.
Normal user skill
- Configuring and using a 3G or 4G access
- Choosing a desktop
Introduction, main features, hardware resources...
Advanced user skill
- Which hardware for Mageia:
Explain that most of the hardware is supported, which hardware needs special drivers
Expert level skill
- Installing and configuring the bootloader (GRUB, GRUB 2) :
- systemd
The aim of systemd, how it works, main commands to get info...
Rules
- Draft banner
- Categories
- languages management, in the meantime languages problems are solved.
- translations
Introduction
- Starting with Mageia
- Existing pages listed in the Documentation home page.
- First step with Linux and Mageia 98% complete. The section on hardware requirements needs to be completed.
- Newcomers start here A summary for important pages for beginners. 100%
- Presentation of Mageia for beginners Complete. (?)
- How to ask for help Complete. Perhaps could be adapted for Mageia 7+.
- Languages
- Mageia 8, 9 supported locales
- Release notes
- Errata
Installation
Existing pages listed in the Documentation home page
- Which hardware for Mageia
- Preparing a medium
- Choosing a desktop
- Partitioning
- RAID and EVMS
- Hard disk partitioning for beginners (archived).
- Installing Mageia
- Installing Mageia 10%. This page has very little content (archived). An original page from Mandriva is complete but no more up-to-date (archived). Needs Advanced user level.
- Installation of Mageia in dual boot with Windows
- Installation on a SSD (Solid State Drive)
- Installation with GPT Partition Table (archived)
- Installation of Mageia from a Live CD
- NetInstall
- Ceating a persistent USB Stick. 0%, A discussion[1] in forum is to formalize.
- Using the test distribution Cauldron
- Managing software
- Software management
- Removing packages
- Installing and removing software from Mandriva. To revise or delete?
- Installing and configuring the bootloader
- how to change boot options/kernel options/GRUB. Maybe https://wiki.mageia.org/en/File:Grub.png or https://wiki.mageia.org/en/File:Grub_boot_option_added.png and could be reused for this?
- GRUB 2 with DOS partitions and with UEFI partitions
Configuration
- Configuring a display manager
- Configuring a local mirror of packages
- Urpmi-proxy
- Configuring updates with mgaapplet
- Installing proprietary graphics drivers (Nvidia and AMD)
- Configuring and using the WI-FI access
- Configuring and using a 3G access
- Configuring the hostname
- Using URPMI
- Using OPTIMUS technology
- Configuring power management
- Archive:MCC From Mandriva. To revise or delete? Moved to Archive. Lebarhon 2018-04-25
- Installing Java from Oracle: Done.
Using Mageia
Desktop
- First steps with KDE
- Speeding up KDE
- Nepomuk Only a link to external resource
- First steps with GNOME
- First steps with LXDE
- First steps with RazorQt
- First steps with Openbox
- Accessibility
Internet
- WWW
- IRC
- How to use IRC (to revise)
- Mageia IRC Channels Liberachat
- IRC bots
- social networks
- phone and visio
- Cloud
- Nextcloud (follow up progress, Mageia packages coming we hope, see page)
Games
Multimedia
- Pictures
- Sound
- Video
- How to create a media center
Productivity
- Word processing
- Calcsheet
- Slides
- Databases
- MariaDB to complete with setting a virtualhost
- Project management
Services
- mail server
- Mageia tools
- Http server
- LAMP Cookbook LAMP Stack. Only explanation on how to install. No words about task-lamp.
- Sharing protocol
Tools
- Registration
- Report or check bugs
- Debugging
- Mgasoft. Very light.
- Internationalization and localization
Shell
- As easy as a shell
- How to do some easy commands Very incomplete (archived). To delete?
- Configuring sudo
- Rescue How to start in rescue mode
Security
- Customize Mageia to use in protected environments (Should be renamed as Customize Mageia for use in protected environments)?
- Fail2ban
- Drakguard
Emulation and Virtualization
Main page: Virtualisation
Missing:
Valid?:
Development
- Android
- Azure The command-line tools from Microsoft to manage your Azure environment: Installation
Resources
- Rpm Databases
- Sophie
- madb
- Packaging RPM
The Linux system
- files tree
- systemd
- udev
- log files
- the superuser Root To revise. The French version from the Mandriva wiki seems to be the source.
- USB stick How to mount a USB stick. Seems to be a draft.
- How to use Git. Seems to be a draft.