Installation And First Look At Mageia 8 DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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Danilo
The first Linux distro I used was Connectiva 6. It was distributed in the first issue of a magazine called Linux Expert in Brazil, that was the Linux spin-off of a popular magazine called PC Expert. Mandrake was distributeed in the third issue, that was about 2000/2001. I also remember that after the merger, Mandriva was quickly overcome by distros like Fedora, Suse and the avalanche of debian-based distros that showed up (specially knoppix-based livecd distros).
Connectiva could be bigger in Brazil in case they actually looked at the internal market and understood by the time that a pc without internet was useless. You would install Connectiva and it either not have the drivers for the most common modems (understandable as they were not free and they were all winmodems) but also would not come with the compilers and headers to do it. By that time Linux was getting traction here and a reasonable amount of PCs you would buy from popular sellers would come with Linux (they only put Windows if you requested because of the cost, and good look installing the modem again in case you format it). A short time after a guy created by himself a distro called Kurumin that would come with the drivers for the most common hardware in Brazil and bash scripts to set everything up to you so you could start playing around with it. And that was how I was able to start actually using it, and this Kurumin distro was a knoppix-based one. :P After I learned what I needed to compile the drivers I moved to slackware, because twelve year old me had a lot of spare time to compile drivers and kernels. :P
BTW, the difference of speed in a dial-up connection using linux against windows was almost like an internet connection upgrade. When I used Firebird 0.7 or something like this for the first time in Linux, it was blazing fast compared to IE or the AOL browser in Windows hahaha.
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The first Linux distro I used was Connectiva 6. It was distributed in the first issue of a magazine called Linux Expert in Brazil, that was the Linux spin-off of a popular magazine called PC Expert. Mandrake was distributeed in the third issue, that was about 2000/2001. I also remember that after the merger, Mandriva was quickly overcome by distros like Fedora, Suse and the avalanche of debian-based distros that showed up (specially knoppix-based livecd distros).
Connectiva could be bigger in Brazil in case they actually looked at the internal market and understood by the time that a pc without internet was useless. You would install Connectiva and it either not have the drivers for the most common modems (understandable as they were not free and they were all winmodems) but also would not come with the compilers and headers to do it. By that time Linux was getting traction here and a reasonable amount of PCs you would buy from popular sellers would come with Linux (they only put Windows if you requested because of the cost, and good look installing the modem again in case you format it). A short time after a guy created by himself a distro called Kurumin that would come with the drivers for the most common hardware in Brazil and bash scripts to set everything up to you so you could start playing around with it. And that was how I was able to start actually using it, and this Kurumin distro was a knoppix-based one. :P After I learned what I needed to compile the drivers I moved to slackware, because twelve year old me had a lot of spare time to compile drivers and kernels. :P
BTW, the difference of speed in a dial-up connection using linux against windows was almost like an internet connection upgrade. When I used Firebird 0.7 or something like this for the first time in Linux, it was blazing fast compared to IE or the AOL browser in Windows hahaha.
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Bill
I have used this distro since the Mandrake days. I am not a heavy duty command line Linux user. For me this distro does what I need, has the applications I need. This Linux distro is STABLE(it does not tie up 40% of my computer time just keeping the OS staggering, like Windows (TM) does). I find it VERY user friendly and easy to use. I suggest you evaluate Mageia by loading from the classical install disk, instead of the -live- disk. Try using Mageia as the main OS for a few months. It will grow on you. For people who are not -super computer experts- they can easily learn to use it. Many people who simply cannot use a Windows(TM) computer will find Mageia to be vastly easier and vastly more stable. Yet has all the apps necessary to do just about anything.
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I have used this distro since the Mandrake days. I am not a heavy duty command line Linux user. For me this distro does what I need, has the applications I need. This Linux distro is STABLE(it does not tie up 40% of my computer time just keeping the OS staggering, like Windows (TM) does). I find it VERY user friendly and easy to use. I suggest you evaluate Mageia by loading from the classical install disk, instead of the -live- disk. Try using Mageia as the main OS for a few months. It will grow on you. For people who are not -super computer experts- they can easily learn to use it. Many people who simply cannot use a Windows(TM) computer will find Mageia to be vastly easier and vastly more stable. Yet has all the apps necessary to do just about anything.
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Keith
Oh mate, I started out on Mandriva way back after decades of various flavours of Windo$e. I moved across to Magiea after their split. Then around 2012 I tried Ubuntu starting at v12.04, which (allowing for LTS version updates) is where I've stayed ever since 'coz -it just works- most of the time.
Out of nostalgia, if for no other reason, I need to revisit Mageia. I remember it as tight and clean, and also robust - personally I prefer 'staged release' rather than constant 'rolling release'. No idea these days, of course!
I'm also impressed that it can allegedly support Wayland - would love to see a vid on that before I try it!
Good work.
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Oh mate, I started out on Mandriva way back after decades of various flavours of Windo$e. I moved across to Magiea after their split. Then around 2012 I tried Ubuntu starting at v12.04, which (allowing for LTS version updates) is where I've stayed ever since 'coz -it just works- most of the time.
Out of nostalgia, if for no other reason, I need to revisit Mageia. I remember it as tight and clean, and also robust - personally I prefer 'staged release' rather than constant 'rolling release'. No idea these days, of course!
I'm also impressed that it can allegedly support Wayland - would love to see a vid on that before I try it!
Good work.
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SMILEYNET
I think im going to upgrade most of my servers with this. Why? I think it still has drakwizard, which makes servers easy. The servers are better than microsofts too! Even for windows clients. Im newly using windows server 2019 for ad, but thats about it. Yes, i know you can now do it with linux, i just havent learned how yet. Plus, by working the way i think, i get better, more stable servers. For now, i think mostly in linux terms for servers, but think mostly the windows way for ad.
Desktops are not always chosen the way i think, or i couldnt do anything with a computer til my os was coded.
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I think im going to upgrade most of my servers with this. Why? I think it still has drakwizard, which makes servers easy. The servers are better than microsofts too! Even for windows clients. Im newly using windows server 2019 for ad, but thats about it. Yes, i know you can now do it with linux, i just havent learned how yet. Plus, by working the way i think, i get better, more stable servers. For now, i think mostly in linux terms for servers, but think mostly the windows way for ad.
Desktops are not always chosen the way i think, or i couldnt do anything with a computer til my os was coded.
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Yodo
I have been a Mageia fan and user since version 5. I still have version 6 in use as it was the last distro to support the failed attempt with then Xara Extreme to create a semi open source version. Those who know this piece of software no it really was way out in front of other vector programs in speed and sheer amount of vector data handling. They still have it in their repositories but after version 6 in 32 bit, it throws catastrophic errors, when you try to use blend. Not sure if it got worse in recent version.
That said - awesome distro and most well behaved rpm linux I ever used.
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I have been a Mageia fan and user since version 5. I still have version 6 in use as it was the last distro to support the failed attempt with then Xara Extreme to create a semi open source version. Those who know this piece of software no it really was way out in front of other vector programs in speed and sheer amount of vector data handling. They still have it in their repositories but after version 6 in 32 bit, it throws catastrophic errors, when you try to use blend. Not sure if it got worse in recent version.
That said - awesome distro and most well behaved rpm linux I ever used.
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Metallinux
Thank you for your video! I have been using Arch, then Opensuse Tumbleweed and now Mageia 8. I can't attest enough how good Mageia 8 is. Such an under ratted distro...Everything works flawlessly and almost out of the box. Perfect as a main distro and perfect for gaming (proprietary drivers are up to date and work perfectly, steam, lutris and gamemode are included in Mageia official software repositories and work out of the box). Safe, stable and lightweight if you uninstall akonadi and stuff running with it on KDE. Mageia 8 is a must!
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Thank you for your video! I have been using Arch, then Opensuse Tumbleweed and now Mageia 8. I can't attest enough how good Mageia 8 is. Such an under ratted distro...Everything works flawlessly and almost out of the box. Perfect as a main distro and perfect for gaming (proprietary drivers are up to date and work perfectly, steam, lutris and gamemode are included in Mageia official software repositories and work out of the box). Safe, stable and lightweight if you uninstall akonadi and stuff running with it on KDE. Mageia 8 is a must!
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ivanhoe1024
Mandrake linux, alongside Fedora Core 4, were the first two distributions were I managed to install my old 56K modem drivers, my first time online with a linux distribution! Anyway, I usually do not like dnf since it is slow as hell (even a simple search for a package is tremendously slow) but here in Mageia it seems very usable! I wish if there is difference between the two distro or if it is so fast because of your setup (your HW, your VM, your connection, blabla...)
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Mandrake linux, alongside Fedora Core 4, were the first two distributions were I managed to install my old 56K modem drivers, my first time online with a linux distribution! Anyway, I usually do not like dnf since it is slow as hell (even a simple search for a package is tremendously slow) but here in Mageia it seems very usable! I wish if there is difference between the two distro or if it is so fast because of your setup (your HW, your VM, your connection, blabla...)
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Petr
well, every time I hearMageia I instantly remember Mandrake and that was absolutely horrible system. Extremely slow, broken system which tried to tell me what to do (not a big fan of internal tools to manage the OS). Used to happen that I just had been overriding my configs without letting me know.
Package Management - disaster.
If that works for other users now, fine. No issues with that :). But you would never see this on my hardware :)
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well, every time I hearMageia I instantly remember Mandrake and that was absolutely horrible system. Extremely slow, broken system which tried to tell me what to do (not a big fan of internal tools to manage the OS). Used to happen that I just had been overriding my configs without letting me know.
Package Management - disaster.
If that works for other users now, fine. No issues with that :). But you would never see this on my hardware :)
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luisa
I have been a Mandrake lover. Started in 2002 then used Mandriva, and when that ship sank I was home less so I used FreeBSD for few years until decided to use Rosa and Mageia finally. All I can say is never been so happy whit my distros to have to changing all the time. I wish Mageia or OpenMandriva were more popular because it has always had everything but popularity
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I have been a Mandrake lover. Started in 2002 then used Mandriva, and when that ship sank I was home less so I used FreeBSD for few years until decided to use Rosa and Mageia finally. All I can say is never been so happy whit my distros to have to changing all the time. I wish Mageia or OpenMandriva were more popular because it has always had everything but popularity
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Christopher
3 things I wouldn't touch for money (rpm, static distro and KDE), yet I really enjoyed watching your review. Perfect way to overcome the urge to distro hop when you almost never (except for the rare catastrophic screw up that is harder to fix that reinstall) have to reinstall on Arch (obligatory -I run Arch- comment here) or some other rolling distro.
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3 things I wouldn't touch for money (rpm, static distro and KDE), yet I really enjoyed watching your review. Perfect way to overcome the urge to distro hop when you almost never (except for the rare catastrophic screw up that is harder to fix that reinstall) have to reinstall on Arch (obligatory -I run Arch- comment here) or some other rolling distro.
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