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Contents

1 Start2 Community3 Download

3.1 Graphical environment3.2 Mageia lifecycle lifetime policy

3.2.1 Version history4 Testing5 Install6 Use7 Others Links8 Threads in Mageia Forum

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Welcome to the presentation of Mageia for beginnersThe Mageia is a Linux distribution, free software, therefore, to use just

download the software from the internet, test, install and use the computerand join the community of users to share questions, suggestions and

contribute to the development of Mageia.

Click on the words: Community, Download, Testing, Install, Use

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start Community Download Testing Install

Community

Start Community Download Testing Install

Join the community of users MAGEIA because;The Mageia project is a lively community (http://www.mageia.org/en/about/code-of-conduct/) , open to everyone, seeking to be nice to newcomers and current members,where everyone feels comfortable and accepted, whatever the amount and type of his/hercontributions are.

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is the best way to learn to use Mageia and enjoy all its features.2.is the best way to help and seek help for questions with other users (communitysupport) in forums, mailing lists, IRC, bugzilla-mageia, wiki, blog, in English orother languages.

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The Mageia (http://www.mageia.org/en/) is the french nonprofit organization, thatorganizes the development and distribution of Mageia, and offers, along with nine more

communities (https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewforum.php?f=20) of users of otherlanguages, several tools for users to discuss collectively and publicly, on the Internet, ondiverse issues related to the use of Mageia.

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The participation of everyone is important, therefore:Mageia is free software, so the more people using, testing, and collaborate, the bettertheir development.

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free software can be used without restriction, including free, but also has high costs fordevelopment and updating. Therefore, it is the model of "collaborative development" thatallows for the reduction of development costs and accelerated evolution of free software.

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the free software is for everyone to use, and is legally protected by the GNU GPL, andtherefore has been consolidating since it was created 28 years ago by Richard Stallmanand has for 20 years, Linux as its core (see also here).

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free software is one, collaborating with a Linux distribution of your choice, you collaboratewith all indirectly. The Mageia's doors open. Join us and participate (http://mageia.org/en/contribute/) in this great community.

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How to participate?By joining the forums (https://forums.mageia.org/) , mailing lists, IRC, wiki, bugzilla-Mageia, asking for help and helping in that know and contributing to the communitysupport, which is the most efficient and economical way to offer free help for Mageiausers around the world.

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collaborating with the various activities of Mageia, integrating one of 16 teams Mageia

(see list on Wiki);

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using and supporting Mageia and suggesting improvements.3.and the bugs you find, discuss and report on the forums, lists, IRC, Bugzilla-Mageia(https://bugs.mageia.org/) or, depending on the case, in Bugzilla-Kde(https://bugs.kde.org/) , Bugzilla-Gnome (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/) , or in the officialwebsites shown in the respective applications.

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Download


Among the options, choose:Locales/languages

Europa 1 - America1.Europa 22.

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Africa, India3.Asia4.

Media (see here)Novice user - LiveCD1.Intermediate users - DVD2.

Advanced users - CD Dual arch3.

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Graphical EnvironmentsKde1.Gnome2.

Lxde3.

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CPU Architecture32 bits1.64 bits

Make sure if your processor is 32bit or 64bit:At graphic-mode, access the Mageia Control Center-MCC, the "Hardware"tab, the "View and Configure Hardware". and the list of hardware, click on"CPU" and check on "Extras Signs" if ther is the flag ml . See the meaningof the flag here (http://blog.incase.de/index.php/cpu-feature-flags-and-their-meanings/)

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See the manufacturer's website via the "model name" processor, whetherit is 32bit or 64bit.

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Check through the text-mode, accessing a terminal as root and typing thecommand grep -m 1 flags /proc/cpuinfo, and see if has the flag lm (LongMode. - 64bit Extensions, AMDs AMD64 or Intels EM64T).

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Why I need learn this? Because the 64 bit processor runs programs 32 bitor 64 bit, including operating systems 32 or 64 bits. The 32 bit processoronly runs programs and operating system 32 bit. Therefore, when in doubt,choose the 32 bit that will run in both, in 32 bit and 64 bit processor CPU.

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Consolidated optionsNovice user - LiveCD, KDE, 32 bit or 64 bits;1.Novice user - LiveCD, GNOME, 32 bit or 64 bit;2.Intermediate users - DVD, KDE-GNOME-LXDE, 32 bit or 64 bit;3.

Advanced users - CD Dual arch, LXDE, 32 bit-64 bits.4.

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How downlod? (see here (http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/) )

direct downolad1.torrent2.

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Check the integrityof the downloaded file (imagem ISO, see here: md5sum or sha1sum)3.Burn the downloaded ISO Image file

in CD, DVD (eg. with K3b, Brasero, Xfburn)1.

in pendrive (see tips here)2.

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Files ready to install:

LiveCD KDE1.

LiveCD GNOME2.

DVD (KDE, Gnome e Lxde)3.

Pendrive4.

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Note: to discuss the questions that arise in the forum (https://forums.mageia.org/en/) , mailinglists, IRC (https://www.mageia.org/en/community/) , etc

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See Graphical Environments and Mageia lifecycle - lifetime policy7.


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Graphical environment

Desktop graphical environments available in official repository Mageia

"Graphical environment" (Desktop) full Shell (semi-environment)

Window manage

(depends on instalcomplete grap

environmen

KDE, GNOMEXfce, Lxde,Razor-Qt

Enlightenment (E17)Openbox, Flux

IceWM, FvwWindowMak

Work environment withample amounts ofapplications andadvanced graphicsfeature (increasedmemory consumption).Suitable for computerswith minimal hardwarerequirements (ieminimum 512MB RAM,2GB recommended),they offer many

advanced graphicfeatures.

KDE(http://www.kde.org/)GNOME(http://www.gnome.org/)

Desktoplightweight

(small memoryconsumption),with ampleamount ofapplications,but designed forproductivity andspeed. Suitablefor anycomputer, butideal for smallcomputers, withfewer resources

or old.

LXDE(http://lxde.org/)XFCE(http://xfce.org/)Razor-Qt(http://razor-qt.org/)

A "Window Manager"lightweight (small memoryconsumption), but with someapplications, libraries andservices, so it can beconsidered an independent orsemi-graphical environmentcompletely. Suitable for anycomputer, but ideal for smallcomputers, with fewer

resources or old.

Enlightenment - E17(http://www.enlightenment.org/)

Feather-light windmanagers (ultra lomemory consumptalmost no librarydependencies andadditional softwarpackaged. Suitableany computer, butfor small computerfewer resources orWindowmaker(http://windowmak

Fvwm(http://www.fvwm.Icewm(http://www.icewmFluxbox(http://fluxbox.org/Openbox

See "Installing Desktop Environments in Mageia 2See Wikipedia: Desktop comparison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_X_Window_System_desktop_environments#Desktop_comparison_informat

Mageia lifecycle lifetime policy

Mageia releases are supported at least for 18 months (Support Lifecycle(http://www.mageia.org/en/support/) ) .

Mageia 1 will be supported until December 2012.1.

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Mageia 2 will be supported until November 20132.The possibility of releasing an LTS version every 18 months, to be supported for three

years is being studied (Blog; Mageia 2: release cycle, support and planning(http://blog.mageia.org/en/2011/07/17/mageia-2-release-cycle-support-and-planning/) ).

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Version Release Date End of official support

Mageia 1 2011-june-01 2012-Dec-31

Mageia 2 2012-May-22 2013-Nov-22

Mageia 3 (cauldron) 2013-Mar-20 2014-sep-20

Verso 2011 2012 2013

Mageia - Lifecycle - lifetime policy

Mageia1

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Mageia

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Mageia3

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Color Meaning

Red Release no longer supported

Yellow Release still supported

Green Current version

Blue Future Release

gray

Development, test version

published (cauldron)

Version history

Color MeaningRed Release no longer supported

Green Release still supported

Blue Future release

Project Name Versopion Release date End-of-life date Kernel version

Mageia

1 June 1, 2011 December 1, 2012 2.6.38

2 May 22, 2012 November 22, 2013 3.3.6

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Testing


Why testing before you install?may be useful to know the usability and general aspects of the distro, and; ;1.to verify the compatibility of Mageia with the machine's hardware (especially video card,audio and network / wiriless).

Obs: the proper functioning of some hardware may require specific configurationsand/or installing additional software packages, so the suggestion is to discuss thequestions that arise in the forums, mailing lists, IRC, etc.

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How?running the Mageia LiveCD on a computer without installing:1.

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installing a Mageia DVD or Mageia liveCD on a virtual machine like Virtualbox in anyother OS.

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Install


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Install LiveCD KDE Install LiveCD GNOMEInstall LiveDVD - KDE -

GNOME - LXDE

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Install Mageia 2 KDE LiveCD

see here too

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Before installing the Mageia 2, visit the Mageia WIKI and know the help documentation

available (Release Notes, Install LiveCD, Errata, dual boot) and join Mageia Forum(https://forum.mageia.org/en/) to share your questions and suggestions

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STAGE 1 - Preparation (or pre-installation)

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1.1 - Download (http://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/) the Mageia 2 KDE LiveCD from theInternet and burn the iso image file on a CD

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1.2 - Configure the computer for booting from CD / DVD

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1.3 - Initialize the Mageia 2 KDE LiveCD without installing and verify the operation of thehardware

(sound, video, webcam, etc.) and choose which partition will be used to install the Mageia 2.


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2.7 - Start Setup of Mageia 2 LiveCD

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2.8 - Define the use of HD (partitions) - WARNING!

see here too

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2.9 - Format HD - WARNING!

see here too

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2.10 - Choose (or not) to delete unused packages and continue the installation of Mageia 2

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2.11 - Configure Grub Boot Menu - WARNING! (see here and here)

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2.12 -First part of the installation completed. Reboot the computer, removing the CD

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STAGE 3 - SETTING (custom)

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Menu Boot Mageia 2 already installed

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3.1 - if you already have internet access set up, the media will be automatically installed.

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3.2 -Downloading media to Mageia 2

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3.3 - Configure the password for the admin user (root)

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3.4 - Configure the name and password for the user common

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Completed the basic configuration. Accessing the common user

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Screen access to common user

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Mageia 2 KDE installed

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3.5 - Configuration and customization (making Mageia 2 KDE your way)

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3.6 - After setting up internet connection, configure firewall (security pc internet/network)

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software.

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3.8 - Configure LibreOffice (fonts and extensions etc)

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3.9 - Configure Firefox (PDF plugins, videos, etc)

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3.10 - Install other extra applications - GoogleEart, Skype, X-mind, etc.|

3.11 - Set up folders and personal appearance (desktop icons and wallpaper, etc.)

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Installation completed. Mageia 2 ready to use

Use


General Settings1.Setting up network / internet2.Install / configure media (http://translate.google.com.br/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.mageiabr.org%2Fmageia%2Fmidias&sl=pt&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8)

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Install and remove software (applications) (https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Software_management#Install_and_remove_software)

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Set the main applications5.Choose several useful applications for Mageia 1 (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1220932/mg/tabela-softwares/Mageia-1-tabela-software-2011-en.html) , in Database MageiaDB(http://mageia.madb.org/) or in site of Linux Package Search (http://pkgs.org/search/)

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Report bugs in Bugzila-Mageia (https://bugs.mageia.org/)Note: discuss the questions that arise in the discussion forums, mailing lists, IRC, etc1.

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Others Links

Install Mageia 2 LiveCD for beginner1.Hd partition for beginners2.Install media in Mageia 2 for beginner3.Install and remove software for beginner4.

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Newcomers start here1.Installation of Mageia in dual boot with Windows2.Software management3.Installation Media4.First step with Linux and Mageia5.

This text has been edited based on site Know and use "Mageia 1" (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1220932/mg/mageia-site/5-mga-site-en/rascunho-04-Mageia-1-005-rasc-en.html) .

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Text translated into German: Prsentation von Mageia fr Anfnger (https://wiki.mageia.org/de/Benutzer:Workaholic)

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Threads in Mageia ForumTo discuss this issue, open a new topic in Mageia Forum (https://forum.mageia.org/en/) oraccess a created topic:

Thread: Presentation of Mageia for beginners with website (https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1093) created on Sep 11th, 2011

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