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Re: Mageia
According to the Mageia road map there will be an Alpha release today (January).
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Re: Mageia
Mageia is on Facebook, too, but I see what you mean. The communication is severely lacking. Nothing about the alpha being released yet.
... Those are their last three posts. I would think they would be excited enough to post *something* about the release.
Mageia on Jan. 12 wrote:Packages rebuild in progress. 393 source packages have been rebuilt : http://dlvr.it/DCdnc
Mageia on Jan. 17 wrote:More than 1000 source packages have now been rebuilt on #Mageia Build System: http://dlvr.it/DVvgw - And soon 1K. (via @pterjan)
Mageia on Jan. 27 wrote:http://blog.mageia.org/?p=397
... Those are their last three posts. I would think they would be excited enough to post *something* about the release.
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Re: Mageia
Well I had a little chat with Misc and sabsay..... on the mageia dev channel. Based on that I am not sure that they ever planned to release an iso. If that is the case then there is no delay either. 
According to the roadmap something should happen Alpha wise in January so I tipped them about dropping a line or two about the status.
The estimate is that they are two weeks behind a very unofficial estimate there.
According to the roadmap something should happen Alpha wise in January so I tipped them about dropping a line or two about the status.
The estimate is that they are two weeks behind a very unofficial estimate there.
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Ah, I see. Okay. Thanks.
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Well I think the communication is not brilliant. You are right about that.
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From Facebook:
Also see: Back from application installer meeting
Mageia on Jan. 31st wrote:We are now listed on rpm.org website: http://www.rpm.org
Yesterday at 13:02 via dlvr.it · Like · Comment
Houcine Bouhaja replied wrote:I was told . the first alpha is planed for this month .. so where is it ? xD
11 hours ago · Like ·
Also see: Back from application installer meeting
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: Mageia
OK roadmap replaced with iso_1_specifications (which makes a lot more sense ? 
). Here the new release date for Alpha1 is set to February 14th.
The Final release is going to be on June 1st. Fair enough. I think they want to be left alone a bit to concentrate on the development. That is fine too.
It could be a problem that no one will remember Mageia - come June. I am still convinced that a forum would do wonders for the Mageia interest. But they seem to find the ML to be sufficient.
There is a forum team and they have a french site kind of
The status is as it has been since day one:
A kind of marketing that looks strangely familiar
Given the fact that Mandriva is not in any way struggling at the moment and even communicating - Mageia has to come up with a good distro.
I hope they can.
). Here the new release date for Alpha1 is set to February 14th.The Final release is going to be on June 1st. Fair enough. I think they want to be left alone a bit to concentrate on the development. That is fine too.
It could be a problem that no one will remember Mageia - come June. I am still convinced that a forum would do wonders for the Mageia interest. But they seem to find the ML to be sufficient.
There is a forum team and they have a french site kind of
The status is as it has been since day one:
We do not have anything yet. Do not expect anything yet. And boy is this going to be good!
A kind of marketing that looks strangely familiar
Given the fact that Mandriva is not in any way struggling at the moment and even communicating - Mageia has to come up with a good distro.
I hope they can.
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I keep telling you send them our way
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Re: Mageia
Actually, ISO expected Feb. 15th.
iso_1_specifications
Source packages that have been rebuilt for Mageia
Any questions? Pull up their twitter page once in a while and read - if you're on Twitter, just follow them there like I do. One can not complain when they are communicating, they are just communicating through useful socialization methods that those here don't like much. Sorry, you'll be the ones out of the loop then.
iso_1_specifications
Source packages that have been rebuilt for Mageia
Any questions? Pull up their twitter page once in a while and read - if you're on Twitter, just follow them there like I do. One can not complain when they are communicating, they are just communicating through useful socialization methods that those here don't like much. Sorry, you'll be the ones out of the loop then.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Re: Mageia
Yeah I guess you are right about that. Twitter is the official announcement forum for Mageia - got it 
I think the blog is good communication so I am happy.
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Yeah, they've actually done quite well with that.
The point is not that twitter, et. al are "official" medians; however there are those who use them as such. A lot of times, people communicate more on social networks, as that's only the purpose of them.
The point is not that twitter, et. al are "official" medians; however there are those who use them as such. A lot of times, people communicate more on social networks, as that's only the purpose of them.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
No gods, no masters.
"A druid is by nature anarchistic, that is, submits to no one."
http://uk.druidcollege.org/faqs.html
Starting with Mageia: download it!
Releasing this first ISO as it is now means that:
* We have our own repositories ready, with cleaned up packages and our own policies (software media changes, management of licenses);
* We have our own build system up and running (and it’s running rather well);
* Packagers are working hard, and about 4800 packages, updated, made it through the build system;
* We did bootstrap our own distribution;
* We got a working ISO to run and install;
* We have a basic working operating system.
* In a few words: the power switch is on, the factory is working, teams are organized and all this enables us to deliver a minimum working product, in its first form.