The release of rc1 brings Mageia 9 stable even more closer to reality
We are proud to announce the first release candidate of Mageia 9. Since the release of beta 2 in May 2023 the Mageia team has worked to solve a number of stubborn issues and provide security fixes and new updates.
Thanks to all the teams that make up Mageia for the great work done in these months, to fix, test and validate all these new features and add the new wallpaper. The following features stand out:
- Kernel – 6.4.3
- glib – 2.36
- gcc – 12.3.0
- rpm – 4.18.0
- Chromium – 114.0.5735.198
- Firefox ESR – 102.13
- LibreOffice – 7.5.4.2
- Plasma – 5.27.5
- GNOME – 44.2
- Xfce – 4.18.4
- LXQt – 1.3.0
- mesa – 23.1.3
A full list of included packages is available in the .idx file for the installation media. There is currently a hard version freeze in effect pending the outcome of user testing of the release, including the upgrade mechanism.
For those that want to jump in and test straight away, the images can be downloaded here. As always with pre-release images, use your best judgement, but all testing and comments are welcome. You can read first the Release notes and the Errata.
We continue to offer (as few do) installation media for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, 64-bit live images for Plasma, GNOME and Xfce, as well as a 32-bit live image for Xfce.
The release of rc1 brings Mageia 9 stable even more closer to reality
Mageia 9 release candidate with Kernel 6.3.4 is now available for testing.
