Mageia 5.1 Images Released for VirtualBox and VMware

Donald Stewart has announced the latest version of Mageia 5.1. Mageia is a community distribution which started as a fork of the Mandriva project, but which now operates as an independent distribution. “We are very pleased to announce the release of Mageia 5.1. This release is a respin of the Mageia 5 installation and live ISO images, based on the Mageia 5 repository and incorporating all updates to allow for an up-to-date installation without the need to install almost a year-and-a-half worth of updates. It is therefore recommended for new installations and upgrades from Mageia 4. If you are currently running Mageia 5 then there is no need to install Mageia 5.1 as it is the same as your system, provided that updates have been installed. Mageia 5.1 ships with many updated packages, including LibreOffice 4.4.7, Linux kernel 4.4.32, KDE4 4.14.5, GNOME 3.14.3 and countless other updates. The important addition is that 5.1 can now be installed on NVMe based drives. Mageia 5 and by extension, 5.1 will be supported until 3 months after Mageia 6 is released…” You can checkout release announcement here.

We are providing you virtual images for latest version of Mageia 5.1 for VirtualBox and VMware.

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