Mageia 4.1 released

floppywhopper · 06-26-2014, 02:18 PM

as per blog
http://blog.mageia.org/en/2014/06/20...ut-of-the-hat/

Quote:

If you were not expecting it, you might wonder what this unnanounced 4.1 version is. It is a maintenance release for Mageia 4 which contains all security and bugfix updates that were issued since the release in February 2014. In particular, the Mageia 4 ISO images were affected by an upstream syslinux bug which prevented installation using a burned DVD on some older hardware. Among the updated packages you will find the Linux kernel (version 3.12.21), various drivers for your hardware, and updated software such as Libreoffice and Firefox. Another notable update is the fix for the well-known “Heartbleed” bug of OpenSSL.

Please note that the Mageia 4.1 version tag concerns only the respin of the ISO images: the actual release that gets installed is still Mageia 4, with all ofthe updates that had been released by early June. This means that if you are already running Mageia 4 and performing updates regularly, you are not required to do anything since your system is already up-to-date. The Mageia 4.1 maintenance release is meant for new installations and upgrades from Mageia 3.

Graham5494 · 07-19-2014, 02:37 AM

Mageia 3 Mageia 4 and PCLinuxOS

After struggling with a DVD version of Mageia 3 that wouldn't boot , and a Mageia 4 DVD with usb broadband issues plus spellchecker problems with the word processor . I took a chance and speculated on a DVD copy of PCLinuxOS .
Unfortunately , I am not able to report any problems ! My Vodafone usb mobile broadband device (K4606) worked (as an Ethernet type connection) , my Optus usb device (E3131) connected happily via POTS , and the Libre office program has a fully functioning spell checker !
What is going on ?

I was so looking forward to playing with USB Modeswitch again.....not !

graham5494