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Fedora

Fedora Linux (formerly Fedora, formerly Fedora Core) is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and owned by Red Hat. Fedora Linux contains software distributed under a free and open-source license and aims to be on the leading edge of such technologies.

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Mageia

Mageia is a fork of Mandriva Linux formed in September 2010 by former employees and contributors to the popular French Linux distribution. Unlike Mandriva, which is a commercial entity, Mageia is a community project and a non-profit organisation whose goal is to develop a free Linux-based operating system.

Technical Specs Comparison
FedoraMageia
IndependentBaseIndependent
dnf / flatpak, rpmPackage Managerdnf, urpmi
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
44Latest Version9
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
April 28, 2026Release DateAugust 27, 2023
ARM64armppc64els390xx86_64ARMv7i686
Architecture
ARM64armppc64els390xx86_64ARMv7i686
AwesomeBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmenti3GNOMEKDE PlasmalabwcLXDELXQtMATEOpenboxRatpoisonWayfireXfceHyprlandIceWMKDESwayWMaker
Desktops
AwesomeBudgieCinnamonEnlightenmenti3GNOMEKDE PlasmalabwcLXDELXQtMATEOpenboxRatpoisonWayfireXfceHyprlandIceWMKDESwayWMaker