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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.

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ALT Linux

ALT Linux was founded in 2001 by a merge of two large Russian free software projects. By the year 2008 it became a large organization developing and deploying free software, writing documentation and technical literature, supporting users, and developing custom products.

Technical Specs Comparison
MageiaALT Linux
IndependentBaseIndependent (forked from Mandrake)
dnf, urpmiPackage Managerrpm (APT)
systemdInit Systemsystemd, SysV
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
9Latest Version11.0
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
August 27, 2023Release DateMay 1, 2025
ARM64ARMv7i686x86_64ARMhfi586mipselppc64elRISC-V
Architecture
ARM64ARMv7i686x86_64ARMhfi586mipselppc64elRISC-V
AwesomeCinnamonGNOMEHyprlandi3IceWMKDEMATElabwcLXDELXQtOpenboxSwayWMakerXfceAfterStepBlackboxEnlightenmentFVWMWayfire
Desktops
AwesomeCinnamonGNOMEHyprlandi3IceWMKDEMATElabwcLXDELXQtOpenboxSwayWMakerXfceAfterStepBlackboxEnlightenmentFVWMWayfire