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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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ArchBANG Linux

ArchBang Linux is a lightweight distribution based on Arch Linux. Using the labwc Wayland compositor, it is fast, up-to-date and suitable for both desktop and portable systems.

Technical Specs Comparison
MageiaArchBANG Linux
IndependentBaseArch
dnf, urpmiPackage Managerpacman / pkg
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelRolling Release
9Latest Version2012.12
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
August 27, 2023Release DateJanuary 10, 2026
ARM64ARMv7i686x86_64
Architecture
ARM64ARMv7i686x86_64
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Desktops
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