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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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iDeal OS

iDeal is an MX Linux-based distribution, with various privacy and security settings enabled by default. Privacy and security are the main stated goal of the project, offering to surf, shop, trade and bank online with peace of mind, without advertisements, tracking, logging, bugs, viruses or unwanted disclosure of personal information.

Technical Specs Comparison
MageiaiDeal OS
IndependentBaseDebian (Stable), MX Linux
dnf, urpmiPackage Managerapt / deb, flatpak
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
9Latest Version2026.04.03
IntermediateDifficultyIntermediate
August 27, 2023Release DateApril 3, 2026
ARM64ARMv7i686x86_64
Architecture
ARM64ARMv7i686x86_64
AwesomeCinnamonGNOMEHyprlandi3IceWMKDEMATElabwcLXDELXQtOpenboxSwayWMakerXfceKDE Plasma
Desktops
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