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Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.

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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
UbuntuMageia
DebianBaseIndependent
apt / deb, snapPackage Managerdnf, urpmi
systemdInit Systemsystemd
Fixed ReleaseRelease ModelFixed Release
26.04Latest Version9
BeginnerDifficultyIntermediate
April 23, 2026Release DateAugust 27, 2023
ARM64ARMhfppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64ARMv7i686
Architecture
ARM64ARMhfppc64elRISC-Vs390xx86_64ARMv7i686
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Desktops
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