Mageia forum

Today Anne Nicolas announced the launching of MGA4b1!!!!
Enjoy testing!!!

http://blog.mageia.org/en/2013/11/15/a- ... nally-out/

Congratulations to all the Mageia Team!

The news about the release of Mageia 1 Beta 4:

- Phoronix (English) - Mageia 4 Beta 1 Has Risen - Posted by Michael Larabel on 15 November 2013 08:31

- Softpedia (English) - Mageia 4 Beta 1 Released with KDE 4.11.2 and GNOME 3.10.1 - November 15th, 2013, 08:53 GMT · By Silviu Stahie

- Distrowatch (English) - NEW • Development Release: Mageia 4 Beta 1 - 2013-11-15

- Ostatic (English) - Mageia 4 One Step Closer - by Susan Linton - Nov. 15, 2013

- Linuxg.net (English) - Mageia 4 Beta 1 Has Been Released Today - Posted on November 15, 2013 by Geekster

- BITBlokes.de (German)- Mageia 4 Beta 1 ist verfügbar - 15 November 2013 Kein Kommentar Autor: Jürgen (jdo)

- OSChina (Chinese) - Mageia 4 Beta 1 发布，Mandriva 的衍生版本 (Mageia 4 Beta 1 release, Mandriva derivative versions)

- Mageia.org.pl (Polish) - Pierwsza beta Magei 4- Opublikowany 2013-11-15 przez napcok

- Sempreupdate (Portuguese of Brazil) - Lançado Mageia 4 Beta 1! Baixe e teste! - Escrito por : Emanuel Negromonte

More news: Mageia 4 Press - Mageia Wiki

Note: same topic in the Mageia of Brazil forum.

On the live DVD image (Gnome) I noticed there was no way to add extra software packages. Is this unique to the Beta 1 Live images? Just thought you should know.

pinkfloydfan wrote:On the live DVD image (Gnome) I noticed there was no way to add extra software packages. Is this unique to the Beta 1 Live images? Just thought you should know.

The Live CD's/DVD's have always been that way.
All you get is what's on the media, anything else must be installed afterword.