Welcome, and feel free to introduce yourself

[herpygumbo]

Greetings Mageia community!

[isadora]

Very welcome to the Mageia forum herpygumbo!!!!

Enjoy our community!!!!

[jiml8]

Hi. My name is Jim. I first looked at Linux when it became necessary to migrate off of my beloved Amigas because they were dead. I played with slackware 1.something then, and decided I couldn't use it...yet. So I moved to Windows NT.

After a few years, I deployed Mandrake 7.2 as a dual-boot with Win NT, and within a year or so had transitioned to Mandrake 8 with Win NT as a virtual machine running in VMware 3.

Until earlier this year, I had NEVER reloaded that Mandrake OS...but I had continuously upgraded it as far as Mandriva 2010. Of course, along the way, the hardware changed at intervals...but I never reloaded. I'm a developer and have quite a complicated workstation; distro hopping is not feasible and I dread clean installs because restoring my configuration is a royal nightmare.

I watched Mageia after its release since it was the logical successor to Mandriva and quite obviously I had to leave Mandriva. Going to Mageia had to be the path of least resistance. I loaded and tested Mageia 1 in a virtual machine, then waited. I upgraded that VM from Mageia 1 to Mageia 2 and played with it. Finally, in Feb, I blew off my 32 bit Mandriva 2010 and deployed Mageia 2 64 bit as a fresh install. I restored my configuration quickly mostly by using the /etc from the Mandriva system, and of course doing the many package loads required.

The KDE 4.8 on Mageia 2 made me crazy - both kmail and compiz had problems, and I make heavy use of both. I decided to wait for Mageia 3 to see if the problems were solved. I deployed Mageia 3 literally within hours of its release, and played with it for several hours...then rolled back to Mageia 2 (while keeping the Mageia 3 installation safe on another partition, since getting it to work had been somewhat non-trivial) because I could not get VMware Workstation to start - and it is critical for me that VMware Workstation works, and I could not take the time to try to debug the problem myself.

I saw on these boards that a workaround for the VMware problem had been found, so last weekend I rsync'ed the Mageia 3 system into place, tried the workaround, saw it DID work, and now I am running Mageia 3. This distro has solved the problems I had with kmail and compiz, and generally seems very smooth.

I'm a developer. I work inside the kernel, with device drivers, and inside the network stack and iptables these days, mostly. Embedded systems. I have contributed modestly to the Linux community, but not to nearly the same extent as I contributed to the Amiga community because I have not had the time. Going forward, I should be able to contribute to some degree, at least on the message board here and possibly in a more substantive fashion...we'll see.

As for the problems I had installing Mageia 3...my system has evolved over time. Presently it is scattered over 5 SCSI hard drives and one SATA drive, with many partitions that are both Linux and Windows partitions. Everything is encrypted except /. The / drive is a partition on the third SCSI drive. My drive definitions have the SCSI drives defined as sda through sde and the SATA drive defined as sdf. Mageia 3 insisted on detecting the SATA drives before the SCSI drives, thus making the SATA drive sda and the SCSI drives sdb-sdf. This caused a lot of downstream confusion with boot volume and in crypttab. While this is not the first time I have had this problem, it is the first time that I couldn't make it stop. Mageia 2 also at first did this, but I tamed it. Finally, I changed fstab and crypttab, and set drive labels on each partition, and mounted in fstab by label to get everything where I wanted it. I probably should have done that a long time ago anyway.

Anyway, I'm a long-term linux user now hosting my workstation on Mageia 3. So, hello everybody.

[isadora]

Very welcome to the Mageia Forum Jim!!!!

Thanks for the great introduction. Funny to see how one converts from Amiga to Mageia.
But absolutely wonderful to hear, you got your workstation up and running in our latest release.

Don't hesitate to visit our "Contribute"-page, hands are needed everywhere.
https://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/

Have magical times around!!!!

[dennisk]

Just a little about myself. I teach Linux, Linux system administration and networking at one of the largest community colleges in the US. I've used Linux for well over a decade and was a member of the Mandrake Club. In addition I've worked with the Free Software Foundation and was a contributing author for Introduction to the Command Line by the GNU press.

And I'm still learning.

dennisk

[isadora]

Great you found your way to Mageia dennisk!!!

You will find many knwon names around, i guess.
Anyhow feel welcome, and don't hesitate to contribute:
https://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/

We are always in need for more hands.

Have magical times around!!!!

[jiml8]

Dennisk, I guess we are neighbors. I live in Goodyear and my company (Linksat) is located in Tempe just a short distance from where the PLUG installfests are held. PLUG, for everyone else, is the Phoenix Linux Users Group.

[zeebra]

Howdy! I recently moved from Mandriva to Mageia and find it to be a perfect distro. I came in directly to Mageia 3.

I found Mandriva very good, and was lured in that direction from trying PCLinuxOS which is not very good, but had some good things about it and made me curious about Mandriva. I started with 2009 version. Jumped from PcLinuxOS 2007. Before that I came from Debian mainly and before that again Slackware back around the year 2000. I have since tried many Linux distroes, and found many strenghts and weaknesses in all of them. Mandriva was for me a very good quality distro, but with many flaws and problems, among them the silly process required to compile and run a custom Kernel, and many small bugs and annoyances. But by then I completely said goodbye to also using Windows. So in my about 15 year history with Linux distroes I have now landed with Mageia, which I find to be pretty much perfect! Thanks to all of you!

I still use Debian as well, and I am trying to get back into Slackware when the time allows, but for all my computing needs Mageia is just what I need, amd have everything what I need and I will definetely never need Windows for anything again.

Lets see if I can remember all the distroes I have tried: Slackware, Red Hat, Debian, SuSE, FreeBSD, Knoppix, Damn small Linux, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, PCLinuxOS, Fedora, Mandriva, Mint and MAGEIA.

I am no Linux guru, but I have learned to handle most normal things over the years and I am happy to handle the Kernel myself. I am currently getting into C-programming (slowly) and knows how to handle some html, php and SQL, although not well enough. Over the years I have become very good at finding ways to solve problems and finding solutions for any problems I may have encounted myself. I have not really gotten involved very much with the community, but I hope that I can now, when time allows. I am very interested in Kernel activities, GNU ideology, KDE desktop and obviously Mageia. I am also very frustrated with platforms and the lack of Linux distributions on tablets and Mobiles. Personlly I have that, but most people don't have proper GNU/Linux on tablets and Mobile. I only have busybox/Linux on my Mobile which is frustrating enough.
The Nokia N900 however is paradise compared to other Mobile phones.
I would say at the current time I am interested in getting involved in Mageia if I can, I am also interested in ideologically protecting the community in the form of GNU preaching, I am ready to get involved with more practical things like programming soon (to practice and learn) and I am very interested in making sure, any way I can that GNU/Linux and freedom becomes a thing for Mobile platforms as well. In that regard I am interested in Maemo, Meego, Mer, Nemo, Plasma Active, Hildon, Ubuntu Mobile/touch, GNU optimization for Mobile/tablet, the Kernel development process and merging mainline Kernel with Android bits, hacking Mobile phones/tablets, bootloader for mobiles/tablets and many other things related to that.

For the future I am also very interested in corporate and enterprise software for Linux and hope that I someday can make a contribution in that regard, I am still quite young


However, computers is just a side interest for me, my main things are politics, economics, philosophy, ideology, freedom and business. I am very keen on trying to make business out of freedom and make freedom a business, to integrated these things into other business. That is, I am also very interested in seeing future products that are fully open, use free software and give users knowledge and freedom. There are some steps in that direction currently, but I think it can only be done by big business, and big business is currently very corrupt. Indeed, I think the GNU model(transparency, coopration, collaboration and freedom) would be good to implement in many things in life and hope the world become more GNU like and less Windows like.

I like doing sports, I like nature, I like good food, and my favorite is Capoeira if anyone is interested in that. At the moment I do some running instead, which I don't really like so much, but it keeps me healthy. Good healthy food and activity is something I can recommend anyone.

Aside from that I am pretty much typical European. I am born in one country, grew up in another, lived in several and now live in Germany.

As far as I remember I think Slackware 7 was my first ever encounter with the "mystical Linux world".

So, if anyone think I could help with something, please let me know!

[isadora]

Zeebra a very warm welcome to the Mageia-forum!!!!

The lenghtiest of introductions i have seen so far, and worth reading.
Great to hear about your inital experiences with our distribution.
Even greater to read about your positive attitude toward open-source and your intentional plans toward contributing.

For any information concerning contributing:
https://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/

For where it concerns your favorite food, don't forget to see:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13

Thanks once more, and also for the supportive approach in the forum so far.

Have magical times around!!!!

[sylvanillo]

Registering to this forum as I am a new Mageia user - installed it yesterday. I will share my experience/suggestions and ask for advice if needed....
Thanks for the forum anyway.

[isadora]

Very welcome to the Mageia-forum sylvanillo!!!!

Have magical times around!!!

[ohdung]

Hi,

Long time-ish member , first time poster and finally running Mageia on all my machines.

So who am I? My name is Fredric and I'm a hobby coder, sci fi enthusiast, Star Wars loving Dr. Pepper addict that has worked in IT for the last 13 years.
and also, I'm a Linux user since 2003 when I started with Mandrake

[ edit ] Added my name to the presentation [ end edit ]

[isadora]

Ohdung.....great to have you around.

Very welcome to the Mageia-forum!!!!!!

Besides wishing you magical times around, i won't hesitate, pointing at our contribute-page:
https://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/

Enjoy!!!

[isadora]

Sure, great to have such a fine forum around the corner.

But please girls and guys, take some time to introduce yourselves.
Let us see, what your experiences with Linux, Mageia, computers or any other related stuff are.
Doesn't need to be a biography, but just a few words as an introduction would just be fine.

[Ken-Bergen]

Perhaps this thread should be moved to "Welcome on board"?
Instead of being in "The Wizards Lair".

[isadora]

Ken, you are absolutely right.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Topic moved in right place instantly.

[valeriu123]

Hello to all , from Italy .
I use Linux from about 8 years and I am very pleased that Linux community is growing little by little, but steady .
All the best to everyone .

[isadora]

And thank you valeriu123 for sharing magical moments.
Welcome and feel to contribute!!!

[linuxradio]

Just thought I'd throw up a post here and say that I'm a longtime Linux (and former Mandrake) user, and am back on board with Mageia. I went back to running Slackware (my old pre-Mandrake distro) for awhile after Mandriva SA changed hands, and just hadn't gotten around to trying Mageia until now when I finally upgraded to a new SSD. I'm really amazed at what you've done to keep the community alive, I just wish I'd switched sooner to be honest. I used to hang around the old Mandrake/Mandriva Club forums and help out people new to Linux/the distro, so I'll try and do the same here (plus throw in a cash donation in place of a Club subscription) anyway.

[isadora]

Linuxradio, great to have you on board.

Well you know, for many people it was a confusing period when Mandriva changed hands.
Many found their way to Mageia from the very beginning, but also many made other choices, not knowing what would happen.
Nowadays we see OpenMandriva trying to revive, what seemed dead for a long time.

As said, very welcome and have magical times around!!!!!

[fritzthecat]

Hi all!

My name is Aleksa, I am an economist (macro and finance) from Serbia. Maybe you will be interested in my story with Mageia. Couple of months ago, for the first time i started to use only linux OS, but choice of Mageia was accidental, cant remember why was so. After some time, my screen started to freeze more and more often, what really bothered me when I lost some work, so I decided to change Mageia. I tried several distros, but each had some problems. Although i have installed amd drivers in linux mint, and was able to test 3d graphics, my desktop got messed up. Ubuntu was easy to install (only LTS not 13.10) but my razer mamba didn't work in wireless mode (not to speak about how frustrating unity is). Other distros had problems as well. So, again unexpectedly I decided to try Mageia one more time.
Everything worked perfectly, wireless mouse was active during installation, no problems with graphic card, and I was so happy. Also, Mageia's aesthetics are so pleasant, its important when u look at screen 8 hours a day.
Now Mageia seems even better to me so I decided to tell your community about that. I am now more interesting in using Mageia on a higher level etc, for the first time excited about Linux, because of my nice experience with Mageia. I talked to my friend and he is willing to try Mageia. I have a feeling that Mageia can attract new linux users better then other distros.

[isadora]

Wonderful experience in favour of all those volunteering, to make this distribution real magic.
Thank you for sharing fritzthecat, and keep enjoying, and who knows, contributing sometime in future.

Have the best of times with Mageia and the Mageians!!!!

[nicki]

Hi, here is nicki from Sweden. I've been here before but now I'm back for good. I really love Mageia and especially Gnome Classic.
I'm a former Mandriva fan but now I hope Mageia will be the best distro on this planet.
The developer has made a really great job, keep on that way.

[isadora]

Welcome back nicki!!!!

And enjoy the results of hard work by many contributors.

[gch3]

Well, I'm kinda like WOBO in that I fell into Mandrake at the beginning coming off a brief stint with Redhat 7.2. and have been thru all the upgrades and new names. Hope the transition to Mageia is a little smoother than Mandriva upgrades were, always something bonkers going on with a different part of the distribution on every upgrade. Held onto 2010.2 as long as time allowed but seeing the need to update before moving forward I had to make a change and so far looks for the better. Looking forward to a commendable association with Mageia. There are several here I see that are much more adept at the linux language than I and very helpful folks over the years, a very good thing to see. I'm more of a self taught linux user who makes heavy use of the forums when something goes wrong, but got into linux after being ripped off too long through my wife's job where she works on-line for companies that only use Windoze programs. If only they knew. I got interested in linux because an old employer named Autozone was using RedHat as a base in the late '90's to get the company going and save money on IT. It wan't too long after that that RedHat got a lot more serious about the corporate side of the business and moved away from desktop.
Looking forward to many more years of Mageia.
gch3