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Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Jan 12th, '12, 22:32
by ennael
Hi all

Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is now available for tests:

http://blog.mageia.org/en/2012/01/12/here-comes-mageia-2-alpha3/

Please note that only DVDs isos are available for now. Live CDs willbe uploaded next week, due to some issues with dracut migration.

Thanks for all the hard work and enjoy it!

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Jan 13th, '12, 17:34
by isadora
Very welcome Slickster!!!

But.........what exactly is your question? How does what work?

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Jan 15th, '12, 11:20
by JoesCat
Slickster wrote:How does this work and whats the usefulness?im new here.


If you are interested in development or just looking at what's possibly ahead, then you could try the DVD on a machine. Just make sure to backup your system, or swap/trade drives if it'a a working/important machine (in case you run into problems while testing-out the alpha).

If you have been running into problems installing current or past versions on your computer, or a computer you know has problems installing mageia, it may be worth your time to try-out the alpha. If the alpha works, then great (it means that the problem(s) you had with a past version got fixed), if not, then alphas are a good place to indicate you have a problem and hopefully this gets merged into the upcoming release.

If you find a problem installing the alpha, be sure to file a bug report such as:
mageia alpha 3 - problem with install at point xyz
or
mageia alpha 3 - problem with application abc

The reasons for trying out alphas is to try and shake-out possible problems before you get to the point where the distro says:
"We've released Mageia 2"

If you are uncertain of being able to do this safely without risking your data, maybe it is best for you not to try risking your existing setup, but if you are confident of your skills, and are able to safely backup and restore your computer(s) plus have a little bit of free time available to try out an experimental alpha, then, why not give it a try?

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Apr 12th, '12, 21:00
by Germ
Look at Slickster's signature. He's a spammer!

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Apr 12th, '12, 21:01
by isadora
Germ wrote:Look at Slickster's signature. He's a spammer!

Thanks Germ, action on it's way!!!! ;)

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Apr 16th, '12, 12:49
by Germ
Good job!

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Apr 16th, '12, 21:08
by Creto
Hello all,

Have you noticed that the links lead to Mageia 2 Beta 2?

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Apr 17th, '12, 01:43
by wobo
Which links?
This is an old thread of January, taken by a spammer who was removed by the authorities.

Re: Mageia 2 Alpha 3 is available for tests

PostPosted: Apr 17th, '12, 12:48
by Germ
wobo wrote:Which links?
This is an old thread of January, taken by a spammer who was removed by the authorities.



Exactly. ;)