kittens182 wrote:I'm new here. Im downloading Mageia 2 and i have few questions. Is installing easy over Ubuntu (you know, click button and it installs automatically over Ubuntu and does partitions etc..) And then, how programs are installed in Mageia? I mean what commands and is there a graphical interface for it so is it easy etc..
Kittens182,
Welcome to the Mageia Forum !
Tips to
install Mageia DVD you can see here:
1. DrakX, the Mageia InstallerOr to install
Mageia LiveCD KDE. There are other texts in the
documentation wiki page.
The installation of Mageia has some steps, in one of these steps you can choose automatic partitioning. If your HD is empty, you can select "disk free" (see screenshot of Mageia 2 DVD
here, and screenshot of Mageia 2 LiveCD
here)
If you have other partitions, you can choose "Use existing partitions" (see
here). But be careful,
make backup copies of your important files before you start to install.
The steps of installation of Mageia you can see
here (in this draft that is still being edited in the wiki) or by clicking on the image below to enlarge:
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About the
compatibility of your hardware with Mageia 2, one way to check is you run Mageia LiveCD without installing on your machine and do tests to see if everything works (see
here - in this draft that is still being edited in the wiki).
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To
install software, you can use the
Software Management in the Mageia Central Control (see tips
here and screenshot
here), which lets you install and remove their software graphically. To install software from the command line, see
here.
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Image below: screenshot of Software Management in the Mageia Central Control:
Posted: Jul 22nd, '12, 12:35