Welcome, and feel free to introduce yourself

[isadora]

A very warm welcome to our community gch3!!!!!

And yes, i can imagine it's not all strange names here, when going around for so many years.
Anyway, i hope you will experience a great distro, made possible by a vivid group of volunteers.
Enjoy, and become part of it!!!!

[duder]

I started out with Mandrake 9.0, then kept going with Mandriva up to 2011 on my desktop. I bought a netbook and had a lot of trouble getting Mandriva to work on it. I switched to Ubuntu for the last couple of years.
I just ordered a new Acer all in one desktop and plan to install Mageia. My netbook will be retired with a broken screen I'm just not a fan of Ubuntu, it works, but don't like its layout.
duder.

[isadora]

Welcome to the Mageia-community duder!!!!!
Great to have you aboard, and good to hear your intention using Mageia on your new purchase.

Get around as much as you want, whether it is to ask, contribute or just chatting.

[zzdhalla]

Hi I'm David
Been using linux since... the 90's. A desktop user and scientist.
Spent a long time using Mandrake and Mandrivia.
Then migrated to Ubuntu and Debian.
Tried Magiea 1 2 and now happy with 3.
Thanks
/dlh.

[isadora]

A very warm welcome to the Mageia-community zzdhalla!!!!!

Enjoy and contribute as much as you can!!!!!

[andrew-lohmann]

Hi

I am Andrew from Tunbridge Wells in the South East of England and Electronics design engineer. Brought up in the excitement in science, engineering and practical reality of the 1960s to see much of it swept asside for money creating schemes fantasy and finacial services. I have spent time considering those things on my website see my current project Dr Who and I have spent time on Linux see the link below;

https://sites.google.com/site/engineerperspective/engineer/xp-2-linux---operating-systems

[isadora]

Welcome to the Mageia forum and community Andrew.

Thanks a lot for taking time, to write your introduction.
I surely will take some time in return, to read the information on your site.

Have magical times around!!!!

[cappucino]

Hi!
My name is Janos and I am from Hungary. I use for the first time Mageia. After openSUSE, Ubuntu etc. let's see what Mageia knows!
(I had a problem, hope to solve)

[isadora]

Very welcome to the Mageia-forum and community Janos!

Hope you got all your issues solved, and have great times around.

[freebird573]

Brand new to this forum and this linux distro, so far everything runs very smoothly without a whole lot of "search for this or that" and finding outdated or partial answers

I have noted that there is a lot of discussion about how to install wine, but as I'm still very new with Linux in general and this distro in particular (installed today, 1-19-14), I really have no clue as to where to look for specific information as to how to do this.

[doktor5000]

I have noted that there is a lot of discussion about how to install wine, but as I'm still very new with Linux in general and this distro in particular (installed today, 1-19-14), I really have no clue as to where to look for specific information as to how to do this.

Hi there
Simply install wine and be done with it. And be sure not to try to install wine64 manually.
See viewtopic.php?f=41&t=5082 for examples why that's a bad idea.
Apart from that I don't see much discussions about how to install wine ...

[isadora]

Very welcome to the Mageia-forum and community freebird573!!!

By the way: whenever you feel the need for more support concerning your wine-issue, please open a dedicated topic in designated sub-forum.

Thanks, and have magical times around!!!

[peril66]

Hi, I am back with Mandrake flavours of Linux again after a few years of 'the dark side 8.1' an update just killed my PC and brought a whole host of hardware probs so i have finaly had enough of the supposed easy life and am going to trust my maintenance business and photography files to windows no more.
i have been a mandrake dabbler since version 8, loved the 2010 distro but went back to windows again looking for an easier life but the tco of windows and its reliability have brought me back home again.
i am rubbish with command lines etc. but i will get there i suppose, my new PC arrives tomorrow so will spend tonight working out my best chances of getting everthing working 'straight from the box'.
my only real worry so far is my canon ip4700 printer but hope turboprint will run it.
my next post should be from my magiea 3 pure linux box! (and will probably be about printers)

[andrew-lohmann]

Where I have worked I have some times had to downgrade from windows xp to window vista or 7. They are horible. So I agree with you Peril66 but that is not to say I will be staying with Mageia though it one of the best I have evaluated.

[isadora]

Peril66, a very warm welcome to the Mageia-forum!!!!

Hope to see you around frequently.

[gch3]

Just a slight update since coming aboard in December but all I've got to say is WOW ! Undoubtedly the smoothest upgrade form Mandriva I've ever had and a decidely much smoother runnng distro overall. Everything is working great ( except a few Wine problems) but really believe they're more a hardware issue than software. Windows doesn't stand a chance against this. Keep up the great work Magia, a huge following awaits.

[ocelot-sloth]

Just a High School student hoping to help out with Packaging in my free time. Been using Linux for a couple of years and loving it!!

Cant wait to get involved in this project!!

[doktor5000]

Just a High School student hoping to help out with Packaging in my free time.

You may want to look at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager

[ocelot-sloth]

You may want to look at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Becoming_a_Mageia_Packager

Thanks doktor5000, Ive been working on reading through some of the documentation for a little while now.

[isadora]

A very warm welcome to the Mageia-forum and community ocelot-sloth!!!!

It 's always appreciated, when people come in, with intentions to become part of the making of one of the greatest Linux-distributions of these times.
Have magical times around!!!

[bebolinux]

Hi!
My name is Roberto and I am from Italy. I'm new on Mageia but i have used PClinuxOS on my hme pc for 4 years.
I love linux

[isadora]

Very welcome bebolinux!!!!

You join in at the brink of the releasing of Mageia 4!!!

Hope to see you around frequently, and don't hesitate joining in by supporting us.
http://www.mageia.org/en/contribute/

[maher]

Hi I am Maher Hanna from Syria I am using Linux since 2009 and big a fan of it I used Ubuntu but when I met Mageia I loved it
I will make my effort to contribute to this project

[isadora]

Hi and welcome Maher!!!!

We appreciate, having you in our community.
And this right now at the shining moment of our 4th release.

Hope you enjoy, and see you around in whatever appearance.

[pinkfloydfan]

My name is Jon. I come from the panhandle (northwest) of Florida. I have not been here for quite some time due to having to take a haiitus because of health issues I inherited from my service to the United States (Army). Now that I am feeling better I wish to contribute somehow besides donations. I hope to make new friends here and am a very approachable guy. So please not only introduce yourself here but also PM me if you like. This distribution is getting better and better. I want to be a part of it. Thank You all for the time and consideration and welcoming me here and back.