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Hmm, it is hard to address the target group of Mageia. A quick answer would be that targets to a lot of people. Yes, Mageia is one of the most popular distros around and is relatively a new one.
Mageia isn’t for enthusiasts, isn’t about the latest packages, isn’t an LTS and it doesn’t ship either a commercial support, but is user friendly. The best words I can find to describe it, would be a Community Edition of Canonical’s Ubuntu.
What is Mageia
Mageia started as a fork of Madriva in 2010 by former employees and contributors of the commercial Madriva S.A. It is considered as a French distribution, but actually it is a worldwide community based non-profit organization, so the “French” term isn’t quite right. But it has French origins.
Mageia in Greek means “Magic” and is a clear reference to the Mandrake the Magician and Mandrake Linux the predecessor of Mandriva.
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