The first beta version of Mageia 8 has been released.

More Progress for Mageia 8 – Beta 1 is available for testing

We are happy to announce the release of Mageia 8 Beta 1. After the good feedback from Alpha 1, there have been some improvements and fixes for this release, we look forward to hearing your feedback and thoughts so that we can continue to get Mageia 8 ready for release.

Here are some of the major packages included in this release:    

• Kernel – 5.7.9
• glib – 2.31
• gcc – 10.1.1
• rpm – 4.16.0
• Chromium – 81
• Firefox – 78
• LibreOffice – 6.4.5
• Plasma – 5.19.3
• GNOME 3.36
• Xfce 4.15.2

A full list of included packages is available in the .idx file for the installation media.

For those that want to jump in and test straight away, the images can be downloaded  here, as always with pre-release images, use your best judgement.

More Progress for Mageia 8 – Beta 1 is available for testing