The final version of Mageia 8 has been released with Kernel 5.10.18, Mesa 20.3.4, GNOME 3.38, and Plasma 5.20.4.

Made it to a byte – announcing the release of Mageia 8

Everyone at Mageia is very excited to announce the release of Mageia 8. 
Mageia 8 comes with new exciting features, major updates to your favourite programmes as well as support for recent hardware.

The release is available to download directly, or as a torrent from  here. There are classical installer images for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, as well as live DVD’s for 64-bit Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, and 32-bit Xfce. Don’t worry if you prefer another desktop, there is a huge selection available to install once you are online, there is also installation  support and a guide for  new users.

Here are the versions of some of the major packages that ship with Mageia 8:    

• kernel 5.10.16
• rpm 4.16.1.2
• dnf 4.6.0
• Mesa 20.3.4
• Plasma 5.20.4
• GNOME 3.38
• Xfce 4.16
• Firefox 78
• Chromium 88
• LibreOffice 7.0.4.2

The full list of included software can be seen in the Mageia Application  Database.

Made it to a byte – announcing the release of Mageia 8